Physics: Solar System
Test Quiz
1. What celestial body is at the center of the Solar System?
a. Earth
b. Mars
c. Jupiter
d. The Sun
e. A giant black hole
2. What planet is the third planet from the Sun?
a. Earth
b. Mars
c. Jupiter
d. Mercury
e. Saturn
3. How many planets are there in the Solar System?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 8
d. 9
e. Over 1000
4. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are classified as what type of planets?
a. Terrestrial planets
b. Gas giant planets
c. Asteroid planets
d. Comet planets
e. Dwarf planets
5. Pluto, Ceres, and Eris are classified as what type of planets?
a. Terrestrial planets
b. Gas giant planets
c. Asteroid planets
d. Comet planets
e. Dwarf planets
6. What celestial objects orbit the Sun and often have a visible tail of gas?
a. Comets
b. Asteroid Belt
c. Kuiper Belt
d. Oort Cloud
e. All of the above
7. What group of celestial objects exists at the very outer edge of the Solar System?
a. Comets
b. Asteroid Belt
c. Kuiper Belt
d. Oort Cloud
e. All of the above
8. What group of celestial objects includes rocky objects in orbit between Mars and Jupiter?
a. Comets
b. Asteroid Belt
c. Kuiper Belt
d. Oort Cloud
e. All of the above
9. The Solar System is a part of what galaxy?
a. Pinwheel
b. Andromeda
c. Sunflower
d. Whirlpool
e. Milky Way
10. What dwarf planet was once considered a full planet of the Solar System?
a. Venus
b. Ceres
c. Pluto
d. Eris
e. Makemake
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