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Earth Quiz

Put your knowledge of the earth to the test with our fun earth quiz that’s perfect for kids. Learn interesting trivia and answer a range of questions on topics such as rocks, air, deserts, oceans, mountains, gas, volcanoes and more.

Have you got what it takes to answer them all? Give it your best and when you’re done scroll down the page to check your answers.

1. What is the name of the largest ocean on earth?
2. What are the two main metals in the earth’s core?
3. Which is hotter, the center of the earth or surface of the sun?
4. What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?
5. What do you call it after it has erupted?
6. The Great Barrier Reef is found off the coast of which country?
7. What do you call a person who studies rocks?
8.  Name the three time periods of the dinosaurs.
9. True or false? The Grand Canyon is around 10000 feet (3000 meters) deep.
10. What is the name of the deepest location in the world’s oceans?
11. Over a long period of time while under extreme heat and pressure, graphite turns into which precious mineral?
12. Outside of Antarctica, what is the largest desert in the world?
13. The gemstone ruby is typically what color?
14. What is the name of the highest mountain on earth?
15. Do stalactites rise from the floor or hang from the ceiling of limestone caves?
16. 'Cascade', 'horsetail', 'plunge' and 'tiered' are types of what?
17. Someone who studies earthquakes is known as a what?
18.  What is the name of the layer of earth’s atmosphere that absorbs the majority of the potentially damaging ultraviolet light from the sun?
19.  The mass of the earth is made up mostly of which two elements?
20. What is the second most common gas found in the air we breathe?

Earth Quiz Answers

1. The Pacific Ocean	2. Iron and nickel	3. The center of the earth	4. Magma
5. Lava	6. Australia	7. A geologist	8. Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous
9. False - 5000 feet (1500 meters)	10. Mariana Trench	11. Diamond	12. The Sahara Desert in Africa
13. Red	14. Mount Everest	15. Hang from the ceiling	16. Waterfall
17. Seismologist	18. The ozone layer	19. Iron (32%) and oxygen (30%)	20. Oxygen (21%)

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Space Quiz

Space is a mysterious place but there are plenty of things we are sure about when it comes to that vast space that surrounds us here on earth. Challenge what you think you know with our fun space quiz. Perfect for kids, this quiz will get you thinking about the fascinating topics of space and astronomy. Test your knowledge of planets, stars, moons, astronauts, our solar system, galaxy and more space related trivia. Try answering the twelve questions on your own and then scroll down to the bottom of the page for the all important answers.

1. What is the closest planet to the Sun?
2. What is the name of the 2nd biggest planet in our solar system?
3. What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
4. What planet is famous for its big red spot on it?
5. What planet is famous for the beautiful rings that surround it?
6. Can humans breathe normally in space as they can on Earth?
7. Is the sun a star or a planet?
8. What planet is known as the red planet?
9. What is the name of the force holding us to the Earth?
10. Have human beings ever set foot on Mars?
11. Does the sun orbit the Earth?
12. Is the planet Neptune bigger than Earth?
    
    

Space Quiz Answers

1. Mercury
2. Saturn
3. Venus
4. Jupiter
5. Saturn
6. No
7. A star
8. Mars
9. Gravity
10. No
11. No
12. Yes