Solar System

Which planet is the hottest?

• Earth

• Neptune

• Mercury

• Venus

What do we call Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?

• Outer Planets

• Terrestrial Planets

• Inner Planets

• Oort Cloud

What characteristic is Jupiter known for?

• Rings of ice and dust

• Great Red Spot

• Olympus Mons

• Fire

What characteristics do Earth and Venus share? 

• They rotate in the same direction

• They are both similar size and density

• They have the same gases in their atmospheres

• They were born at the same time

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Which planet is now characterized as a dwarf planet?

• Neptune

• Pluto

• Miss Best

• Coca-cola

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Uranus

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Earth

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What is the center of our solar system?

• moon

• earth

• sun

• Jupiter

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The fourth planet from the Sun; also known as the "red planet."

• Neptune

• Mercury

• Earth

• Mars

What is the only planet known to contain life?

• Mars

• Earth

• Neptune

• Uranus

What are large chunks of rocks and metal in space?

• Earth

• comet

• asteroids

• gibbous

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