Easy Saturn Trivia Quiz Questions For Kids
Saturn is which planet from the sun?
A: The sixth planet from the Sun.
Where does Saturn rank in size with respect to the other
planets in the solar system?
A: It's the second largest planet in the Solar System, after
Jupiter.
Who was the planet named after?
A: The Roman god of agriculture.
Saturn is what kind of a planet?
A: A gas giant.
What is the average radius of Saturn compared to the Earth?
A: About nine times that of Earth.
Saturn has only one-eighth the average density of what
planet?
A: Earth.
How much more massive is Saturn than the Earth?
A: It's just over 95 times more massive.
Saturn's interior is probably composed of a core of iron,
nickel and what?
A: Rock (silicon and oxygen compounds).
That would in turn be surrounded by a deep layer of what?
A: Metallic hydrogen.
Saturn's magnetic field is weaker than Earth's magnetic
field but has a magnetic moment 580 times that of the Earth due to Saturn's
what?
A: Larger body radius.
Saturn's magnetic field strength is around one-twentieth
the strength of what other planet?
A: Jupiter's.
Wind speeds on Saturn can reach up to what speed?
A: 1,100 miles/hour.
Saturn has a prominent ring system that consists of how
many continuous main rings?
A: Nine.
The rings are composed mostly of what?
A: Ice particles.
How many moons orbit Saturn?
A: Sixty-two known moons.
How many of the moons are named?
A: Fifty-three are officially named.
This does not include the hundreds of "moonlets" comprising
the what?
A: Rings.
Titan, Saturn's largest and the Solar System's second
largest moon, is larger than what planet?
A: Mercury.
Titan is the only moon in the Solar System to retain a
what?
A: A substantial atmosphere.
Saturn is classified as a gas giant because the exterior is
predominantly composed of gas and it lacks a what?
A: Definite surface, although it may have a solid core.
The rotation of the planet causes it to take what shape?
A: An oblate spheroid.
Saturn is the only planet of the Solar System that is less
dense than what?
A: Water—about 30% less.
Jupiter has how many times the Earth's mass?
A: 318.
Together, Jupiter and Saturn hold what percentage of the
total planetary mass in the Solar System?
A: 92%.
Standard planetary models suggest that the interior of
Saturn is similar to that of what other planet?
A: Jupiter, having a small rocky core surrounded by hydrogen and helium.
Saturn has a hot interior, reaching what temperature at the
core?
A: 11,700 °C.
Saturn radiates 2.5 times more energy into
space than it
what?
A: Receives from the Sun.
What are Saturn's upper clouds composed of?
A: Ammonia crystals.