Solar System Solar System Knowledge Quiz lara published on May 25, 2010 Stacked 1/12 The mass of the Sun accounts for about ... of the total mass of the Solar System. 20% 40% 50% 80% 99% 2/12 How Many Planets are in the Solar System? 7 8 9 10 3/12 Which of the following are terrestrial planets? Hint: 2 choices Jupiter Venus Earth Saturn Pluto 4/12 Which of the following planets are considered gas giants? Hint: 3 choices Uranus Jupiter Venus Saturn Mars 5/12 Which of the following planets have a natural satellite? Hint: 5 choices Neptune Venus Mars Pluto Earth Jupiter 6/12 Which is the direction of the rotation of planets? clockwise counter-clockwise 7/12 The Halley's Comet is visible from Earth every ... 40 to 41 years 44 to 45 years 75 to 76 years 110 to 111 years 8/12 Which of the following planets have planetary rings? Pluto Jupiter Uranus Venus 9/12 What are Haumea, Makemake or Ceres? normal planets dwarf planets natural satellites stars 10/12 The main asteroid belt occupies the orbit between ... Earth and Mars Saturn and Jupiter Mars and Jupiter Uranus and Pluto 11/12 What is the closest star or group of stars to our solar system? Sirius Barnard's Star Alpha Centauri Wolf 12/12 What are Saturn's rings made of? heavy metals ice and rock gas
