Only A Space Wiz Can Get 100% On This Solar System Pop Quiz

I did get 9/10, the Uranus one was the only one that I missed. That was because I knew that it was impossible that Uranus could have been discovered first. haha. Some of the other questions were a little deceptive as well, however, like the one that asks whether they were named after Greek gods or Latin words. Actually, either answer would have been technically correct, as they were Greek gods, but they were named according to the Latin names of those Greek gods, because the Romans and Greeks had for the most part, the same gods. I find that many of the quizzes on here have questions like that, which are almost like trick questions, I don't know whether that is on purpose or just by accident.

buhlemann, actually the Roman and Greek gods were the same gods, just with different Latin and Greek names. But you did hit right on it, Uranus couldn't possibly have been discovered before the first 5 planets, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn, that can be easily seen with the naked eye and were discovered by ancient man long ago in antiquity. The days of the week have been named after those planets for well over 2,000 years that we know about, but it is unclear whether the planets were named as gods or considered gods or whether the mythology of certain people created gods that were named after the planets later on. Yes, technically, Pluto was just reclassified, but I grew up considering Pluto a full planet and I still count Pluto as a full planet, no matter what the scientific new fad community wants to call it. I also now consider Ceres as a planet as well, because most scientists will admit that it is right in the location where a planet should be, but Ceres was always considered an asteroid until recently, but there are now scientists that do consider Ceres and Pluto to be dwarf planets instead. My thoughts on that are why should there be a specific large size associated with what we should consider a planet, if it looks like a planet, and takes up the space in the solar system that a planet should take up, then it should be called a planet.

Saying that Uranus was the first planet discovered is very deceptive and actually incorrect as well. Possibly it was the first planet mentioned or written about by modern day era astronomers, but the 5 planets that can be seen easily by the naked eye were discovered by ancient man long ago, that's why the 7 days of the week are named after them, along with the Sun and the Moon. We haven't a clue who it was that first discovered those planets or even when they were first discovered, but the ancient Greeks and Romans named the days of the week after them at least 2,000 years ago and there is documentation to prove that. And Uranus was not one of the 5 planets that, along with the Sun and the Moon, whose names make up the names of the days of the week. Sunday, it is obvious what that was named after, Monday, Moon's day, Tuesday, Mar's day, Wednesday, Mercury's day, Thursday, Jupiter's day, Friday, day of Venus, and Saturday, which is Saturn's day. There was no mention of Uranus in the names of the days of the week, which were designated by ancient man long ago.

How could Uranus be the first planet discovered? I'm pretty sure it was Mars.

The planets have the names of Roman, not Greek gods.

7 / 10. I really should have done better!

8/10. How come Uranus was discovered before either of our nearest neighbours- Mars and Venus?

7 / 10. I really should have done better!

yeah, I took AP science, and that is how I know 3 of these "answers" are wrong. 1. They were named after Roman, not Greek, gods. 2. as noted below, Mars and Venus were described in antiquity over 2000 years before Uranus was thought of, and 3. again as noted below, Pluto was not "booted out of the solar system", it was merely reclassified.

#7 - Other planets were known before Uranus was discovered; #8 - Pluto was NOT booted out of the solar system, it was just reclassified as a dwarf planet.

I call y'all on this one! FOUL!! When Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, was discovered in 1781, it expanded the known limits of our solar system. It was also the first planet to be discovered using a telescope, as Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were all bright enough to be easily visible to the naked eye.Aug 13, 2019.

Many of the answers are guess work as science just guesses the age of solar system etc etc Man guessing as we cannot go measure or check elsewise.

Sue McGregor, God. Uranus is the only planet named for a Greek god.

mikeyparry, Uranus is a Greek god.

Christopher Skinner, Roman name for the earth is, Terra.