This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Science > Stars And The Solar System > Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 14 ..... is the first artificial satellite launched by the USSR in ..... A) Sputnik, 1967. B) Aryabhatta, 1957. C) Aryabhatta, 1967. D) Sputnik, 1957. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sputnik, 1957. 2. Which is the brightest star in night sky? A) Orion. B) Large Saptarshi Mandal. C) Small Saptarshi Circle. D) Sirius. E) Leo major. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sirius. 3. Only the biggest stars in the universe can become black holes at the end of their life. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Phobos and deimos are the moons of which planet? A) Neptune. B) Venus. C) Mars. D) Earth. E) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mars. 5. Which is the farthest planet of solar system? A) Neptune. B) Jupiter. C) Earth. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neptune. 6. On which day is the moon not visible to us? A) Full moon. B) Crescent moon. C) New moon. D) Both Full moon and New moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New moon. 7. Who was the first person to land on the moon? A) Neil Armstrong. B) Frank Bennet. C) Mark Mathew. D) Joy Triband. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neil Armstrong. 8. What is the mass of sun? A) 1.98 * 10*30. B) 1.89 * 10*30. C) 1.78 * 10*35. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.98 * 10*30. 9. What is 'Light Year'? A) It's a unit of length that is used to measure planets. B) It's a unit of heat that is used to measure the heat of planets. C) It's a unit of length used to express astronomical distances. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's a unit of length used to express astronomical distances. 10. John's grandfather used to gaze at the night sky when he was a boy in 1940. John gazes at this same sky in 2008. The sky that John sees is A) Almost the same as the one his grandfather saw. B) Exactly the same as the one his grandfather saw. C) Mostly different from the one his grandfather saw. D) Completely different from the one his grandfather saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exactly the same as the one his grandfather saw. 11. A bowl shape depression formed when meteorite hits the surface is known as? A) Asteroid. B) Crater. C) Nucleus. D) Meteor. E) Coma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crater. 12. Which is the smallest planet in the solar system A) Jupiter. B) Venus. C) Earth. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mercury. 13. If I am 13 years old, I have gone round the sun ..... times. A) Never gone round the sun. B) 26. C) 13. D) Shall go round the sun when I shall be 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 13. 14. One lunar month = ..... Earth days. A) 29.5. B) 30. C) 31. D) 28. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 29.5. 15. The stars in the night sky look as if they are slowly moving because A) The Earth is moving. B) The Sun Blocks them out at times. C) They rotate around the Sun. D) They rotate around the Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Earth is moving. 16. The sun is much larger than the moon. However, as viewed from Earth, the sun and moon appear to be the same size. Which reasoning explains why the sun and moon appear to be the same size when viewed from Earth? A) The moon is much brighter than the sun. B) The moon is much hotter than the sun. C) The moon is much closer to Earth than the sun. D) The moon is much denser than the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The moon is much closer to Earth than the sun. 17. Which of the following is not a planet? A) Pluto. B) Vega. C) Polaris. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. Which star is nearest to the Earth? A) Orion. B) Cassiopeia. C) Pole Star. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 19. Which of the following constellations can be seen in the night sky during winter season?(a) Orion (b)Ursa Major (c) Leo Major (d)Cassiopeia A) A and B. B) B and C. C) A and D. D) B and D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A and D. 20. How many natural satellites does Venus have? A) 2. B) 1. C) 4. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 21. Which is the second nearest star to the Earth? A) Vega. B) Rigel. C) Polaris. D) Alpha Centauri. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alpha Centauri. 22. These are the four planets the Sun; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are classified as A) The best planets. B) Gas giants. C) Terrestrial planets. D) Solar planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gas giants. 23. Which star does the Ursa Major move around? A) Ursa Star. B) Alpha Centauri. C) Pole star. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pole star. 24. What is the first four planets from our solar system named? A) Terrestrial planets. B) Milky way galaxy. C) Stars. D) Jovian planets. E) Asteroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrestrial planets. 25. Which planet is light enough to float in a large pool of water? A) Earth. B) Venus. C) Jupiter. D) Saturn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saturn. 26. Which of the following is a moon phase? A) New. B) Gibbous. C) Crescent. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 27. How long does it take for the Earth to complete one rotation on its axis? A) 12 hours. B) 365 days. C) 24 hours. D) 28 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 24 hours. 28. What is astronomical unit denoted by A) Ly. B) WH. C) Au. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Au. 29. What causes the sun to rise in the East and set in the West? A) The rotation of the Sun around the Earth. B) The rotation of the SUn on its axis. C) The rotation of the Earth on its axis. D) The rotation of the Earth around the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rotation of the Earth on its axis. 30. Which one of the following is one of the 7 well-known ancient sages or rishis A) Vishwamitra. B) Vyasa. C) Atri. D) Brighu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atri. 31. Which of the following is NOT a planet in our Solar System? A) Mars. B) Neptune. C) Venus. D) The Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Moon. 32. The smallest planet of the solar system is: A) Mars. B) Mercury. C) Saturn. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercury. 33. Which is the brightest planet in the universe? A) Venus. B) Earth. C) Mercury. D) Saturn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venus. 34. An irregular, rocky body that orbits the sun but is too small to be classified as a planet is known as a: A) Meteor. B) Dwarf planet. C) Comet. D) Asteroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asteroid. 35. What are asteroids? page146 A) Man-made objects floating in space. B) Natural objects that exist in space, such as stars, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and galaxies. C) Objects submerged in water. D) Objects found on Earth's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural objects that exist in space, such as stars, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and galaxies. 36. What is the significance of constellations in astronomy? A) Constellations are musical instruments used in ancient times. B) Constellations are underwater creatures found in the ocean. C) Constellations are types of clouds in the sky. D) Constellations are groups of stars that form recognizable patterns in the night sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Constellations are groups of stars that form recognizable patterns in the night sky. 37. Name the planets in order from the one closest to the Sun A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. B) Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury. C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. D) Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. 38. In which year, the Old Woman Meteorite which weighed 2758 kg was discovered in California, USA? A) 1972. B) 1978. C) 1976. D) 1975. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1976. 39. Asteroids revolve around the Sun between the orbits of the planets: A) Mars and Earth. B) Venus and Mars. C) Jupiter and Mars. D) Mars and Saturn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jupiter and Mars. 40. Uranus was discovered in ..... and by whom? A) British astronaut Neil Armstrong 1945. B) William Herschel in 1917. C) William Shakespeare 1893. D) British astronaut William Herschel in 1781. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) British astronaut William Herschel in 1781. 41. The moon consists of different sizes of ..... and also has a large number of steep and ..... A) Volcanoes, Large ponds. B) Craters, High mountains. C) Gardens, Hills. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Craters, High mountains. 42. Huge loops of reddish gas that connect sunspots are called: A) Coronal loops. B) Prominences. C) Solar wind. D) Solar flares. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prominences. 43. I am the 3rd planet from the sun. I have a thick blanket of ozone layer high up in atmosphere.I have plenty of water and oxygen, helping me support life.Who am I? A) Mars. B) Venus. C) Earth. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth. 44. Planets twinkle just like stars. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 45. The differences between inner planets and Outer planets are A) Inner planets are large and Rocky while outer planets are smaller and made mostly of gas. B) Inner planets are large and made of gas while outer planet are smaller and Rocky. C) Inner planet are small and Rocky while outer planets are large and made mostly of gas. D) Inner planets are small and made of gas while outer planets are large and rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inner planet are small and Rocky while outer planets are large and made mostly of gas. 46. Jupiter has how many known moons? A) 21. B) 54. C) 35. D) 53. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 53. 47. Luis is comparing two stars in the Milky Way galaxy. How can Luis tell which star has the greater temperature? A) Absolute magnitude. B) Brightness. C) Apparent magnitude. D) Color. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Color. 48. How many confirmed natural satellites does Saturn have? A) 67. B) 53. C) 82. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 53. 49. The Northern Hemisphere is warmer in spring than in winter, because in spring A) The days are shorter. B) It is tilted away from the Sun. C) It gets more direct sunlight. D) The Earth is closer to the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Earth is closer to the Sun. 50. Which answer describes how the inner planets are SIMILAR to each other? A) They are all the same size. B) They all have solid surfaces. C) They all have at least 1 moon. D) They all have a thick atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They all have solid surfaces. 51. After the Sun, the next nearest star to the Earth is: A) Proxima Centauri. B) Pole Star. C) Alpha Centauri. D) Sirius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proxima Centauri. 52. The sun produces large amounts of energy. By what process does the sun produce energy? A) Convection. B) Radiation. C) Electromagnetic radiation. D) Nuclear fusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuclear fusion. 53. What factor causes one planet to have more gravity than other planets A) The planets mass. B) Gas giants have more gravity. C) The planets size. D) Terrestrial planets have more gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The planets mass. 54. Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move? A) Sun and moon orbit Earth. B) Earth and moon orbit Sun. C) Earth orbits the Sun and the moon orbits Earth. D) Earth and sun orbit moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth orbits the Sun and the moon orbits Earth. 55. A student finds that the length of a tree's shadow changes throughout the day. What does this show about earth? A) Earth is surrounded by air. B) Earth rotates on its axis. C) Earth tilts on its axis. D) Earth revolves around the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth rotates on its axis. 56. Which of the following best describes Earth's specific location in space? A) At the edge of a supercluster. B) At the center of a spiral galaxy. C) In a cluster of galaxies. D) Within a solar system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Within a solar system. 57. Which of the following are non-luminous objects:(a) Orion (b) Morning Star (c) Moon (d) Pole Star A) A and B. B) B and C. C) B and D. D) Only C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B and C. 58. What is the role of comets in the solar system? A) Comets are used for providing light, heat, and energy. B) Comets are used for communication. C) Comets are used for transportation. D) Comets are celestial bodies that orbit around the Sun and can provide valuable information about the early solar system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comets are celestial bodies that orbit around the Sun and can provide valuable information about the early solar system. 59. Why does the Sun appear larger and brighter than other stars in the sky? A) It is made of gold. B) It is the biggest star in the universe. C) It is closer to Earth than other stars. D) It is the only star that gives off light. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is closer to Earth than other stars. 60. We can watch the phases of the moon change, day by day. A complete cycle of phases takes about ..... to complete. A) A day. B) One month. C) A decade. D) A year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One month. Next →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 2Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 3Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 4Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 5Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books