Quizzes

How Well Do You Know Our Solar System?

Do you have a good idea of what our solar neighborhood looks like? Then come take our solar system test!

Shai K. 3/24/2020

Our solar system is where our planet calls its home. It's huge, ancient, and includes more than just our planet. These are our neighbors, and for thousands of years we've been investigating and wondering about them. Has any of this research made its way to you? Do you have a good idea of what our solar neighborhood looks like? Then come take our solar system test and see if you are an astronomer at heart.

How many planets are there in our solar system?

Which of these is the largest planet in our solar system?

Pluto

Jupiter

Earth

Saturn

Phobos and Diemos are moons of...

Mars

Venus

Pluto

Saturn

What is the name of the first satellite sent into space?

Sputnik

Comrade 1

Apollo 1

Apollo 2

What is the smallest planet in the Solar System?

Pluto

Venus

Mercury

Mars

What's the distance between the earth and the sun?

93 million miles or 150 million km

10 million miles or 16 million km

600,000 miles or 965,000 km

2 million miles or 3.2 million km

Which Planets Have Rings around Them?

Venus, Uranus, Pluto, and Jupiter

Venus, Uranus, Saturn, and Neptune

Jupiter, Uranus, Mars, and Neptune

Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, and Neptune

Which planet in our solar system has the shortest day? (Or the fastest rotation)

Jupiter

Earth

Mars

Venus

Which planets do NOT have moons?

Mars and Venus

Pluto and Uranus

Saturn and Mercury

Mercury and Venus

Who was the first person to reach space?

Yuri Gagarin

Neil Armstrong

Alexei Leonov

Andriyan Nikolayev

Who was the first woman to reach space?

Valentina Tereshkova

Svetlana Savitskaya

Christina Koch

Sally Ride

Which planet of our solar system has the most moons?

Jupiter

Saturn

Mars

Uranus

How old is our solar system, approximately?

4.6 billion years

600 million years

300 million years

As old as the universe

Not Quite the Astronomer...

Well, you won't be picked to go up to the moon any time soon, we're afraid. There's a lot for you still to learn about our solar neighborhood, and it's a fascinating topic, so we'd recommend reading a bit more about it. Of course you should also check your mistakes below to see where you went wrong.

You Have Some Space Knowledge!

You definitely weren't caught off-guard with these questions, and we're happy to see you managed to answer most of them correctly. That means you have a fairly good grasp of the facts of our solar neighborhood, and can probably educate a few people about it. Keep reading and learning!

An Astronomer in the Making

You have an astronomical (excuse our pun) knowledge about our solar neighborhood. You're the kind of person everyone looks at when there's a pub quiz about space or when anything about astronomy is mentioned. Good on you and may you continue to expand your terrific knowledge base.