Kidscience: Solar System Interactions Quiz
You have 15 minutes to complete this Quiz.
- 1.Which correctly shows the sequence of the planets you would pass if you were traveling to the planet Mercury? (Assume that the planets are lined up.)
- A.
Mars, Venus, Sun
- B.
Venus
- C.
Mars, Asteroid Belt, Jupiter
- D.
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
- 2.As a planet's distance from the sun increases, the amount of energy it receives from the sun______________.
- A.
Increases
- B.
Decreases
- C.
Remains constant
- 3.What would most likely happen to the planets if the sun's gravitational pull increased or decreased?
- A.
The planets would continue at the same speed and orbit around the sun.
- B.
The solar system would remain balanced.
- C.
The revolution periods of the planets would change.
- D.
The mass of the planets would change instantly.
- 4.If you traveled to Mars and Jupiter, which would describe your weight?
- A.
Your weight would increase on Mars and decrease on Jupiter.
- B.
Your weight would decrease on Mars and decrease on Jupiter.
- C.
Your weight would decrease on Mars and increase on Jupiter.
- D.
Your weight would stay the same.
- 5.An Astronaut with a mass of 150 lbs was sent into space. How would the astronaut's mass be affected on the moon?
- A.
Mass would increase.
- B.
Mass would decrease.
- C.
Mass would stay the same.
- 6.Which of these belongs in our solar system?
- A.
The milky way galaxy
- B.
Other stars in other galaxies
- C.
The universe
- D.
Haley's comet
- 7.Which is a system within the solar system?
- A.
The moon orbiting the earth
- B.
A comet traveling around the sun
- C.
Planets and their moons
- D.
All of the above
- 8.Order the planets from shortest day to longest day? Planet Period of Rotation Period of Revolution Earth 24 hours 1 year Mars 25 hours 1.8 years Jupiter 10 hours 12 years Saturn 12 hours 30 years
- A.
Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Mars
- B.
Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn
- C.
Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
- D.
Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth
- 9.Gravity on each planet depends on the planet's _________________.
- A.
Distance from the sun
- B.
Rotation period
- C.
Mass
- D.
Weight
- 10.Which statements are true?
- A.
Saturn is the 5th planet, The sun has darkened areas called sunspots, comets come from the kuiper belt.
- B.
Venus is the 2nd planet, The kuiper belt is between Mars and Jupiter, Earth is the 3rd rocky planet.
- C.
Venus is a rocky planet, Uranus is the 2nd gas planet from the sun, the asteroid Belt separates the inner and outer planets.
- D.
Planet Mercury has the shortest period of revolution, Jupiter is the largest planet, comets are in our solar system
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