Astronomy Quiz on the Planets

Can you answer these questions about the planets' atmospheres?

Test your astronomy knowledge about planetary atmospheres with the following easy 10-question quiz.

1. Which planet has a speedy white cloud feature named Scooter?
2. Which planet has a long-lasting hexagonal cloud formation near its north pole?
3. Which planet had a human eye-shaped hurricane photographed in 2006?
4. Which planet has an atmosphere of more than 95% carbon dioxide?
5. Which planet has the fastest winds in the solar system at 2000 kilometers an hour?
6. Which planet is sometimes obscured by planet-wide dust storms?
7. Which planet has no atmosphere?
8. Which planet gets its atmosphere from ices that evaporate from the surface when the planet is near the sun?
9. Which planet has an atmosphere striped with light-colored zones and dark-colored belts?
10. Which planet is the only one to possess a mostly nitrogen atmosphere?

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Answers:

1. Neptune
2. Saturn
3. Saturn
4. Venus and Mars
5. Neptune
6. Mars
7. Mercury
8. Pluto (technically only a dwarf planet)
9. Jupiter
10. Earth