Facts about Saturn
MCQ:
What is Saturn best known for?
A. Its volcanoes
B. Its rings
C. Its bright red color
D. Its oceans
B. Its rings
Fill in the Blank:
Uranus is known as an _______ giant.
ice
Fill in the Blank:
Neptune is known for having the strongest _______ in the solar system.
MCQ:
What type of object is Pluto classified as today?
A. Planet
B. Star
C. Dwarf planet
D. Asteroid
E. Floating Rock
C. Dwarf planet
MCQ:
What is an exoplanet?
A. A star far away
B. A planet outside our solar system
C. A comet near Jupiter
D. Moons of planets that we can inhabit
B. A planet outside our solar system
True or False:
Saturn is the only planet with rings.
Explain why to get the total points.
False
Explanation: Other planets (like Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune) have rings too, but Saturn’s are the biggest and brightest.
What gases give Uranus its blue-green color?
Methane gas in its atmosphere
MCQ:
What spacecraft flew by Neptune in 1989?
A. Galileo
B. Voyager 2
C. New Horizons
D. Cassini
B. Voyager 2
True or False:
Pluto is smaller than Earth’s moon.
True
True or False:
Exoplanets orbit stars just like planets in our solar system.
True
Fill in the Blank:
Saturn is the _______ largest planet in the solar system.
second
MCQ:
How many moons does Uranus have?
A. 2
B. 13
C. 27
D. 60
D. The Values are off by 1
C. 27
True or False:
Neptune’s rings are easily visible through a telescope.
False (They are very faint.)
Why was Pluto reclassified from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006?
Because it didn’t clear its orbit of other space debris.
MCQ:
How do scientists usually find exoplanets?
A. Sending rockets
B. Using giant nets
C. Watching stars dim as planets pass
D. Sending out laser signals
C. Watching stars dim as planets pass
MCQ:
How many major rings does Saturn have?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 7
D. 10
E. 5
C. 7
MCQ:
How long does Uranus take to go around the Sun once?
A. 84 Earth years
B. 1 Earth year
C. 88 Earth days
D. 10 Earth years
E. None of the above
A. 84 Earth years
What is the Great Dark Spot on Neptune?
A huge storm system, similar to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot.
MCQ:
Which of these is NOT a moon of Pluto?
A. Nix
B. Styx
C. Charon
D. Triton
D. Triton
What is the “Goldilocks Zone”?
The distance from a star where a planet could have liquid water.
MCQ:
Which of these moons of Saturn might have an ocean under its surface?
A. Deimos
B. Titan
C. Ganymede
D. Phobos
B. Titan
Fill in the Blank:
Uranus is the _______ largest planet in the solar system.
third
MCQ
How long is a year on Neptune?
A. 84 Earth years
B. 30 Earth years
C. 165 Earth years
D. 200 Earth years
C. 165 Earth years
MCQ:
Which planet's orbit does Pluto sometimes cross?
A. Jupiter
B. Neptune
C.Uranus
D. Saturn
B. Neptune
MCQ:
What is the name of the closest known exoplanet to Earth?
A. Kepler-22b
B. Mars
C. Proxima b
D. Planet X
C. Proxima b