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The Outer Planets

Quiz by Wayne Burke

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  • Q1
    Name the four outer planets.
    Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
    Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter
    Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto
    Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, Uranus
    30s
  • Q2
    If Pluto was still a regular planet, how is it different from the other planets outside of the asteroid belt?
    it is larger
    it has a rocky surface
    it has no moons
    it has the most moons
    30s
  • Q3
    Which planet has bands of clouds and a giant red spot?
    Uranus
    Saturn
    Mars
    Jupiter
    30s
  • Q4
    What do we call the belt of asteroids that separate Mars from Jupiter?
    the Asteroid Belt
    the Oort Cloud
    the Kuiper Belt
    the black belt
    30s
  • Q5
    Which planet is so large that it can contain all of the other planets?
    Jupiter
    Saturn
    Uranus
    Neptune
    30s
  • Q6
    What makes Uranus special?
    it has the tallest volcanoe
    it is larger than all the other planets
    it is tilted at an angle of 98 degrees and actually rotates on its side
    it has the most moons
    30s
  • Q7
    What makes Mars special?
    it is the smallest gas giant
    it has more moons than any other planet
    it is the largest terrestrial planet
    it is reddish in color and has the tallest volcano in the solar system
    30s
  • Q8
    Why was Jupiter important to Galileo?
    he looked at it through the telescope and it convinced him that the heliocentric model is correct
    he discovered it
    it was the smallest planet that he could see
    it proved to him that the geocentric model was correct
    30s
  • Q9
    Which of the two outer planets were known about by the Romans and the Greeks?
    Saturn and Jupiter
    Venus and Jupiter
    Uranus and Neptune
    Mars and Uranus
    30s
  • Q10
    How are Mercury and Venus different from all of the other planets?
    they are both small gas giants
    they have no moons
    they have more moons than the others
    they are the coldest planets
    30s
  • Q11
    Which of these planets are outside of the asteroid belt?
    Mars and Jupiter
    Neptune and Jupiter
    Venus and Mars
    Pluto and Mercury
    30s
  • Q12
    Which object in the solar system has the greatest mass?
    Saturn
    the Sun
    Jupiter
    Earth
    30s
  • Q13
    Which of the inner planets is the densest?
    Earth
    Mars
    Venus
    Mercury
    30s

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