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SOalr System BTEC L2/3
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1
What are the cooler areas on the sun's surface?
Prominences
Solar Flares
Sun dimples
Sunspots
2
Which planet rotates East to West, which is opposite the other planets?
Venus
Earth
Jupiter
Uranus
3
Which planet contains liquid water and an oxygen rich atmosphere?
Neptune
Venus
Uranus
Earth
4
Which of the following does NOT describe the dwarf planet Pluto?
It has 3 moons.
It is spherical in shape.
It orbits the sun.
It has cleared the path of it's orbit.
5
Which planet is tipped on its side and rotates from top to bottom?
Venus
Earth
Jupiter
Uranus
6
Which planet has the largest volcano in the entire solar system?
Neptune
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
7
Our solar system is considered to be which type of system?
Earth Centered
Geocentric
Self Centered
Heliocentric
8
Which planet has a longer day than it's entire year?
Jupiter
Mercury
Mars
Venus
9
Which is the only planet in the solar system known to support life?
Mercury
Earth
Saturn
Pluto
10
Which planet is the smallest and closest to the sun?
Neptune
Mercury
Jupiter
Pluto
11
In what region are most of the dwarf planets found?
Kuiper Belt
Meteor Cloud
Asteroid Belt
Oort Cloud
12
What is the outermost region of our solar system called?
Oort Cloud
Meteor Cloud
Asteroid Belt
Kuiper Belt
13
What do we call a space rock found on the surface of Earth?
Meteorite
Meteor
Meteoroid
Asteroid
14
Which layer of the sun's atmosphere is the outermost and looks like a halo?
Chromosphere
Photoshpere
Core
Corona
15
It is believed that our solar system began 4.6 Billion years ago from a ..... ?
Cloud of gas and dust
Black Hole
Dying star
Big Bang
16
Which planet is beyond 30 AU from the sun making it the coldest planet?
Mars
Neptune
Mercury
Pluto
17
Which planet has the largest, most visible rings?
Uranus
Saturn
Mars
Mercury
18
Which planet has 60+ moons, the largest being named Titan?
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
19
Which scientist is credited with proving the heliocentric model to be true?
Kepler
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Galileo
20
Which planet is larger and more massive than all the other planets?
Venus
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
21
Between which two planets is the asteroid belt found?
Mercury and Venus
Neptune and Pluto
Mars and Jupiter
Saturn and Uranus
22
By which process does the sun create energy for our solar system?
Nuclear Fusion
Radiation
Electrolysis
Photosynthesis
23
What is made of ice, rock, and dust that originates in the oort cloud and orbits the sun?
Comet
Meteor
Planet
Asteroid
24
Which planet has a never-ending storm called the great red spot?
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn
25
Which unit is used to measure the distances between objects in our solar system?
Astronomical Units
Mega Miles
Kilometers
Earth Units