Virginia Earth Science Fun facts of Planets

What is the largest planet in our Solar system?

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Mars

This planet is so massive that it is like a vacuum cleaner sucking in asteroids and comets that might have otherwise hit Earth

• Venus

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Saturn

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Which planet is a gas giant that has such a low density, that if you were to put it in a massive bathtub it would float?

Hint: at one time scientist thought it was the only planet with rings.

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Pluto

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Even though Mercury is the closest to the sun, it isn't the hottest planet, which is the hottest planet?

• Mars

• Venus

• Uranus

• Pluto

What planet has a large Volcano that is bigger than Hawaii called Olympus Mons

• Uranus

• Pluto

• Mars

• Mercury

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Which Gaseous planet that smells like rotting eggs spins sideways and looks like it is rolling around the Sun

• Uranus

• Pluto

• Jupiter

• Mars

This planets clouds are made up of hydrogen sulfide and they smell like rotten eggs

• Mercury

• Earth

• Pluto

• Uranus

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Why was Neptune demoted to a dwarf planet?

• Too small

• It doesn't have rings

• It doesn't revolve around the sun

Which planet has been demoted to a dwarf planet?

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Moon

Why can't you stand on the outer planets such as:

Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

• They are too large

• Rings would get in the way

• They are big balls of hydrogen and helium

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