The Solar System and Its Components

What is the classification of the Sun in the solar system?

• G2 V

• K1 V

• M3 V

• F5 V

Which of the following planets is NOT a terrestrial planet?

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Venus

• Mercury

What causes the phases of the Moon?

• The Moon's orbit around Earth and Earth's orbit around the Sun

• The Moon's rotation on its axis

• The Sun's rotation

• The Earth's rotation

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What is the Kuiper belt?

• A region beyond Neptune filled with icy bodies

• A spherical reservoir of comet nuclei

• A collection of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter

• A dense atmosphere around Saturn

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What is the purpose of NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission?

• To learn more about the Sun and its activity

• To explore the surface of Mars

• To study the atmosphere of Venus

• To map the surface of the Moon

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