The Sun and Mercury

1

100

What is a star?

a. big ball of gas

b. livable planet

c. ball of metal

a. big ball of gas

200

What is Mercury mostly made of?

a. Magnesium

b. Iron

c. Gold

b. Iron

300

What is the closest planet to the Sun?

a. Pluto

b. Earth

c. Mercury

c. Mercury

400

DOUBLE POINTS: How hot is the sun's surface?

a. 5,000 degrees

b. 80 degrees

c. 10,000 degrees

c. 10,000 degrees

500

What is the inside of a planet called?

a. the crust

b. the middle

c. the core

c. the core

2

100

The Sun is a planet.

True or False

DOUBLE POINTS: What is the Sun?

False - it is a star

200

What is the biggest object in the solar system?

a. Earth

b. Sun

c. Mercury

b. Sun

300

What is gravity?

a. the pull between two objects

b. magic to help us float

c. the inside of a planet

a. the pull between two objects

400

Mercury and the Moon both have:

a. craters

b. oxygen

c. people

a. craters

500

The dark spots in the photosphere are called:

a. sunspots

b. black holes

c. caves

a. sunspots

3

100

A moon is an object that circles a planet.

True or False

True

200

A space probe carries people.

True or False

False

300

How far away is the Sun from Earth?

a. 9 miles

b. 93 million miles

c. 200 miles

b. 93 million miles

400

DOUBLE POINTS: Mercury was named after:

a. a funny king

b. the Roman messenger of the gods

c. Spongebob

b. the Roman messenger of the gods

500

The surface of the sun is called _______.

a. atmosphere

b. photosphere

c. photography

b. photosphere

4

100

The Sun can warm up cold places. 

True or False

True!

200

How many moons does the Sun have?

a. 2

b. 1

c. 0

c. 0

300

DOUBLE POINTS: What does it mean to float?

a. to circle the Sun

b. to rest on water or air

c. to swim fast

b. to rest on water or air

400

How far is Mercury from the Sun?

a. 10 miles

b. 36 million miles

c. 100 billion miles

b. 36 million miles

500

What two things does the Sun give Earth?

a. light

b. oxygen

c. heat

d. water

a. light

c. heat

5

100

We should visit the Sun.

True or False

False

200

How many moons does Mercury have?

a. 3

b. 10

c. 0

c. 0

300

You CANNOT sing on Mercury.

True or False

True

400

What is a solar system?

a. the surface of the Sun

b. group of plants, moons, and other things that travel around the Sun

c. waves of energy and light

b. group of plants, moons, and other things that travel around the Sun

500

DOUBLE POINTS: What is Mariner 10?

a. an astronaut

b. a telescope

c. a space probe

c. a space probe