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The Solar System
Test Description: Solar System Review Questions
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the closest planet to the sun?
A
Venus
B
Earth
C
Mercury
D
Saturn
2) What is the farthest planet from the sun?
A
Mars
B
Uranus
C
Neptune
D
Jupiter
3) What is the largest object in the solar system?
A
The sun
B
Jupiter
C
Earth
D
The moon
4) What is the largest planet in the solar system?
A
Saturn
B
The Sun
C
Earth
D
Jupiter
5) About how far is it from the sun to Earth?
A
93 million miles
B
150 million miles
C
50 million miles
D
9 million miles
6) An astronomical unit is equal to how many miles?
A
1 million
B
93 million
C
9 million
D
100 million
7) How many planets in the solar system have a ring system?
A
4
B
2
C
1
D
8
8) The inner planets are also known as the __________________ planets
A
Gas Giants
B
Terrestrial
9) The outer planets are also known as the ___________________
A
Terrestrial Planets
B
Gas Giants
10) In a geocentric system...what object is in the center of the solar system?
A
The Sun
B
The Moon
C
Earth
D
Jupiter
11) In a heliocentric system...what object is in the center of the solar system
A
The Sun
B
Neptune
C
Earth
D
The Moon
12) Which early astronomer discovered four moons around Jupiter?
A
Kepler
B
Brahe
C
Galileo
D
Copernicus
13) What do we call it when the planets appear to move the wrong way across the sky?
A
Light Year
B
Retrograde
C
Rotation
D
Revolution
14) Which planet is NOT visible in the sky without the use of a telescope?
A
Jupiter
B
Mars
C
Neptune
D
Mercury
15) Which planet has the largest and most famous ring system?
A
Earth
B
Saturn
C
Uranus
D
Jupiter
16) Which of these objects did early astronomers NOT see in the night sky?
A
Satellites
B
Stars
C
Comets
D
Planets
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