Space & Earth

QUIZ

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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

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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.