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Planet Uranus

Astronomy quiz about the planet Uranus

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1) What does the planet Uranus look like through a large telescope?

a red disk
a white disk
a dot of light
a blue-green disk
a slightly flat orange disk


2) The rings of the planet Uranus consist almost entirely of small, microscopic-size dust particles.

Correct
Not correct


3) The planet Uranus is the ... planet from the Sun?

fifth
sixth
seventh


4) Pick the moon that is not a moon of the planet Uranus:

Ariel
Titan
Titania
Oberon
Umbriel


5) What type of core does the planet Uranus have?

rocks
ice
gas


6) How was Uranus discovered ?

by accident / luck
by calculation from wobbles in the orbit of Saturn
by calculation from wobbles in the orbit of Neptune


7) Between which planets will you find Uranus?

Saturn and Neptune
Jupiter and Saturn
Jupiter and Neptune


8) How long does Uranus take to revolve around the Sun?

8 years
84 years
840 years


9) Which statement is correct?

Alpha, beta and gamma are craters on the surface of Uranus.
Alpha, beta and gamma are rings of Uranus.
Alpha, beta and gamma are moons of Uranus.


10) Who discovered the planet Uranus ?

Johannes Kepler
Sir William Herschel
Nicolaus Copernicus


11) Which gases will you find in the atmosphere of the planet Uranus ?

hydrogen, helium, and methane
neon, chloor, and oxygen


12) Pick the true statement:

The planet Neptune is very faintly visible with the naked eye
Neptune is easily seen with the naked eye, even when a cresent moon is present.
You need a large, professional telescope to see the planet Neptune.


13) Did the Voyager 2 spacecraft take pictures of the planet Uranus?

True
False


14) The planet Uranus has a magnetic field.

Correct
Incorrect


15) Pick the true statement:

Sir William Herschel discovered Oberon and Titania.
William Lassell discovered Umbriel and Ariel
Gerard Peter Kuiper discovered Miranda.
All these statements are true
All these statements are false.




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