Planetary Perception - An overview of our Solar System

Question 1

What is at the center of our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Sun

Question 2

The Sun is the brightest star in our solar system because ...

Accepted Answer

It is the closest star to our Earth

Question 3

Which is the best answer for the time it takes Mercury to rotate?

Accepted Answer

58 days

Question 4

The biggest planet of our solar system is ?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 5

Which of the planets rotates on its side?

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Question 6

What is the correct order of planets from the closest to the Sun to the farthest from the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

Question 7

Which planet is upside down?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 8

Which of the following is the hottest planet in the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 9

What are two things that exist on Earth that allow life?

Accepted Answer

water, oxygen

Question 10

Is Pluto a planet?

Accepted Answer

No, it is too small.

Question 11

The Rocky planets include the following:

Accepted Answer

Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars

Question 12

In what unit do we measure distances from the Sun to the planets?

Accepted Answer

astronomical units

Question 13

Which of the following planets is the closest to the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 14

Which of the following planets is the most distant from the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Neptune

Question 15

Which planets rotate in retrograde (backward)?

Accepted Answer

Venus and Uranus

Question 16

How old is the Sun (and our solar system)?

Accepted Answer

4.5 billion years

Question 17

What lies between the Rocky planets and the Gas Giants?

Accepted Answer

The Asteroid Belt

Question 18

Which are the gas giants?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn

Question 19

Why is the surface of Mars red in color?

Accepted Answer

iron on the surface

Question 20

The only planet in our solar system that can sustain life is ?

Accepted Answer

Earth

Questions 20