Solar System Exploration

Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Earth

What is the largest moon of Jupiter?

• Io

• Ganymede

• Europa

• Callisto

What are the rocky remnants that orbit the Sun mostly between Mars and Jupiter called?

• planets

• asteroids

• meteors

• comets

What are the icy bodies that orbit the Sun and release gas and dust when they come close to the Sun called?

• Comets

• Planets

• Asteroids

• Meteoroids

How did the Solar System form?

• The Solar System formed from a collision of two galaxies

• From a giant molecular cloud of gas and dust that collapsed under gravitational forces, forming a protostar and a spinning disk from which planets and other celestial bodies formed.

• The Solar System was created by a passing comet

• The Solar System originated from a volcanic eruption on Earth

What is the difference between a meteor, meteoroid, and meteorite?

• A meteoroid is in space, a meteor is in the Earth's atmosphere, and a meteorite is on the Earth's surface.

• A meteoroid is on the Earth's surface, a meteor is in space, and a meteorite is in the Earth's atmosphere.

• A meteor is in space, a meteoroid is on the Earth's surface, and a meteorite is in the Earth's atmosphere.

• A meteor is on the Earth's surface, a meteoroid is in the Earth's atmosphere, and a meteorite is in space.

Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

• Buzz Aldrin

• Neil Armstrong

• Michael Collins

• John Glenn

Can you Draw Earth?

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-- is the only planet with humans.

What is the latin word for sun

• Sol

• Asi

• San

• Sun