Printable ScholarPlanets Quiz
Can you tell the planets apart? Tap each one we name. Three tries each.
Planets Quiz
The Sun and 8 planets. We name one, you tap it. Three tries each.
For class: type your name, then take a screenshot of this card.
How to play
Press Start. The name of a planet (or the Sun) shows at the top: tap it in the picture. Right on the first try turns it green; right after a miss turns it amber; after three misses it turns red and the quiz moves on. Sizes and distances are not to scale.
The Sun and the 8 planets, in order from the Sun
- Sun The star at the center of the solar system.
- Mercury The smallest planet, closest to the Sun.
- Venus The hottest planet. Thick air traps heat.
- Earth Our home, the only planet known to have life.
- Mars The red planet, with rusty, iron-rich soil.
- Jupiter The largest planet, a giant ball of gas.
- Saturn A gas giant with bright, wide rings.
- Uranus An ice giant that spins on its side.
- Neptune The farthest planet. A cold, windy ice giant.
Study on paper first
Print the labeled solar system diagram to study, then try the blank version on the same page: write in each planet's name. A handy way to remember the order: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune).
Teaching this topic?
The Solar System teaching pack has everything for the lesson: lesson slides, guided notes and 8 printables with every answer key (grades 4 to 6), $7. Use this game as the warm-up or the review.
Questions
Why is Pluto not in the quiz?
In 2006 astronomers grouped Pluto with the dwarf planets, so the solar system has eight planets. Pluto still orbits the Sun, far beyond Neptune.
Is the picture to scale?
No. The planets are drawn at sizes that fit on one screen. Jupiter is really about 11 times as wide as Earth, and the Sun is about 109 times as wide.
Can my class use this?
Yes, free, with no sign-up and no ads. At the end, students type their name and take a screenshot of the result card to hand in.