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True or False: The sun is a planet.
FALSE. The sun is a star.
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
How many days does it take Mercury to go around the sun?
88 days
True or False: Pluto was discovered in 1930.
True
What does it have to do with if something is Solar?
The sun
Which planet is known as “The Goldilocks Planet”?
Earth
Which planet can you see the farthest from Earth without a telescope?
Saturn
This planet is tilted and spins sideways.
Uranus
How many moons does Mercury have?
Zero
What keeps the Earth and planets orbiting around the sun?
Gravity
Name the first four planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Pluto is a dwarf planet. What is a dwarf planet?
It’s like a planet but smaller.
How long does it take Earth to make one revolution around the sun?
365 days or 1 year
Which planet is the hottest: Earth, Mercury, or Venus?
Venus
The sun is a giant ball of gas. Which two gases is it mostly made up of?
Hydrogen and Helium
Why is Mars called the Red Planet?
The iron oxide in the soil makes it red.
Which planet has blue methane clouds?
Uranus
How long has the Great Red Spot been storming?
About 200 years
What are Saturn’s rings made from?
Ice particles, ice, and dust
The sun is so large that if it were a jar, how many Earths could fit inside of it?
1 million Earths
Why is Venus called Earth’s sister?
It has almost the same size and gravity.
How many moons do Jupiter and Uranus have all together?
67 + 27 = 94 moons
If Neptune orbited the sun for 10 years, how many more years would it need to orbit to make a full revolution around the sun?
164 - 10 = 154 years
Name all eight PLANETS in order starting from the sun without looking at notes.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune