Quiz 3

Question 1

All of the following are terrestrial planets exept

Answer 1

Uranus

Question 2

Which of the following planets is the most massive

Answer 2

Saturn

Question 3

Which country has landed space probes on Venus?

Answer 3

Soviet Union

Question 4

Most moons in our solar system are named for

Answer 4

Mythological characters

Question 5

How many moons does Mars have?

Answer 5

2

Question 6

The most abundant gas in Jupiter’s atmosphere is

Answer 6

hydrogen

Question 7

The largest moon in our solar system is

Answer 7

Ganymede

Question 8

The great red spot found on the planet Jupiter is

Answer 8

Storm

Question 9

The largest volcano in the solar system is named

Answer 9

Olympus Mons

Question 10

Titan is a moon of the planet

Answer 10

Saturn

Question 11

Most asteroids orbit the Sun between which two planets

Answer 11

Mars and Jupiter

Question 12

The blue color of the planets Uranus and Neptune can be attributed to the presence of the gas?

Answer 12

Methane

Question 13

The atmosphere of the planet Venus is made up mostly of the gas

Answer 13

Carbon Dioxide

Question 14

Of the four terrestrial planet which one has almost no atmosphere

Answer 14

Mercury

Question 15

The Martian polar caps

Answer 15

Are a combination of carbon dioxide and water ice

Question 16

At the same temperature, the average speed of hydrogen molecules is slower than that of oxygen molecules

Answer 16

False

Question 17

Which planet has a ring system?

Answer 17

All of the Jovian Planets have ring systems

Question 18

Mars has two moons named

Answer 18

phobos and Deimos

Question 19

The smallest terrestrial planet in our solar system is

Answer 19

Mercury

Question 20

In regards to planet classification the four outermost planets in our solar system are called _____ planets because of their similarity to Jupiter

Answer 20

Jovian

Question 21

Why is the surface of Mercury so hard to observe from Earth?

Answer 21

Mercury is always close to the Sun in Earth’s sky

Question 22

Jupiter’s moon Io has active volcanoes that release sulfur dioxide

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Which moon of Jupiter is believed to have a liquid ocean below its frozen ice surface?

Answer 23

Europa

Question 24

Almost all of the mass of the solar system is contained within

Answer 24

sun

Question 25

Liquid metallic hydrogen

Answer 25

All of the above–

• can exist only at high pressure
• exists both in Jupiter and Saturn
• Is a conductor of electricity