This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Physics > Solar System – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Solar System Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mercury is 0.387 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun. What does this indicate about Mercury? A) Mercury has an eccentric orbit. B) Mercury is smaller than the Sun. C) Mercury is closer to the Sun than Earth. D) Mercury is the brightest planet seen from Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mercury is closer to the Sun than Earth. 2. Which thing is a huge ball of hot gases that gives off heat and light? A) A moon. B) A planet. C) A star. D) A spaceship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A star. 3. Revolution A) The motion of an object around another object in space. B) The spinning of Earth around its axis. C) Is what makes the Earth have a night and day. D) A war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The motion of an object around another object in space. 4. Where would you see the most shadows? A) Inside a dark room. B) Outside on a cloudy day. C) Inside a closet. D) Outside on a sunny day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Outside on a sunny day. 5. Which direction do all of the planets go around the sun? A) Clockwise. B) Counter-clockwise. C) Verticle. D) Horizontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counter-clockwise. 6. Which of the following aspects of the solar system contributes most to the motion of the planets? A) Radiation from nearby stars. B) Gravitational attraction of the sun. C) Magnetic field around the planets. D) Friction with the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravitational attraction of the sun. 7. A planet that appears reddish-yellow due to iron oxide in its rocks is ..... A) Mercury. B) Jupiter. C) Uranus. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mars. 8. A ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun. A) Asteroid. B) Comet. C) Moon. D) Meteor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comet. 9. An ..... is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. A) Oort Cloud. B) Asteroid belt. C) Kuiper belt. D) Photosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asteroid belt. 10. What is one fact about Saturn? A) It was discovered in 1846. B) It is the hottest of the planets. C) Its atmosphere is almost entirely carbon dioxide. D) It the least dense of the planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It the least dense of the planets. 11. The last inner planet is called ..... A) Mercury. B) Mars. C) Jupiter. D) Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mars. 12. What object that can be found in a ring that is between mars and Jupiter and orbit the sun? A) Asteroid. B) Planets. C) Comet. D) Dwarf planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asteroid. 13. Which of these statements BEST describes the Sun? A) It has a shiny surface that reflects light. B) It is a ball of hot, glowing gas. C) It has a hard, solid surface. D) It is very cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is a ball of hot, glowing gas. 14. What tool would you use to look at all of these:a planet, the sun, asteroids, comets, and the moon? A) Microscope. B) Eye. C) Convex lens. D) Telescope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Telescope. 15. Large bodies that revolve around the sun are ..... A) Planets. B) Comets. C) Solar Systems. D) Asteroids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planets. 16. What is the Moon made out of A) Stars. B) Gases. C) Flowers. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rocks. 17. Galileo gathered evidence through observing Jupiter and Venus through telescopes that pointed towards a sun-centered solar system. What is the name of this sun-centered model of our solar system? A) Lunar Model. B) Galaxy Model. C) Geocentric Model. D) Heliocentric Model. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heliocentric Model. 18. What planet is the same size as earth? A) Pluto. B) Mars. C) Saturn. D) Venus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Venus. 19. What is the name of pluto's moon? A) Cornent. B) Charon. C) Kelper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charon. 20. Pieces of space rock that are too small to be planets or dwarf planets but still revolve around the sun A) Comets. B) Asteroids. C) Meteoroid. D) Meteor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asteroids. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesSolar System Quiz 1Solar System Quiz 2Solar System Quiz 3Solar System Quiz 4Solar System Quiz 5Solar System Quiz 7Solar System Quiz 8Solar System Quiz 9Solar System Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books