Quiz about SOLAR SYSTEM

Question 1

The sun is in the ________________________ of our solar system.

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center

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outside

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circle

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moon

Question 2

How many planets are in our solar system (not including pluto)

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8

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9

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10

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7

Question 3

Which planet is the largest planet in our solar system

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Jupiter

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Saturn

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Mars

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Earth

Question 4

Which planet is the only planet to spin on its side?

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Uranus

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Earth

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Jupiter

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Neptune

Question 5

What planet do we live on?

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Earth

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Mars

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Venus

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Saturn

Question 6

What planet is closest to the sun?

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Mercury

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Neptune

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Mars

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Venus

Question 7

What planet is the same size as earth?

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Venus

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Saturn

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Jupiter

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Mars

Question 8

What planet has thousands of beautiful, tiny rings made of chunks of ice and rock?

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Saturn

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Jupiter

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Uranus

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Neptune

Question 9

Which is the hottest planet?

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Venus

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Mercury

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Earth

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Mars

Question 10

Which is the smallest planet?

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Mercury

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Neptune

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Jupiter

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Mars

Question 11

Which is the farthest planet from the sun?

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Neptune

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Uranus

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Saturn

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Jupiter

Question 12

What planet is known as the red planet because of its red looking surface?

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Mars

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Earth

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Uranus

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Saturn

Question 13

Which of the following lists the correct order of the planets from the sun?

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto

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Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Question 14

It is the coldest planet in the solar system.

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Uranus

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Neptune

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Saturn

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Jupiter

Question 15

I am the brightest and hottest planet.

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Venus

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Mars

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Jupiter

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Saturn

Question 16

I get my color from methane gas.

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Neptune

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Uranus

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Jupiter

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Earth

Question 17

I take the longest to orbit the Sun.

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Neptune

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Uranus

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Saturn

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Jupiter

Question 18

What is the composition of most comets?

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ice, dust, rock, frozen gases

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rock, ice, salt carbon

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rock, ice magma, frozen gases

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ice, dust, rock, soil

Question 19

Describe an asteroid's origin and orbit

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Between Mars and Jupiter, circular orbit

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Between Mars and Jupiter, long elliptical orbit

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Another galaxy, long elliptical orbit

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Oort cloud, long elliptical orbit

Question 20

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

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meteor

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meteorite

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asteroid

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comet

Question 21

The belt between Mars and Jupiter

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Asteroids

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Comets

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Meteors

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Stars

Question 22

They are sometimes called shooting stars

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meteors

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interplanetary dust

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asteroids

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comets

Question 23

Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball". I have a hydrogen cloud, coma, and a nucleus. I am invisible except when near the sun. What am I?

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Comet

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Asteroid

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Star

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Meteor

Question 24

The tail of a comet usually faces

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away from the Sun

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toward the sun

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toward the Earth

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away from the Earth

Question 25

When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?

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meteorite

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meteroid

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meteor

Question 26

One similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:

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orbit the sun

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are made of rock

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come from the Asteroid Belt

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come from the Oort Cloud

Question 27

it is the center of the whole Solar System.

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Sun

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Planet

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Comet

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Asteroid

Question 28

it is the first planet from the sun.

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Mercury

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Saturn

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Venus

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Jupiter

Question 29

It is the consider as a "Ringed Planet".

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Saturn

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Uranus

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Neptune

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Jupiter

Question 30

Which outer planet has the most number of satellites?

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Saturn

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Jupiter

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Uranus

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Neptune

Question 31

Why do you think that Mercury and Venus experience complete darkness during night time?

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It has no satellite.

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It did not receive sunlight.

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It has the least number of satellites.

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It has the most number of satellites.

Question 32

Which of the inner planet has the slowest revolution?

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Mars

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Mercury

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Venus

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Earth

Question 33

How will you describe the period of revolution of the inner and outer planets?

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The planets vary in their period of revolution around the sun.

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The planets have the same period of revolution.

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The inner planets revolve slower than the outer planets.

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The outer planets revolve faster than the inner planets.

Question 34

Which planet has almost the same size with Earth?

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Venus

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Jupiter

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Saturn

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Uranus

Question 35

What do you call an orderly arrangement of heavenly bodies?

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solar system

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biosphere

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constellation

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ecosystem

Question 36

Which refers to the spherical bodies revolving around the sun?

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planets

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comet

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moon

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stars

Question 37

What are the rocks and metals moving around the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?

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asteroids

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comet

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planets

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stars

Question 38

Which is the center of the solar system?

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Sun

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Mercury

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Earth

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Jupiter

Question 39

What heavenly body forms a luminous tail as it gets closer to the sun?

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comet

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asteroid

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moon

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star

Question 40

What do you call the objects that revolve around a planet?

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satellite

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comet

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meteor

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star

Question 41

Which is the red planet?

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Mars

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Mercury

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Venus

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Earth

Question 42

Which is the twin planet of Venus?

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Earth

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Mercury

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Mars

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Jupiter

Question 43

How old is the Solar system?

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4.5 billion years old

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13.8 billion years old

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18 billion years old

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2 billion years old

Question 44

_______________ is the movement of the Earth causing Day and Night.

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Rotation

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Revolution

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Precision

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Evolution

Question 45

Which planet has the moons Phobos and Deimos?

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Mars

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Jupiter

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Saturn

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Uranus

Question 46

What is the name of the largest moon in the Solar System?

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Ganymede

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Titan

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Io

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Europa

Question 47

In which planet is the largest volcano in the Solar System found?

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Mars

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Mercury

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Venus

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Earth

Question 48

It is known to be the queen of the asteroid belt and classed as a dwarf planet?

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Ceres

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Eris

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Makemake

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Haumea

Question 49

How long is the Earth's revolution?

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365 1/4 days

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365 days

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365 1/2 days

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365 3/4 days

Question 50

Which planet is named after the Roman messenger of gods?

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Mercury

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Mars

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Saturn

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Neptune

Question 51

All four gaseous planets have rings.

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True

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False

Question 52

The storm, the Great Dark Spot, can be found in what planet?

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Neptune

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Uranus

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Jupiter

Question 53

A GASEOUS PLANET WITH DARK RINGS

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URANUS

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NEPTUNE

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JUPITER

Question 54

DWARF PLANET

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PLUTO

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EARTH

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MERCURY

Question 55

TERRESTRIAL PLANET

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EARTH

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JUPITER

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URANUS

Question 56

HEART OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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SUN

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MOON

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ICE GIANTS

Question 57

The four inner planets are...

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Rocky and small

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Very large and made of ice

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Small and made of ice

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Very large and made of gases

Question 58

The outer planets are...

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Very large and made of gases

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Rocky and small

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Very large and made of ice

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Small and made of ice

Question 59

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

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gravity

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speed

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string

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air currents

SOLAR SYSTEM

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