
The Outer Planets
Quiz by Steve Haddon
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- Q1What are the outer planets?the four furthest planets from the sunthe four middle planets in our solar systemthe last two planets on our solar systemthe four closest planets to the sun30s
- Q2How are the outer planets different from the inner planets?they all have moonsAll of answers are correctthey are made of gasthey are bigger30s
- Q3Why are the outer planets called "gas giants?they are large and made up mostly of gasthey are small and made up of rockthey are made up of gas and big mountainsthey are large and rocky30s
- Q4Who discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter?GaryGalileoGilbertGeorgio30s
- Q5Which is not a moon of Jupiter?TritonIoCallistoEuropa30s
- Q6Which planet is the seventh planet from the sun?JupiterNeptuneUranusSaturn30s
- Q7Which planet is the smallest gas giant?UranusNeptuneJupiterSaturn30s
- Q8Which planet is the largest gas giant?JupiterUranusSaturnNeptune30s
- Q9Which planet has large, beautiful rings?UranusNeptuneSaturnJupiter30s
- Q10Which planet rotates on its side?JupiterNeptuneUranusSaturn30s
- Q11Which two gases are common on all four gas giants?oxygen and heliummethane and oxygenhydrogen and oxygenhydrogen and helium30s
- Q12Which two gas giants are blue in color?Jupiter and NeptuneUranus and JupiterNeptune and SaturnUranus and Neptune30s
- Q13Which planets have rings around them?Jupiter, Uranus, and EarthAll of the planetsJupiter, Saturn, and NeptuneNeptune, Saturn, and Uranus30s
- Q14Which planet rotates more than 2 times faster than the Earth?SaturnUranusJupiterNeptune30s
- Q15What are Saturn's rings made of?dirt, rocks, and leavesrocks, ice, and grasswood, ice, and rocksice, dust, and rocks30s