The Solar System
By Space for Kidz
1. Who discovered Uranus?
Henry Ford
William Herschal
Galileo
John Glenn
2. What is the name of Uranus's largest ring?
circular
Golden
Olympia
Epsilon
3. What is strange about Uranus?
It's upside down.
It's purple.
It lays on it's side.
It moves backwards.
4. How hot is the middle of the sun?
about 10 million degrees F
about 75 degrees F
about 3 trillion degrees F
about 32 degrees F
5. If the Earth was the size of the ball in a ball point pen what be about the same size as the sun?
a baseball
a basketball
a football
a tennis ball
6. What will the sun be called in about 5 billion years when it expands?
a red giant
a orange giant
a blue giant
a jolly green giant
7. How much of the Earth is made of water?
10%
95%
16%
70%
8. What is another name the Earth is sometimes called?
the green planet
the ocean planet
the animal planet
the plant planet
9. What is unique about the Earth that no other planet has?
copper
iron
life
volcanoes
10. On what date did John Crouch Adams discover Neptune?
September 23, 1846
September 23, 1946
July 23, 1846
September 1, 1846
11. Who discovered Neptune for the second time?
Marie Curie
Urbain Lexerrier
Sally Ride
Yuri Gagarin
12. What is the name of the moon believed to be a planet sucked in by Neptune's gravity?
Triton
Charon
Io
Europa
13. What is the effect that make Venus so different from Earth called?
the tornado effect
the hot house effect
the urban effect
the greenhouse effect
14. What is Venus's highest known peak called?
Mount St. Helens
Maxwell Montes
Olympus Mons
Mount Rushmore
15. What are Satun's rings made of?
sand and water
salt and pepper
ice and dust
sugar and spice
16. What is the only solid part of Saturn/
the core
the mantle
the crust
the water
17. What is saturn made of?
dust and ice
gas and helium
oxygen and hydrogen
rocks and water
18. What year was Pluto discovered?
2030
17630
1830
1930
19. What is Pluto's moon called?
20. Who discovered Pluto?
Clyde W. Tombaugh
Wernher Von Braun
Copernicus
21. How does the size of Jupiter compare to the rest of the planets?
It's the smallest.
It's the second largest.
It's the second smallest.
It's the largest.
22. How many Earth years does it take for Jupiter to rotate around the sun?
500
12
1
2000
23. How many rings does Jupiter have?
2
10
50
100
24. Mercury is the Roman god for what?
the god of fire
the god of commerce
the god of the ocean
the god of the underworld
25. What was the name of the only space craft to visit Mercury?
Apollo 13
Skylab
Mariner 10
Challenger
26. Where is Mercury from the sun?
second
first
eighth
fifth