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Our Solar System
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Which planets take longer to orbit the sun?
inner planets
outer planets
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The large red oval visible on Jupiter is a ...
350 year old storm
large mountain
huge hole
body of water
3
One rotation of the Earth is the same as one...
decade
year
day
month
4
What color are the coldest stars?
red
blue
yellow
white
5
Which two planets do not have a moon?
Jupiter & Saturn
Neptune & Uranus
Mars & Earth
Mercury & Venus
6
Which planet has a "Great Dark Spot" and is blue?
Saturn
Neptune
Venus
Earth
7
How do scientists classify galaxies?
by their temperature
by their size
by their shape
by their number of stars
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What makes up 99% of the mass in our solar system?
the sun
the moons
all the planets
the asteroid belt
9
Which planet has the shortest year? (only 88 Earth days)
Venus
Jupiter
Neptune
Mercury
10
Though it's next after Saturn in the order of planets, it's twice as far from the sun
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
Venus
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According to NASA, why isn't Pluto considered the ninth planet anymore?
lack of gravity
its small size and too far away from the sun
its elliptical orbit around the sun
all the above
12
Surprisingly, even though it is not the closest to the sun, which planet is the hottest?
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Mars
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What is in between Mars and Jupiter separating the inner and outer planets?
asteroids/ asteroid belt
a dwarf planet
stars
the moon
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One characteristic that the "Gas Giants" have in common is...
they're larger than the sun
their orbits are the same length
they're all very hot
they all have rings
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Why does each planet in the solar system orbit around the sun?
solar winds
the planets' attraction to one another
the sun's powerful gravity
asteroid belt
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With a circumference of 272,946 miles, it is the largest planet in our solar system.
Jupiter
Neptune
sun
Uranus
17
What term means the same as a planet's year?
oval path
spin cycle
revolution
orbital period
18
Which of these planets is considered a "gas giant", along with Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus?
Mars
Pluto
Neptune
Earth
19
Which would not change no matter what planet's surface you visited?
your mass
the weather
your weight
the length of a year
20
What do all outer planets have in common?
they are gas giants
they are farthest from the sun
all of the above
they all have rings
21
Because of the iron oxide mineral found on its surface, it is called "the Red Planet".
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Mercury
22
A shooting star is a ...
astreroide
comet
meteor
star
23
What is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system?
Tadpole
Milky Way
Whirlpool
Sunflower
24
What color are the hottest stars?
white
red
blue
yellow
25
The outer solar system and the inner solar system are separated by...
asteroid belt
sun
milky way
black hole
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Which of the eight planets is farthest from the sun, and can only be seen by telescope?
Jupiter
Mercury
Neptune
Uranus
