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Space & Earth
QUIZ
Good Luck !
• Circle the correctanswer on youranswer sheet.
Question 1
• Which planet isclosest to the sun?
A. EarthB. MercuryC. Venus
Question 2
• Which planet is thehottest?
A. MercuryB. MarsC. Venus
Question 3
• All the planets in ourSolar System puttogether would still besmaller than the sun.
• True• False
Question 4
• How far is a light-year?
A. 100,000 kmB. 10 trillion kmC. 10 million km
Question 5
How wide is the MilkyWay galaxy?
A. 100,000 light-yearsB. 1 million light-yearsC. 200 million light-years
Question 6
• There are volcanoeson Mars.
• True• False
Question 7• How old is the Milky
Way Galaxy?
A. <5 billion yearsB. >10 billion yearsC. 2008 years
Question 8
• How long does it takefor Saturn to rotateonce? (How long is theirday?)
A. 26 hours & 30 MinB. 48 hoursC. 10 hours 13 min
Question 9
• Approximately howold is the sun?
A. 10 billion yearsB. 5 billion yearsC. 7 billion years
Question 10
How many moons doesNeptune have?
A. 81B. 8C. 57
Question 11
• How much does the sunweigh?
A. 25 tonesB. 20,000,000 kgC. 60,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000 kg
Question 12
• Which planet is thebiggest?
A. SaturnB. NeptuneC. Jupiter
Question 13
• Neptune is a blue-green colour.
A. TrueB. False
Question 14
• How old is theEarth?
A. 4.6 billion years oldB. 365 billion years oldC. 456 billion years old
Question 15
How many moons doesMercury have?
A. 2B. 1C. None
SWAP YOUR CARDS
• Now swap your score cards hope youwent well good luck.
Question 1
• Which planet isclosest to the sun?
A. EarthB. MercuryC. Venus
Answer 1
• B - MERCURY• Mercury is 57.9
million km from thesun
Question 2
• Which planet is thehottest?
A. MercuryB. MarsC. Venus
Answer 2
• C- VENUS
• Although Mercury isthe closest planet tothe sun Venus ishotter – temperaturesreach up to 480degrees Celsius.
Question 3
• All the planets in ourSolar System puttogether would still besmaller than the sun.
• True• False
Answer 3
• TRUE
• The sun would still be700 times bigger - itcontains over 99% ofthe Solar System’smass.
Question 4
• How far is a light-year?
A. 100,000 kmB. 10 trillion kmC. 10 million km
Answer 4
• B- 10 TRILLION km
• This is the distancelight travels in 1 year
• In just 1 second lighttravels 300,000 km
Question 5
How wide is the MilkyWay galaxy?
A. 100,000 light-yearsB. 1 million light-yearsC. 200 million light-years
Answer 5
• A-100,000 light-years
• That’s big, however itis only tiny comparedto the whole universe.
Question 6
• There are volcanoeson Mars.
• True• False
Answer 6
• TRUE
• There is lots ofvolcanoes on Mars.
• The largest volcano isnamed MountOlympus
Question 7• How old is the Milky
Way Galaxy?
A. <5 billion yearsB. >10 billion yearsC. 2008 years
Answer 7
• B -> 10 BILLIONYEARS OLD
• The Milky Way galaxyis the Galaxy in whichwe live.
Question 8
• How long does it takefor Saturn to rotateonce? (How long is theirday?)
A. 26 hours & 30 MinB. 48 hoursC. 10 hours 13 min
Answer 8
• C- 10 HOURS 13 MIN
• Saturn’s day is muchshorter then our day.We would only needto go to school forabout 2hrs a day!
Question 9
• Approximately howold is the sun?
A. 10 billion yearsB. 5 billion yearsC. 7 billion years
Answer 9
• B- 5 BILLION
• The sun is youngerthan the Milky Wayand is expected tolive for only another 5billion years
Question 10
How many moons doesNeptune have?
A. 81B. 8C. 57
Answer 10
• B- 8
• Neptune has 7 smallmoons and 1 mooncalled Triton.
Question 11
• How much does the sunweigh?
A. 25 tonesB. 20,000,000 kgC.60,000,000,000,000,000,00
0,000,000 kg
Answer 11
• C-60,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
• It is much bigger andheavier than all theplanets.
Question 12
Which planet is thebiggest.
A. SaturnB. NeptuneC. Jupiter
Answer 12• C- JUPITER
• Jupiter is by far thelargest of the nine planetsand was named Jupiterafter the King of theRoman Gods. It is morethan twice as large as allthe other planetscombined - it's 318 timesbigger than the Earth.
Question 13
• Neptune is a deepblue-green colour.
A. TrueB. False
Answer 13
• TRUE
• Like Uranus, the bluecolour is from the gasmethane in it’satmosphere.
Question 14
• How old is the Earth?
A. 4.6 billion years oldB. 365 billion years oldC. 456 billion years old
Answer 14
• A- 4.6 BILLION
• The Earth is the thirdclosest to the sun andis the fifth biggest.
Question 15
How many moons doesMercury have?
A. 2B. 1C. None
Answer 15
• C- MERCURY HASNO MOONS.
• Mercury is a smallrocky planet onlyslightly larger than ourmoon.
CONGRATULATIONS
• You have completed your Space andEarth Quiz.