Uranus Quiz

Challenge yourself with this Uranus quiz and discover how much you know about the tilted ice giant, its rings, its moons, and its icy blue color.

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15 questions

  1. What kind of planet is Uranus? Choices: Terrestrial, Gas giant, Ice giant, Dwarf planet
  2. Who discovered Uranus in 1781? Choices: William Herschel, Galileo Galilei, Johann Galle, Edwin Hubble
  3. How many known rings does Uranus have? Choices: 7, 13, 20, 30
  4. Where does Uranus rank in distance from the Sun? Choices: Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Seventh
  5. About how long is a year on Uranus? Choices: About 29 Earth years, About 84 Earth years, About 120 Earth years, About 165 Earth years
  6. What gas gives Uranus its blue-green color? Choices: Methane, Oxygen, Ammonia, Carbon dioxide
  7. About how many times wider than Earth is Uranus? Choices: About 2 times, About 9 times, About 4 times, About 11 times
  8. What is unusual about the way Uranus spins? Choices: It does not spin at all, It spins faster than any other planet, It spins in two directions at once, It spins tilted on its side
  9. Uranus's moons are named after characters from whose plays? Choices: William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Homer, Sophocles
  10. About how long is one day on Uranus? Choices: About 10 hours, About 17 hours, About 24 hours, About 59 hours
  11. Which planet is most similar to Uranus in size and makeup? Choices: Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Mars
  12. What is the name of Uranus's largest moon? Choices: Miranda, Ariel, Oberon, Titania
  13. What is special about the temperature of Uranus's atmosphere? Choices: It has the coldest atmosphere of any planet, It has the hottest atmosphere of any planet, Its temperature never changes, It is warmer than Earth's atmosphere
  14. About how long does sunlight take to reach Uranus? Choices: About 8 minutes, About 43 minutes, About 2.7 hours, About 10 hours
  15. Which is the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus? Choices: Voyager 1, Voyager 2, Cassini, Pioneer 10

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