Interesting Trivia Quiz Questions On Planet!
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- 1.
A frozen chunk of ice dust "Dirty Snowman" whose orbit around the sun is very elliptical is called- A.
Comet
- B.
Meteroid
- C.
Asteroid
- 2.Inertia means...
- A.
If something is moving, it will keep moving until something stops it. If something is not moving, it will just sit there until something comes along to move it.
- B.
The thing that makes you stick to the Earth & keeps us from floating.
- 3.How does energy from the sun come (travel)to Earth?
- A.
It waits for rain and then the rain brings down the energy
- B.
Gravity and inertia
- C.
Through light and heat from the rays
- 4.These forces work together to keep planets in orbits?
- A.
Inertia and gravity
- B.
Light and heat
- C.
Up and down
- 5.This is a chunk of rock that is orbiting the sun:
- A.
Asteroid
- B.
Satellite
- C.
System
- 6.Meteoroids usually come from
- A.
Strong solar winds
- B.
The sun
- C.
Leftover pieces of comets or asteroids that have collided (crashed)
- 7.This planet is covered mostly in water and is the only planet known to have life
- A.
Jupiter
- B.
Earth
- C.
Pluto
- 8.
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
- A.
Jupiter
- B.
Earth
- C.
Mars
- 9.
I am the red planet. Astronauts have visited me many times. I am the 4th planet from the sun. Which planet am I?
- A.
Earth
- B.
Mercury
- C.
Mars
- 10.
I am the brightest of the planets, 2nd from the sun, & sometimes called the “Evening Star”. Which planet am I?
- A.
Venus
- B.
Earth
- C.
Jupiter
- 11.
I am the water planet, 3rd from the sun, and the only planet known to have life. Which planet am I?
- A.
Earth
- B.
Jupiter
- C.
Mercury
- 12.
My beautiful rings make me popular, I’m the 6th from the sun and I have 18 known moons. Which planet am I?
- A.
Mercury
- B.
Uranus
- C.
Saturn
- 13.
I am a small, icy "dwarf planet" and scientist are questioning if I am even a real planet. Which planet am I?
- A.
Pluto
- B.
Earth
- C.
Jupiter
- 14.
Well, I rotate on my side in a tilted way & I’m the 7th from the sun. Which planet am I?
- A.
Venus
- B.
Uranus
- C.
Neptune
- 15.
I’m the small, rocky planet, closest to the sun with almost no atmosphere. Which planet am I?
- A.
Mercury
- B.
Venus
- C.
Earth
- 16.
My winds are the fastest in the solar system and I am the 8th planet from the sun. Which planet am I?
- A.
Neptune
- B.
Venus
- C.
Jupiter
- 17.Which answer shows the planets listed in the correct order from the sun:
- A.
Sun=Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Pluto, Saturn, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Earth
- B.
Sun= Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Pluto, Saturn
- C.
Sun= Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
- 18.
Do planets travel around the sun in an elliptical orbit? (stretched out circles)
- A.
Yes, they do.
- B.
No, they do not.
- 19.Meteoroids are small rocky objects that orbit the Sun
- A.
Yes, that is TRUE!
- B.
No, that is FALSE!
- 20.The time that it takes for a planet to rotate once on its axis is its:
- A.
Rotation period.
- B.
Shuttle period.
- C.
Crater period.
- 21.Which of the planets listed below are called the "Gas Giants"
- A.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
- B.
Pluto, Earth, Mercury, Mars
- 22.When parts function as a whole, this is called a:
- A.
System
- B.
Meteor
- C.
Thrust
- 23.When meteoroids land on earth, their name changes to:
- A.
Comet
- B.
Meteorites
- C.
Asteroids
- 24.
This _________ in the earth was most likely caused by a _______ crashing into the ground.
- A.
Volcano/earthquake
- B.
Crater/meteorite
- C.
Comet/star
- 25.What is the result of the rotation of Earth?
- A.
four seasons
- B.
Day and night
- C.
The calendar year
- D.
The moon's changing size
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