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Quiz about No One Wants To Live On Pluto
Quiz about No One Wants To Live On Pluto

No One Wants To Live On Pluto Trivia Quiz


How much do you know about the living conditions of Pluto? Play this quiz to find out.

A multiple-choice quiz by pinkbunny98. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
pinkbunny98
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
372,903
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
349
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Question 1 of 10
1. Pluto never has an atmosphere.


Question 2 of 10
2. The average temperature of Pluto is below zero.


Question 3 of 10
3. On average, how far is Pluto from the sun? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who discovered Pluto in 1930? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Is the sky dark during the day on Pluto?


Question 6 of 10
6. How long is one day on Pluto compared to one on Earth? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Pluto spins in the opposite direction to the earth.


Question 8 of 10
8. Which of these are the names of two of Pluto's moons? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Using the naked eye, attempting to view Pluto from the earth is like trying to see which of these from 30 miles away? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. When Pluto was still a planet (before 2006), it was considered the coldest planet in the Solar System.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Pluto never has an atmosphere.

Answer: False

Pluto has an atmosphere, though it is very thin. It is composed of 90% nitrogen, and 10% methane and carbon dioxide.
2. The average temperature of Pluto is below zero.

Answer: true

The average temperature of Pluto is -229C. In a Pluto day, the temperature ranges from -240C to -218C.
3. On average, how far is Pluto from the sun?

Answer: Around 5.9 billion kilometers

At its perihelion (the closest point of its orbit to the sun), Pluto gets to within 4.4 billion km from the sun. But at its aphelion (the most distant point of its orbit from the sun), Pluto gets to within 7.38 billion km of the sun.
4. Who discovered Pluto in 1930?

Answer: Clyde W. Tombaugh

It took Clyde one year of painstaking work at the Lowell Observatory to find Pluto. He found it on February 18, 1930. He also discovered hundreds of other asteroids in his life.
5. Is the sky dark during the day on Pluto?

Answer: Yes

It is said that the sky is so dark that you could see the stars on Pluto. But the position of the stars will be different from what we see on the earth, because of the distance.
6. How long is one day on Pluto compared to one on Earth?

Answer: Around seven earth days

Astronomers calculate that it takes 6 earth days, 9 hours, and 17 minutes for a day to pass on Pluto. Interestingly, Pluto's temperature isn't as extreme as that of some planets which revolve at the same speed.
7. Pluto spins in the opposite direction to the earth.

Answer: True

As far as is known in the early twenty-first century, only Pluto, Venus and Uranus have retrograde rotation, which means the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. Pluto also rotates horizontally, on its orbital plane, so its seasonal variation is extreme; at its solstices, one-fourth of its surface is continuous day, whereas another fourth is continuous night.
8. Which of these are the names of two of Pluto's moons?

Answer: Charon and Hydra

Charon is the largest satellite of Pluto, discovered in 1978 by James Christy at the US Naval Observatory. It is a very large moon, about half the size of Pluto.

Hydra was discovered in 2005 by the Hubble Telescope. In Greek mythology, Hydra was the nine-headed serpent that fought with Hercules.
9. Using the naked eye, attempting to view Pluto from the earth is like trying to see which of these from 30 miles away?

Answer: Walnut

Because Pluto is so far from us, we do not know much about it, compared to other celestial bodies, such as Mars, Venus, etc.
10. When Pluto was still a planet (before 2006), it was considered the coldest planet in the Solar System.

Answer: True

When Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, Neptune, 4.5 billion kilometres away from the sun, became the coldest planet in the Solar System.
Source: Author pinkbunny98

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