Solar System Trivia 1

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1	Earth's mass is made mostly of:
		Iron
		Nickel
		Sulfur



2	The deepest crater on the Moon is called
		Hubble
		Newton




3	Who discovered the Martian moons?
		Herschel
		Cassini
		Hall



4	The asteroid Eros looks like:
		A football
		A boot
		A light bulb



5	Jupiter was first visited by a Earth object in what year?
		1971
		1973
		1979



6	What ring of Saturn is outermost?
		the B-ring
		the C-ring
		the E-ring



7	Neptune's irregular white cloud is called...
		Jumper
		Scooter
		Zipper



8	The Kuiper Belt is shaped like a...
		Cup
		Disk




9	On Earth, what's the name of the longest river?
		Amazon
		Nile
		Huang



10	It was thought there was a closer planet then Mercury to the sun (True or False)
		True
		False




11	What day of the week is Venus named for?
		Tuesday
		Wednesday
		Friday



12	The Moon has moonquakes. (True or False)
		True
		False




13	What day of the week is Mars names for?
		Sunday
		Tuesday
		Thursday



14	Are Trojans or Centaurs asteroids? (Yes or No)
		Yes
		No




15	What day of the week is Jupiter named for?
		Thursday
		Friday
		Saturn



16	How long does solar wind take to get to Saturn?
		1 hour
		4 days
		4 hours



17	The Uranus' rings are created by:
		Gas
		Small moons
		Comets



18	The rings of Neptune are confined by shepherd satellites. (T or F)
		True
		False




19	Sedna is slightly bigger or slightly smaller than Pluto.
		Slightly bigger
		Slightly smaller




20	Mercury's atmosphere is stable like Venus or Earth. (True or False)
		True
		False




21	Mercury still has a very volcanic surface?
		True
		False




22	It takes ___ days for Venus to go around the sun.
		120 days
		226 days
		365 days



23	The Earth's ozone used to be?
		Oxygen
		Protects from radiation
		Both



24	Despina is a moon around which planet?
		Jupiter
		Uranus
		Neptune



25	If you lit a fire on Mars, would it keep burning? (Yes or No)
		Yes
		No




26	How many rings does Jupiter have?
		1
		2
		3
		none


27	Saturn is:
		heavier than water
		lighter than water




28	Uranus is covered in:
		Blue-green fog
		Helium paricles




29	Neptune's blue atmosphere absorbs what colour?
		Red
		Green
		Pink
		White


30	On Mercury temperature changes are the greatest in the Solar System?
		True
		False




31	The Venus core is similar or different to Earth?
		Similar to Earth
		Different to Earth




32	The Mariner-Jupiter mission was renamed to:
		Pioneer
		Voyager
		Viking



33	Who discovered Saturn's moon Iapetus?
		Pascu
		Smith
		Cassini



34	On Mars the polar ice caps change the atmospheric pressure?
		True
		False




35	Who discovered Mimas and Enceladus?
		Cassini
		Herschel
		Tombaugh



36	Ariel takes how many days to go around Uranus?
		2.5 days
		5 days
		7 days



37	From Neptune a signal from Earth would take:
		1 minute
		4 minutes
		4 hours



38	Sedna may also be a Oort Cloud object. (True or False)
		True
		False