Understanding the Solar System: A Comprehensive Quiz

What type of star is our sun classified as?

• Red giant

• White dwarf

• Yellow main-sequence

• Neutron star

What process leads to the formation of the sun?

• Magnetic reconnection

• Gravitational collapse

• Nuclear fission

• Stellar wind accumulation

Which planets are known as the gas giants?

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Mercury and Venus

• Uranus and Neptune

• Earth and Mars

What event altered Neptune's orbit billions of years ago?

• Alignment of Jupiter and Saturn

• Collision with a rogue planet

• A supernova explosion

• The Big Bang

What is the primary component of the sun's core?

• Molecular oxygen

• Plasma

• Solid iron

• Liquid hydrogen

What phenomenon describes the movement of energy from the sun's core to its surface?

• Reflection

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

What is the temperature of the sun's outer atmosphere, the corona?

• 6000 Kelvin

• 100,000 Kelvin

• 1 million Kelvin

• 15 million Kelvin

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

What is the significance of the asteroid belt in our solar system?

• It protects Earth from comets

• It is the remains of a destroyed planet

• It separates the inner and outer planets

• It is the source of all planetary water

According to Carl Sagan, what are we made of?

• Star stuff

• Moon dust

• Galactic debris

• Comet material