The Solar System & Planets

Our solar system is located in which galaxy?

• Orion's Belt

• Andromeda

• Milky Way

• Whirlpool

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Starting at the sun and moving outward, what is the correct order of the planets in our Solar System?

• Sun = Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn

• Sun = Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Earth

• Sun = Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus

• Sun = Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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Which planet has a red spot on it?

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Mars

• Mercury

The study of the solar system is called …

• cosmology

• astrology

• planetology

• astronomy

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This planet is small and icy. It is a 'dwarf' planet. Today, many scientists question whether it should even be classified as a planet. Which planet is it?

• Mercury

• Pluto

• Venus

• Neptune

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The planets travel around the sun in this kind of orbit.

• Elliptical

• Circular

• Elongated

• Counterclockwise

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