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Solar System questions about planets!
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1
The Earth revolves around the sun in one year. What planet circles the sun in 365 earth days?
Venus
Earth
Mars
The moon
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What word do we use for an object that orbits a planet, commonly known as moon
Space ball
Satellite
Uranus
Meteor
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This planet has 27 known satellites, and was the first planet found using a telescope
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
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What two planets DO NOT have moons orbiting around them?
Venus and Mercury
Mars and Venus
Mercury and Mars
Venus and Earth
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The fastest rotating planet in our solar system
Earth
Saturn
Mercury
Jupiter
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Neptune
Is the "windiest" planet
Is named after the Greek god of the forest
is the furthest gas planet
Has a frozen core
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This planet is in-between Mars and Saturn.
Uranus
Earth
Jupiter
Venus
8
Make up the inner planets
Earth, mercury, Venus
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars
Mercury, Venus, Mars
Venus, Earth, Mars, Pluto
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This planet has 14 moons, and is named after the god of the oceans
Uranus
Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
10
Which planet has the hottest temperature?
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Jupiter
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What is a meteor?
a rock moving through space
a meteoroid that touches the ground and makes a crater
a meteoroid that comes into Earth and burns up
12
Earth's "twin sister"
Chuckina Norris
The moon
2nd Earth
Venus
13
Which two planets spin different from the other 6 planets in our solar system?
Pluto and Uranus
Uranus and Venus
Pluto and Venus
Mercury and Venus
14
If you're standing on the sun looking out at the planets, what would you see?
Nothing, the glare would be too bright.
Nothing, you'd be dead
Mercury, the rest are too far away
The solar system
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Compared to planets, this object would be MUCH smaller
None of the above
Comets and Asteriods
The Sun
The Galaxy
16
These 4 planets are classified as gas giant
<p>Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars</p>
Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune
Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Mars
Neptune, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn
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This planet is the fourth one closest to the Sun and is commonly referred to as the Red Planet
Neptune
Jupiter
Earth
Mars
18
What is in the center of the Solar System?
Earth
Sun
Venus
Pluto
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What do we call an object unable to clear its gravitational field, but not a planet
Dwarf Planet
Cheese Parfait
None of these
Dork Planet
20
What planet is closest to the Sun?
Venus
Earth
Mars
Mercury
21
What can orbit a planet?
The Sun
Moon(s)
Other Planets
None of the above
22
Has rings made up of ice and frozen particles, and a moon named Titan
Saturn
Antares
Jupiter
Uranus
23
This object could cause massive damage to the Earth and possibly kill everything on the planet.
A solar eclipse
None of the above
Moon Phases
An asteriod
24
This planet has a large red spot which is a 300 yr old hurricane, and is the largest planet
Uranus
Jupiter
Saturn
Earth
25
This planet has no atmosphere
Mercury
Earth
Pluto
Venus
26
What separates the inner and outer planets?
The north star
An asteroid belt
Jupiter
The will of Chuck Norris
27
How many planets are in our solar system?
6
8
9
7
28
This is the last planet in our solar system.
Mercury
Saturn
Neptune
Pluto
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What is a benefit of atmosphere?
It makes the sky look blue
It provides protection
Keeps us from floating away
Contains UV blocking ozone molecules
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This planet's atmosphere is 95% Carbon Dioxide, and has the largest volcano in the universe
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Earth