Solar System Quiz

1. How many planets are there in our solar system?
  • 15
  • 9
  • 8


2. Which planet has the hottest surface?
  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Mars


3. How many planets have moons?
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8


4. The asteroid belt lies between,
  • Earth and Mars
  • Mars and Jupiter
  • Jupiter and Saturn


5.The largest asteroid discovered in the asteriod belt is,
  • Ceres
  • Vesta
  • Titan


6.Who first suggested the ‘passing star hypothesis’ to describe the origin of the solar system?
  • RenĂ© Descartes
  • Louis de Buffon
  • Issac Newton


7. How old is our solar system
  • 800 million years
  • 2 billion years
  • 5 billion years


8. The average distance between the earth and the sun is equal to,
  • One light year
  • One astronomical unit
  • One parsec


9. Which planet contains Olympus Mons, the largest volcano of the solar system?
  • Mercury
  • Earth
  • Mars


10. Comets are belived to originate from,
  • Oort cloud
  • Asteroid belt
  • Interstellar medium

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