Solar System & Space Science- Quiz

for Kids
Quiz book Series-2

By Bandana Ojha
All Rights Reserved ©2018
Introduction
This is a very good source for every student to take a self-evaluation test to
determine their basic and in-depth knowledge of Space science and Solar
system. Each question is designed in such a way that the kids will be very
excited to take the test and increase their knowledge and understanding of
Space Science including the Universe, Planets, gravity and inertia. Filled with
the extraordinary compendium of fascinating facts and interesting
information, this book is highly beneficial for both students and parents. The
answers of all the questions are there at the end of the book.
1. Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Jupiter
d) Uranus
2.Which is the smallest of all planets?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Jupiter
d) Mercury
3.Which planet is closest to the sun?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Jupiter
d) Mercury
4.Which planet has the most volcanoes?
a) Mars
b) Venus
c) Saturn
d) Mercury
5.Which Planet spins backwards relative to the others?
a) Mars
b) Venus
c) Saturn
d) Mercury
6.Who was the first person to reach space?
a) Valentina Tereshkova
b) Yuri Gagarin
c) Alan Shepard
d) Rakesh Sharma
7.Who was the first woman to reach space?
a) Valentina Tereshkova
b) Judith Resnik
c) Sally Ride
d) Anna Lee Fisher
8. How long a solar eclipse can last?
a) 15 mins
b) 7 and 1/2 mins
c) 30 mins
d) 5 mins
9. How many natural satellites of Earth are there?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
10. What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
a) Mars
b) Venus
c) Saturn
d) Mercury
11. What is the second smallest planet in the solar system?
a) Mars
b) Venus
c) Saturn
d) Mercury
12. Which planet is closest to Earth in terms of mass and size?
a) Mars
b) Venus
c) Saturn
d) Mercury
13. What is the brightest planet in the night sky?
a) Mars
b) Venus
c) Saturn
d) Mercury

14. Which planet is nicknamed as ‘Red Planet’?

a) Mars
b) Venus
c) Saturn
d) Mercury
15. what is the atmospheric pressure of Mars as compared to
the
earth?
a) about the same as the earth's
b) about 100 times as great as the earth's
c) about 1/200th that of the earth's
d) half as much as that of the earth's
16. Which gas is the main component of the atmosphere of
Mars?
a) Carbon dioxide
b) Nitrogen
c) Helium
d) Hydrogen
17. The planet Jupiter has a mass that is:
a) equal to the combined masses of the earth and Mars
b) equal to the combined masses of Saturn and Uranus
c) equal to the combined masses of Saturn, Neptune and Uranus
d) greater than the combined masses of all the planets
18. Name the only two moonless planets.
a) Mars & Venus
b) Venus & Mercury
c) Saturn & Mercury
d) Mercury & Jupiter
19. What is formed when a massive star, after reaching
supergiant status,
explodes?
a) Main Sequence Star
b) White Dwarf
c) Neutron Star
d) Black Hole
20. Which type of star is maintained by the pressure of an
electron gas?
a) Main Sequence Star
b) White Dwarf
c) Neutron Star
d) Black Hole
21. Name the outer boundary of the sun's magnetic field?
a) Troposphere
b) heliosphere
c) stereo sphere
d) outer sphere
22. According to Kepler's Laws, all orbits of the planets are:
a) ellipses
b) parabolas
c) hyperbolas
d) square
23. The largest moon in our solar system?
a) Titan
b) Ganymede
c) Triton
d) I-O
24. A comet's tail, points which direction?
a) toward the sun
b) toward the earth
c) behind the comet in its orbit
d) away from the sun
25. Which of the following statements is true for BOTH Saturn
and
Jupiter?
a) both rotate faster than the Earth
b) both rotate slower than the Earth
c) only one rotates rapidly while the other rotates very slowly
d) their periods of rotation are linked to their period of revolution
26. Europa, Ganymede and Calisto are satellites of what
planet?
a) Jupiter
b) Saturn
c) Neptune
d) Uranus
27. Which planet seems to be turned on its side with an axis tilt
of 98
degrees?
a) Uranus
b) Pluto
c) Neptune
d) Saturn
28. Which of the following first hypothesized that the Earth
orbited the
sun?
a) Alexander the Great
b) Copernicus
c) Socrates
d) Tyco Brahe
29. The period from one full moon to the next is:
a) 30.3 days
b) 30 days
c) 29.5 days
d) 28 days
30. Which of the following planets, the sun rises in the west?
a) Saturn
b) Pluto
c) Mercury
d) Venus
31. How much time does sun rays take to reach earth?
a) 10 mins 20 sec
b) 8 mins 20 sec
c) 18 mins 20 sec
d) 20 min 20 sec
32. Which planet is known as the Morning Star or the Evening
Star?
a) Uranus
b) Venus
c) Neptune
d) Saturn
33. Which Planet has the Most Moons?
a) Jupiter
b) Saturn
c) Neptune
d) Uranus
34. What is the Orbital period of Moon?
a) 30 days
b) 29 days
c)28 days
d) 27 days
35. Which planet has the most volcanoes?
a) Saturn
b) Uranus
c) Mercury
b) Venus
36. What percentage of the Sun's mass has been converted to
energy?
a) 50%
b) 1%
c) 2%
d) .001%
37. Laika, the first living creature to orbit the earth was what
type of
animal?
a) Cat
b) Dog
c) Bird
d) Rabbit
38. Which of the following men was the first to make
systematic use of a
telescope in astronomy?
a) Copernicus
b) Tyco Brahe
c) Kepler
d) Galileo
39.Which Planet spins backwards relative to the others?
a) Saturn
b) Uranus
c) Mercury
b) Venus
40. A comet's apparent size does which of the following as the
comet
gets closer to the Sun?
a) decrease
b) remain the same
c) increase
d) depends upon the direction
41. Name of the star CLOSEST to our sun?
a) Wolf 359
b) Barnard's Star
c) Proxima Centauri
d) Ross 154
42. Who was the first person to set foot on the Moon?
a) Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom
b) Neil Armstrong.
c) Roger Chaffee
d) Wally Schirra
43. What is the average surface temperature of the Moon
during the day?
a) 105 degrees Celsius
b) 106 degrees Celsius
c) 107 degrees Celsius

d) 108 degrees Celsius

44.What is the average surface temperature of the Moon at
night?
a) -150 degrees Celsius
b) -151 degrees Celsius
c) -152 degrees Celsius

d) -153 degrees Celsius

45. When was the Pluto reclassified from a planet to a dwarf
planet?
a) 2004
b) 2006

c) 2008

d) 2010
46. Beads of light visible around the rim of the moon at the
beginning
and end of a total solar eclipse are called?
a) Lunar Beads
b) Solar Beads
c) Baily's Beads
d) Rim Beads
47. The study of the origin and evolution of the universe is
known as:
a) tomography
b) cystoscopy
c) cry ology
d) cosmology
48. The cosmic background radiation, a remnant of the Big
Bang, is at
what temperature?
a) 100K
b) 0K
c) 5.3K
d) 2.7K
49. What is the HOTTEST region of the sun?
a) The core
b) The photosphere
c) The chromosphere
d) The corona
50. Which civilization developed and implemented the first
solar
calendar?
a) Babylonian
b) Greek
c) Egyptian
d) Aztec
51. A planet is said to be at aphelion when it is:
a) closest to the sun
b) farthest from the sun
c) at its highest point above the ecliptic
d) at its lowest point below the ecliptic
52. Which of the following planets has the greatest eccentricity?
a) Pluto
b) Jupiter
c) Mars
d) Mercury
53. The largest moon in our solar system has an atmosphere
that is
denser than the atmosphere of Mars. The name of this moon is:
a) Titan
b) Ganymede
c) Triton
d) I-O
54. The angle that the full moon takes up in the night sky is
equal to
which of the following values?
a) 1/8 degree
b) 1/2 degrees
c) 1 degree
d) 2 degrees
55. People who study the planets and space are called?
a) Astronauts
b) Astronomers
c) Astrologers
56. Which of the following was Galileo's discovery?
a) Venus was covered in clouds
b) Venus had phases like the moon
c) Venus' surface was like the earth's
d) Venus had retrograde motion
57. Cassini's division is described by which of the following?
a) A break in the rings of Saturn
b) A break in the clouds of Jupiter
c) The distance between the first two moons of Jupiter
d) The distance between the Van Allen belts
58. A first magnitude star is how many times brighter than a
second
magnitude star?
a) 2.5
b) 7.3
c) 10.0
d) 12.0
59. A pulsar is a:
a) black hole
b) white dwarf
c) red giant
d) neutron star
60. The gravity on the moon is what fraction of the gravity on
the earth?
a) 1/3
b) 2/3
c) 1/6
d) 1/10
61. The rocks that enter the earth's atmosphere and blaze a
trail all the
way to the ground and do not burn up completely are known
as:
a) meteorites
b) meteors
c) asteroids
d) none of these
62. 95% of the Martian atmosphere is composed of what
substance?
a) Carbon dioxide
b) Nitrogen
c) Argon
d) Carbon monoxide
63. What is the motion called when a planet seems to be moving
westward in the sky?
a) Retrograde
b) Parallax
c) Apocentric
d) Reverse parallax
64. With which one of the following astronomical objects are
meteor
showers associated?
a) Asteroids
b) Comets
c) Planets
d) None of the above
65. A device which would not work on the Moon is:
a) thermometer
b) siphon
c) spectrometer
d) spring balance
66. A comet's apparent size does which of the following as the
comet
gets closer to the Sun?
a) decrease
b) remain the same
c) increase
d) None of above
67. Approximately how many times could a beam of light
travel around
the earth in one second?
a) 3 times
b) 7.5 times
c) 15 times
d) 25 times
68. The average density of the earth is approximately
a) half the density of water
b) twice the density of water
c) five and a half times the density of water.
d) ten times the density of water

69. Of the following colors, which is bent least in passing

through a
prism?
a) orange
b) violet
c) green
d) red
70. Which of the following planets has the lowest density?
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Saturn
d) Mars
71. What causes the gas tail of a comet to always point away
from the
sun?
a) solar wind
b) air pressure
c) centrifugal force
d) gravity
72. What are Saturn's rings composed of?
a) completely connected solid masses
b) billions of tiny solid particles
c) mixtures of gases
d) highly reflective cosmic clouds
73. The reason we call an astronomical body a black hole is that
a) it is a huge star which appears black at its center.
b) its gravity is so high that it absorbs its own photons.
c) it represents lack of matter in a portion of space.
d) it is a dead planet.
74. The first and largest asteroid discovered was:
a) Pallas.
b) Juno.
c) Ceres.
d) Trojan.
 75. Which of the following Saturnian satellites is known to
possess
an atmosphere?
a) Tethys
b) Titan
c) Dione
d) Mimas
76. The atmosphere of Venus contains mostly
a) oxygen
b) carbon dioxide
c) nitrogen
d) water
77. What causes a planet to have a magnetic field?
a) the dynamo effects.
b) the Doppler effects.
c) the Photoelectric effect.
d) its rotation about its sun.
78. On the celestial sphere, the annual path of the Sun is called
a) the eclipse paths
b) ecliptic
c) diurnal
d) solstice
79. The angular distance between a planet and the Sun, as
viewed from
the Earth, is called
a) angle of inclination
b) elongation
c) latitude
d) opposition
80. Which of the following has the greatest density?
a) the sun
b) Venus
c) Mars
d) Jupiter
81. Identify the ripples in the overall geometry of space
produced by the
acceleration of moving objects.
a) Doppler effect.
b) granulation.
c) gravitational waves.
d) elongation.
82. What process produces a star's energy?
a) hydrogen and oxygen combustion
b) nuclear fusion
c) neutron beta decay
d) nuclear fission
83. What is the surface of mercury covered with?
a) rocks
b) craters
c) sand
d) helium gas
84. How many days does mercury take to orbit the sun?
a) 135 days
b) 99 days
c) 88 days
d) 265 days
85. How far is mercury from the sun?
a) 26 million miles
b) 36 million miles
c) 29 million miles
d) 39 million miles
86.How many moons mercury has?
a) five
b) ten
c) zero
d) two
87. When did the Mariner spacecraft take close photographs of
Mercury?
a) 1974
b) 1985
c) 2011
d) 2015
88. What is the sun side facing temperature of Mercury?
a) 500-degree Ferrante
b) 800-degree Ferrante
c) 900-degree Ferrante
d) 950-degree Ferrante
89. When Soviet Union sent spacecraft to Venus?
a) 1974
b) 1975
c) 1978
d) 1979
90.How many moons does Venus have?
a) five
b) ten
c) zero
d) two
91. What is an asteroid?
a) steroid
b) rocky object orbiting the sun
c) A Comet
d) A moon
92. How long does Venus take to orbit the Sun?
a)365 days
b) 225 days
c)250days
d) 265 days
93. What’s the percentage of oxygen on Earth?
a)52%
b) 37%
c)21%
d) 18%
94. How many astronomical unit’s is the Earth from the Sun?
a) 10 AU
b) 5 AU
c) 2 AU
d) 1 AU
95. What temperature can it drop to on Mars in winter?
a) -100-degree F
b) -125-degree F
c)-150-degree F
d) -200-degree F
96. What is the largest canyon called?
a) Olympus Mons
b) Borealis Basins

c) Valles Marineris
d) meteorites
97. How long is the largest canyon?
a) 8000 Kilometers
b) 6000 Kilometers
c) 5000 Kilometers
d) 4000 Kilometers
98. How many hours does it take Uranus to turn on its axis?
a) 17.9 hrs.
b) 18.9 hrs.
c) 20.7 hrs.
d) 23.4 hrs.
99. How many moons does Uranus have?
a)13
b) 18
c)22
d) 27
100. How many moons does Neptune have?
a)13
b) 18
c)22
d) 27
101. Venus is covered by clouds of
a) Water vapor and Hydrogen
b) Water vapor and Nitrogen
c)Helium gas
d) water vapor and Sulphuric acid
102. Name the spacecraft Soviet Union sent to Venus in 1975?
a) Venera 7 and Venera 5
b) Venera 19 and Venera 75
c) Venera 9 and Venera 10
d) Venus and Venera
103. The largest continent on Venus has been named as
a) Aphrodite Terra
b) Maxwell
c) Billie Holiday
d) Venera
104. What is unique about planet earth?
a) It is the only planet that has liquid water on its surface.
b) It is the only planet in the solar system that has life.
c) It is the only inner planet to have one large satellite.
d) All are correct.
105. One year is how many days in Mars
a)365 days
b) 487 days
c)587 days
d) 687 days
106. One day is how many hours and minutes in mars?
a)24 hrs 12 mins
b) 24 hrs 39 mins
c)34 hrs 52 mins
d) 48 hrs 24 mins
107. How long does Saturn take to orbit the Sun?
a)20 yrs.
b) 25 and ½ yrs.
c)29 and ½ yrs.
d) 35 yrs.
108. How long does Earth takes to orbit the Sun?
a)1 yr.
b) 2 yrs.
c)3 yrs.
d) 5 yrs.
109.Neptune has how many moons?
a)9
b) 13
c)18
d) 19
110. How long Pluto takes to turn on its own axis.
a) 6 and ½ days
b) 1 and ½ days
c) 1 days
d) 3 days
111. The atmosphere also Uranus contains
a) hydrogen and helium
b) Nitrogen
c) methane
d) Carbon dioxide
112. How long does Uranus take to orbit the Sun?
a)20 yrs.
b) 39 and ½ yrs.
c) 65and ½ yrs.
d) 84 yrs
113. What year was Pluto discovered?
a)1930
b) 1945
c) 1965
d) 1972
114. How many moons orbit Pluto?
a)3
b) 4
c) 0
d) 2
115. What are the dark flat spots on the surface of the moon
called?
a) Maria
b) Highlands
c) Craters
d) Dust
116. How large is the moon compared to Earth?
a) It is about the same size as Earth
b) It is much larger then Earth - It only appears small in the sky because of
how far away it is.
c)The moon's diameter is about 1/4 the Earth's diameter.
d) Half of the size of Earth.
117. What are the terrestrial planets?
a) Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
b) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
c) Earth, Jupiter, and Pluto
d)Pluto, Comets, Asteroids, Meteors
118. What are the Jovian or gas planets?
a) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
c) Earth, Jupiter, and Pluto
d)Pluto, Comets, Asteroids, Meteors
119. What separates the terrestrial planets from the Jovian or
gas planets in space?
a) nothing
b) Meteors
c) The Asteroid Belt
d)Comets
120.Why Pluto no longer considered as a planet?
a) It’s too small
b) It doesn’t stay on its own orbit
c) It's more like the other objects in the Kuiper Belt than a planet
d) All the above
ANSWER KEYS
1. c 21.b 41.c 61.a 81.c 101.d
2. d 22.a 42.b 62.a 82.b 102.c
3.d 23.a 43.c 63.a 83.b 103.a
4.b 24.d 44.d 64.b 84.c 104.d
5.b 25.a 45.b 65.b 85.b 105.d
6.b 26.a 46.c 66.c 86.c 106.b
7.a 27.a 47.d 67.b 87.a 107.c
8.b 28.b 48.d 68.c 88.d 108.a
9.a 29.c 49.d 69.d 89.b 109.b
10.b 30.d 50.c 70.c 90.c 110.a
11.a 31.b 51.b 71.a 91.c 111.a
12.b 32.b 52.a 72.b 92.b 112.d
13.b 33.a 53.a 73.b 93.c 113.a
14.a 34.d 54.b 74.c 94.d 114.b
15.c 35.d 55.b 75.b 95.b 115.c
16.a 36.d 56.b 76.b 96.c 116.c
17.d 37.b 57.a 77.a 97.d 117.b
18.b 38.d 58.a 78.b 98.a 118.a
19.d 39.d 59.d 79.b 99.d 119.c
20.b 40.c 60.c 80.b 100.a 120.d