Inner/Outer Planets

Question 1

Which inner planet is the smallest?

Answer 1

Mercury

Question 1

Which inner planet is closest to the sun?

Answer 1

Mercury

Question 2

This inner planet has one burning hot side and one freezing cold side.

Answer 2

Mercury

Question 3

What type of atmosphere does Mercury have?

Answer 3

None

Question 4

Which inner planet is second from the sun?

Answer 4

Venus

Question 5

What is Venus covered with?

Answer 5

Thick clouds that are made of acid.

Question 6

This inner planet’s heat gets trapped.

Answer 6

Venus

Question 7

Which inner planet is the hottest?

Answer 7

Venus

Question 8

Which inner planet is a little smaller than Earth?

Answer 8

Venus

Question 9

This inner planet is third from the sun.

Answer 9

Earth

Question 10

Which inner planet is made from rock and soil?

Answer 10

Earth

Question 11

Which inner planet has water and air?

Answer 11

Earth

Question 12

This inner planet has many living things.

Answer 12

Earth

Question 13

How many moons does Earth have?

Answer 13

One

Question 14

Which inner planet is fourth from the sun?

Answer 14

Mars

Question 15

What is Mars covered with?

Answer 15

Rusty colored rock and dust.

Question 16

Which inner planet is known as the red planet?

Answer 16

Mars

Question 17

This inner planet has volcanoes and deep canyons.

Answer 17

Mars

Question 18

This inner planet is about half the size of earth.

Answer 18

Mars

Question 19

What type of atmosphere does Mars have?

Answer 19

Thin

Question 20

What are the 4 Jovian planets?

Answer 20

Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter and Saturn

Question 21

Name 5 characteristics of Jovian planets.

Answer 21

1. Largest planets: at least 15 times the mass of Earth
2. No solid surfaces (mostly atmosphere)
3. Low density
4. All have ring systems
5. All have dense cores

Question 22

Which outer planets are gas giants?

Answer 22

Jupiter and Saturn

Question 23

Name 3 characteristics of gas giant planets.

Answer 23

1. Thick H/He atmosphere
2. Liquid hydrogen mantle
3. Ice core

Question 24

What outer planets are gas giants?

Answer 24

Jupiter and Saturn

Question 25

Name 2 characteristics of ice giants.

Answer 25

1. Ince/rock core and mantle 2. Thin H/He atmosphere

Question 26

What is the biggest outer plants?

Answer 26

Jupiter

Question 27

How many moons does Jupiter have?

Answer 27

At least 28

Question 28

Which outer planet has a Great Red Spot?

Answer 28

Jupiter

Question 29

This planet has a rapid rotation of 10 hours.

Answer 29

Jupiter

Question 30

This outer plants has a banded appearance.

Answer 30

Jupiter

Question 31

How many years does it take Jupiter to orbit the sun once?

Answer 31

11.9

Question 32

What type of surface does Jupiter have?

Answer 32

No solid surface, it is a ball of liquid surrounded by gas.

Question 33

This outer planet has huge storms.

Answer 33

Jupiter

Question 34

dJupiter's Great Red Spot has laster for how many years?

Answer 34

350 years

Question 35

Saturn is similar to what other outer planet?

Answer 35

Jupiter

Question 36

How many years does it take Saturn to orbit the Sun?

Answer 36

29 years

Question 37

How many hours does it take for Saturn to rotate.

Answer 37

10 hours

Question 38

This outer planet is still forming.

Answer 38

Saturn

Question 39

What are Saturn's rings made of?

Answer 39

Ice and dust

Question 40

What is the most prominent feature of Saturn?

Answer 40

It's rings

Question 41

What is Saturn made of.

Answer 41

Materials that are lighter than water. It would float in a lake.

Question 42

How many moons does Saturn have?

Answer 42

30 named moons

Question 43

What is Saturn's largest moon?

Answer 43

Titan

Question 44

Name 2 characteristics of Saturn's moons.

Answer 44

1. They are not solid, they are composed of small countless particles 2. They are very thin, 250,000km or more in diameter and less than one kilometer thick

Question 45

What is the third largest outer planet and the seventh from the sun?

Answer 45

Uranus

Question 46

How many years does it take for Uranus to orbit the Sun?

Answer 46

84 years

Question 47

Why is Uranus blue-green?

Answer 47

Because of the methane in its atmosphere

Question 48

What outer planet rotates sideways?

Answer 48

Uranus, possibly because of a collision

Question 49

What outer planet 's sunlight is 370 times fainter?

Answer 49

Uranus

Question 50

How cold is Uranus?

Answer 50

Very cold, -250 degrees C

Question 51

Which planet is the fourth largest planet and eighth from the sun?

Answer 51

Neptue

Question 52

What type of atmosphere does Neptune have?

Answer 52

Methane

Question 53

How many years does it take Neptune to orbit the Sun?

Answer 53

165 years

Question 54

What is the temperature on Neptune?

Answer 54

-250 degrees C

Question 55

What outer planet is 30 times farther from the Sun than Earth?

Answer 55

Neptune

Question 56

Because of the orbits, from 1979 to 1999, THIS outer planet was the ninth planet.

Answer 56

Neptune

Question 57

In 2006 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) come up with 4 definition of a planet.

Answer 57

1. Orbits the Sun 2. Has sufficient mass for its self-gravity 3. Has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit 4. Is not a satellite

Question 58

What are 3 reasons why Pluto is NOT a planet?

Answer 58

1. Has not cleared its orbit 2. Objects with smaller mass are in it's way 3. It can still be a planet when it grows up

Question 59

Name the 5 Dwarf planets.

Answer 59

1. Ceres 2. Pluto 3. Eris 4. Haumea 5. Makemake

Question 60

What Dwarf planet was the first of the Asteroids?

Answer 60

Ceres

Question 61

When was Ceres discovered?

Answer 61

1801

Question 62

When was Pluto discovered?

Answer 62

1930

Question 63

When was Eris discovered?

Answer 63

2005

Question 64

What two Dward planets are trans-Neptunian?

Answer 64

Pluto and Eris

Question 65

What Dwarf planets are suspected trans-Neptunian?

Answer 65

Haumea and Makemake