This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Physics > Solar System – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Solar System Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Dark areas can form in the photosphere of the sun. These areas are cooler than surrounding areas. They also have a strong magnetic field. Which term best describes these dark areas? A) Sunspot. B) Solar wind. C) Solar flare. D) Prominence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunspot. 2. Which planet is between Venus and Mars? A) Earth. B) Neptune. C) Mercury. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth. 3. What causes day and night here on our Earth? A) The different moon phases. B) Asteroids. C) The rotation of Earth. D) Stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rotation of Earth. 4. Why does the sun seem to change position in the sky? A) Earth's rotation. B) Earth's orbit. C) The sun's rotation. D) The sun's orbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth's rotation. 5. Which technology would you use to collect rock samples from a nearby planet? A) Computer. B) Rover. C) Satellite. D) Telescope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rover. 6. What are the gaseous planets? A) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. C) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Mars. D) Mercury Venus, Earth Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. 7. What object in the solar system is considered a dwarf planet (too small)? A) Mercury. B) Mars. C) Pluto. D) Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pluto. 8. What does "helios" mean? A) Earth. B) Center of. C) Sun. D) Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 9. A cloud of gases around the solid portion of a comet is known as the ..... A) Coma. B) Core. C) Heart. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coma. 10. What is the sun made of? A) Burning hot gas, helium and hydrogen. B) Carbon monoxide. C) Fire. D) Molten lava. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burning hot gas, helium and hydrogen. 11. The largest planet in the solar system. Made mostly of hydrogen and helium. The planet is 300 times the mass of Earth. A) Jupiter. B) Saturn. C) Neptune. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jupiter. 12. Which planet is the hottest planet? A) Mercury. B) Mars. C) Venus. D) Saturn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venus. 13. The sun is actually ..... A) A star. B) A comet. C) A planet. D) An asteroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A star. 14. What planet has thousands of beautiful, tiny rings made of chunks of ice and rock? A) Neptune. B) Earth. C) Saturn. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saturn. 15. Why does the sun appear to change throughout the day? A) Earth rotates. B) The moon blocks the sun. C) The Sun gets closer to Earth. D) Spaceships move in front of the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth rotates. 16. Which planet is the hottest planet because of its clouds? A) Venus. B) Earth. C) Mars. D) Pluto. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venus. 17. Which statement best describes a galaxy? A) A cluster of millions of stars held together by gravity. B) A star, with planets, moons and other small space bodies revolving around it. C) All known objects. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cluster of millions of stars held together by gravity. 18. Most planets in our solar system have at least one natural satellite, or ..... A) Star. B) Asteroid. C) Crater. D) Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moon. 19. ..... believed sun and planets revolved around the Earth, the Geocentric model of the solar system A) Ptolemy. B) Galileo. C) Copernicus. D) Kelper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ptolemy. 20. Why did people believe in the Geocentric vs the Heliocentric solar system? A) Geocentric system had been around for a LONG time. B) People don't like change. C) There wasn't enough proof to support the Heliocentric system. D) All of these answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these answers are correct. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesSolar System Quiz 1Solar System Quiz 2Solar System Quiz 3Solar System Quiz 4Solar System Quiz 6Solar System Quiz 7Solar System Quiz 8Solar System Quiz 9Solar System Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books