Planets
Which are the 4 gas giants, in order?
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What planet has the largest moon-to-planet ratio in the solar system?
What is Earth
What element within the soil of Mars gives it the famous red color?
What is Iron
This feature of the solar system lies in between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter and is likely the remnants of a planet that was never created due to Jupiter's immense gravitational pull.
What is the Asteroid Belt
What two elements is the Sun primarily made of?
What is hydrogen and helium
Which planet has the most axial tilt of near 98 degrees, who also spins on its side?
What is Uranus
Which planet has the most moons, with 146 and counting?
What is Saturn
What element within Neptune's atmosphere gives it the specific blue hue?
What is Methane
The famous Red Spot on Jupiter's surface is a storm that has lasted nearly 200 years. It is changing in size, however; is it increasing or decreasing?
What is decreasing
!!!Daily Double!!!
Name all the planets with known rings.
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Which planet rotates in the opposite direction of all other planets, also known as retrograde motion?
What is Venus
This moon, that orbits Jupiter, is the largest moon in the solar system, even larger than the planet Mercury itself, and is to believed to have a subsurface ocean.
What is Ganymede
!!!DAILY DOUBLE!!!
How many rings does Saturn have, and what are the names/order?
What is 7 rings
D, C, B, A, F, G, E
This planet has the largest volcano in the solar system, named Olympus Mons, that is roughly 3 times the height of Mount Everest, and has a base diameter that spans roughly the size of the state of Arizona.
What is Mars
This term, given to the planets Uranus and Neptune, is a new classification for the two planets differing from the term 'Gas Giants' due to the heavier elements that form the mantle around their rocky cores.
What is Ice Giants
!!!Daily Double!!!
This planet is the only planet which contains no atmosphere, and why?
What is Mercury.
The Sun's rays, in such close proximity, blast the atmosphere away, solely leaving an exosphere.
This moon, being Saturn's largest, has the only other recorded hydrologic cycle, similar to Earth's water cycle, but instead is comprised of methane and ethane.
What is Titan
This planet has the fastest rotation time in the solar system, rendering it's days to be only 10 Earth hours long.
What is Jupiter
Which is the farthest planet that you can see from the Earth with the naked eye?
What is Uranus
This planet is the warmest planet in the solar system, while this planet is the coldest planet in the solar system.
What is Venus and Uranus
Powerful magnetic poles, that of which are the only observed poles to be rapidly shifting, belong to which planet?
What is Earth
This moon, belonging to Saturn, is nicknamed the 'Death Star' moon because of it's large crater, which influenced the appearance of the famous Death Star from Star Wars.
What is Mimas
The least dense planet, with a density of 0.687 g/cm³, is which planet?
What is Saturn
This planet has the most volatile atmosphere that consists mainly of carbon dioxide, with an atmospheric pressure 89 times that of Earth's?
What is Venus
What are the three brightest features in Earth's night sky, in order? HINT: Don't over think the first one.
What is the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter