Solar System Quiz

What is the largest planet in the solar system?

• Saturn

• Mars

• Venus

• Jupiter

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Which planet is known as the 'Red Planet'?

• Mars

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Jupiter

What is the hottest planet in the solar system?

• Mars

• Saturn

• Venus

• Jupiter

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

• Mars

• Venus

• Mercury

• Jupiter

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How did the solar system form?

• The solar system formed from a single explosion in space.

• The solar system formed from a giant rotating cloud of gas and dust called the solar nebula.

• The solar system formed from a series of volcanic eruptions on the sun.

• The solar system formed from a collision of two massive stars.

What is the name of the theory that explains the formation of the solar system?

• Flat Earth Theory

• Big Bang Theory

• Creation Theory

• Nebular Theory

What is the Kuiper Belt?

• A type of asteroid that orbits close to the sun

• A region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune, containing many small icy bodies

• A region of the solar system between the orbits of Earth and Mars

• A group of planets in the outer solar system

Which spacecraft was the first to visit Jupiter?

• Hubble Space Telescope

• Pioneer 10

• Apollo 11

• Voyager 1

What is the name of the first spacecraft to land on Mars?

• Apollo 11

• Challenger

• Viking 1

• Explorer 1

Which spacecraft was the first to reach the outer planets of the solar system?

• Hubble Space Telescope

• Apollo 11

• Voyager 2

• SpaceX Dragon