Our Solar System

Question 1

This ice giant with an awkward name is the only planet that rotates on its side.

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Uranus

Question 2

This red planet has been explored by a robotic Rover. It may someday also be explored by humans

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Mars

Question 3

The sun and the bodies that move in orbit around it.

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solar system

Question 4

The invisible path followed by an object circling an planet, the sun, or another star.

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orbit

Question 5

In 2006 this object was demoted to being a dwarf planet.

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Pluto

Question 6

The galaxy that includes Earth and our solar system and is made up of over 100 billion stars.

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Milky Way

Question 7

This blue ice giant is now the last planet in our solar system. It is the coldest planet.

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Neptune

Question 8

Why is Pluto no longer a planet?

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It shares its orbit with other objects in the Kuiper Belt.

Question 9

A very large group of stars and planets.

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galaxy

Question 10

This is the second largest planet, but it is the least dense. It could float in water.

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Saturn

Question 11

Which two planets do NOT have any moons?

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Mercury and Venus

Question 12

The second planet from the sun and the hottest. It is called Earth&#x27;s twin, but you can&#x27;t live there.

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Venus

Question 13

The largest planet in our solar system. It is bigger than all the other planets combined.

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Jupiter

Question 14

Everything that exists in space.

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universe

Question 15

This is the 3rd planet in the solar system and the only one with liquid water and life forms.

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Earth

Question 16

The smallest planet. It is very hot in the day and very cold at night due to a thin atmosphere.

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Mercury

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