Which on of the following planets orbits around the sun in a clockwise direction?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which planets rotate in the opposite direction of the other planets?

   A. Saturn and Jupiter
   B. Jupiter and Neptune
   C. Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury
   D. Venus and Uranus

   Submitted by: Muhammad Abdullah

2. Which four planets are also called the terrestrial planets?

   A. Inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars)
   B. Outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune)
   C. Inner planets (Mercury, Venus) and outer planets (Uranus, Neptune)
   D. Inner planets (Earth, Mars) and outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn)

   Submitted by: Muhammad Abdullah

3. Which is the only planet that rotates clockwise?

   A. Jupiter
   B. Venus
   C. Earth
   D. Mercury

   Submitted by: Mirza Musawer Jamil

4. He was the first scientist to prove that Planets move around the sun?

   A. Archimedes
   B. Galileo Galilei
   C. John Kepler
   D. None

5. Among the planets of the Solar system the position of the Earth from the Sun is:_________?

   A. Second
   B. Third
   C. Fourth
   D. Sixth

   Submitted by: Jameel Ahmed Solangi (Larkana)

6. The Renaissance scientist who explained how planets moved around the sun was

   A. Kepler
   B. Rebelais
   C. Francis Bacorr
   D. Gutenber

   Submitted by: ATIF RAUF

7. In general, Comets have __________ orbits

   A. Elliptical
   B. Highly elliptical
   C. Circular
   D. Parabolic

8. The ISS (International Space Station) orbits Earth about once every?

   A. 60 minutes at an altitude of about 400 km
   B. 60 minutes at an altitude of about 500 km
   C. 90 minutes at an altitude of about 400 km
   D. 90 minutes at an altitude of about 500 km

   Submitted by: Muhammad Abdullah

9. Earth is closest to the sun every year in early ______________, when it’s winter for the Northern Hemisphere. We’re farthest away from the sun in early __________________, during our Northern Hemisphere summer.

   A. January – July
   B. June – December
   C. July – January
   D. December – June

   Submitted by: Mansoor Ul Haque

10. When in the part of its orbit closest to the Sun, Pluto has an atmosphere of nitrogen and methane similar to Triton’s, but what happens when it is farther from the Sun ?

    A. These gases are not present
    B. These gases are like plasma
    C. These gases are frozen 
    D. These gases are volatile

    Submitted by: Muhammad Abdullah