How much do you know about Saturn? Test your knowledge by taking the Saturn quiz. All you need to do is click on an answer for each question. Have fun!
3: What is Saturn made of?
a) Liquids and gases
b) Rock
c) Ice
5: What are Saturn’s rings made of?
a) Solid rock
b) Millions of diamonds, rubies, and other precious stones
c) Billions of pieces of ice and dust
7: How long does it take Saturn to rotate, or spin around, once?
a) About 10.5 Earth hours
b) 3 Earth hours
c) 5,000 Earth hours
9: Who or what is Saturn named after?
a) A popular car
b) A person from the Bible
c) The Roman god of farming
15: Which four planets are farthest from the Sun?
a) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
b) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
c) Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus
17: Which statement is true?
a) Saturn is larger than Jupiter.
b) Saturn is about the same size as Earth.
c) Saturn is larger than Earth but smaller than Jupiter.
19: What will Cassini do when its mission to Saturn comes
to an end?
a) Cassini will crash itself into Saturn.
b) Cassini will fly back to Earth.
c) Cassini will land on Titan.
2: Which statement is true?
a) Saturn is the farthest planet from the Sun.
b) Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun.
c) Saturn is the closest planet to the Sun.
4: How long is a year on Saturn?
a) About 40 Earth days
b) Nearly 11,000 Earth days
c) 365 Earth days
6: Which of these statements is false?
a) Saturn’s atmosphere is made of a thick layer of gases.
b) Saturn doesn’t have an atmosphere.
c) Saturn’s atmosphere has 1,000-mile per hour(1,600 km/h) winds.
8: How many moons does Saturn have?
a) 3
b) At least 53
c) 23
10: How fast is Saturn moving through space?
a) 100,000 miles per hour (160,000 km/h)
b) 21,500 miles per hour (35,000 km/h)
c) 250 miles per hour (402 km/h)
12: What did the Cassini space probe do when it reached Saturn?
a) It landed on Saturn.
b) It flew past Saturn and traveled to Neptune.
c) It released a smaller probe to study Saturn’s moon Titan.
14: Which statement is true?
a) A telescope is needed to see Saturn in the sky.
b) Ancient people were able to see Saturn in the sky.
c) Saturn was discovered in 1948.
16: Which statement is false?
a) Saturn’s rings may have formed from pieces of moonsand comets.
b) Saturn is shaped like a banana.
c) Titan is the second-largest moon in the solar system.
20: Which statement is true?
a) Saturn has the tallest mountain in the solar system.
b) The Cassini probe is still orbiting Saturn.
c) Saturn is a very hot planet.
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