An exciting quiz game sponsored by the College of
Charleston Society of Physics Students
A) Venus
B) Jupiter
C) Uranus
D) Neptune
A) Venus
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the
sun and the largest planet in our
solar system!
B) Jupiter
The bands of Jupiter are composed
of different cloud layers that
separate themselves as the planet
rotates.
C) Uranus
D) Neptune
Here you can see the Great Red Spot
of Jupiter. It’s as wide as the
diameter of earth!
Best of all, we can see Jupiter in our telescopes right now!
A) Venus
B) Hoth
C) Uranus
D) Neptune
Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun
and has a frosty surface temperature of -218
degrees Celsius (-360.4 Fahrenheit).
Triton
A) Venus
B) Hoth
C) Uranus
D) Neptune
Neptune is 17 times the mass
of earth!
Neptune’s Rings
The Voyager 2 Space probe is
the only craft to fly by
Neptune.
A) Pluto
B) The Moon
C) Uranus
D) Mercury
Pluto is a Dwarf Planet in the Kuiper Belt on the outer
rim of our solar system.
A) Pluto
B) The Moon
C) Uranus
D) Mercury
Pluto is one of many Kuiper Belt Objects
Pluto’s volume is less
than 1% of the earth’s
A) Venus
B) Mercury
C) The Sun
D) Endor
A) Venus
B) Mercury
C) The Sun
D) Endor
A) Mars
B) A moon of Neptune
C) Mercury
D) A moon of Jupiter
Europa is covered in a thick layer
of ice. The streaks across its
surface are scars from collisions
with meteorites.
A) Mars
B) A moon of Neptune
C) Mercury
D) A moon of Jupiter
It is believed that a vast ocean of
liquid water resides beneath
Europa’s surface. Because of
this, many believe this is a likely
candidate for hosting life.
A) Venus
B) Sunspots
C) Mercury
D) International
Space Station
A) Venus
B) Sunspots
C) Mercury
D) International
Space Station
Images courtesy of Thierry Legault
A) The Crab Nebula
B) The Milky Way
C) The Large Magellanic Cloud
D) The Small Magellanic Cloud
The Milky way is where our Solar System
resides. In areas with little light
pollution, you can see into the disk of
the milky way with the naked eye.
The Milky Way is a Spiral Galaxy. Our solar
system lies on the outer part of one of its
spiral arms. A super-massive black whole
resides at the center of the Milky way.
A) The Crab Nebula
B) The Milky Way
C) The Large Magellanic Cloud
D) The Small Magellanic Cloud
A) A meteorite
B) A Space Sponge
C) A moon of
Saturn
D) A Rock from our
moon
Hyperion is Saturn’s sixty known
moons. It is also one of the largest nonspherical objects in our solar system.
A) A meteorite
B) A Space Sponge
C) A moon of
Saturn
D) A Rock from our
moon
Hyperion is approximately 122 km (75 miles)
wide. It features hundreds of large and small
craters. Many of the craters are filled with a
strange black substance.
A) A crater left from
a collision with a
meteorite
B) A large Martian
volcano
C) A fault line on
Venus
D) An image of
the north pole
from space
Olympus Mons is the largest
volcano in the solar system
A) A crater left from
a collision with a
meteorite
B) A large Martian
volcano
C) A fault line on
Venus
D) An image of
the north pole
from space
Olympus Mons stands 27 km above the surface
of Mars. It is roughly the size of Arizona.
A) Earth
B) Mercury
C) Venus
D) Endor
A) Earth
B) Mercury
C) Venus
D) Endor
A) The Death Star
B) Mimas
C) The Moon
D) Venus
Mimas is another moon of Saturn.
It’s well-known for its giant crater
and its resemblance to a certain
planet-anihilating spacecraft.
A) The Death Star
B) Mimas
C) The Moon
D) Venus
The giant crater of Mimas is 130 km
in diameter and 10 km deep.
An exciting quiz game sponsored by the College of
Charleston Society of Physics Students