Solar System assessment

1.

1 point

Our Solar system is mostly made out of empty space.

True

False

2.

1 point

There are billions of stars in the night sky that you can see without a telescope that are a part of our solar system.

True

False

3.

1 point

What are the 4 terra planets made out of

rocks

gas

liquids

plasma

4.

1 point

All the planets beyond the asteroid belt have rings.

True

False

5.

1 point

The 3 parts of a comet are

Halo, Coma & Tail

Tail, Coma, Nucleus

Halo, Tail, Nucleus

Coma, Nucleolus, Toe

6.

1 point

Our solar system contains planets, natural satellites, and

comets, asteroids, meteroids, a star, dwarf planets

comets, a star, meteors, dwarves, asteroids

comets, stars, asteroids, meteroids, dwarf planets

stars, dwarf planets, asterisks, meteors, comics

7.

1 point

Distances in our solar system are measured by

aerospace units

aviation units

astronomical units

light years

8.

1 point

If a planet is rotating much slower than Earth, it's __________ will be longer.

century

year

day

month

9.

1 point

The Oort cloud is a place where scientist believe asteroids come from.

True

False

10.

1 point

The planet with the most rings is Neptune.

True

False

11.

1 point

A shooting star is

not a star

could be a melting comet approaching the sun in it's orbit

could be a meteoroid streaking through the atmosphere

all of the above

12.

1 point

Mars and Venus are the only planets in the solar system that don't have a natural satellite.

True

False

13.

1 point

Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet status because it does not clear it's own path while orbiting the sun. What are the names of the 4 other dwarf planets in our solar system that we have discovered so far:

elos, hokmea, ceres, makemahi

hokmea, siris, mahimahi, eris

elos, haumea, makemake, ciris

makemake, haumea, eris, ceres

14.

1 point

Which planet has the longest revolution?

mars

saturn

neptune

mercury

15.

1 point

Which planet would you want to be looking up from in order to see the most natural satellites at night?

saturn

jupiter

earth

neptune

16.

1 point

The distance between the Sun and the Earth is 150 million km. We call this

150 au

15 au

150,000 au

1 au

17.

1 point

What is the correct order of the planets from closest to the sun to farthest away?

mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune

mercury, earth, venus, mars, saturn, jupiter, nepturn, uranus

mercury, venus, earth, mars, saturn, jupiter, uranus, neptune

mars, earth, venus, mercury, jupiter, neptune, uranus, saturn