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200

Saturn is the planet with the most moons. Specifically, this many.

What is 274 moons?

200

These two properties are what makes the sun hot.

What is gravity and nuclear fusion?

200

List the planets in order from smallest to largest.

What is Pluto, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter?

200

This group of planets have landforms.

What are the Terrestrial planets?

200

The "c" in the famous equation “e = mc2” stands for this.

What is the speed of light in a vacuum?

400

List all the planets with no moons.

What is Mercury and Venus?

400

Approximately, this percent of the mass of our entire solar system is contained in the sun.

What is 99%?

400

1.5 millions of these can fit inside the sun.

What is the Earth?

400

This landform has properties of a deep gorge with a river flowing through it that has eroded away rock.

What is a canyon?

400

Approximate number of miles equal to 1 astronomical unit.

What is about 9.3 miles?

600

The names of Mars’s moons.

What is Phobos and Deimos?

600

This diagram describes the relationship between temperature and brightness of stars.

What is the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?

600

Approximate diameter of the Earth.

What is about 8000 miles?

600

The Caloris Basin is this type of landform.

What is an impact crater?

600

Neptunes distance from the sun (in AU).

What is 30 AU?

800

The 4 Galilean moon names.

What are Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto?

800

The temperature of the surface of the sun (in Fahrenheit).

What is 11,000 degrees F?

800

This planet is 4 times larger than Earth.

What is Uranus?

800

This type of landform has a flat top and steep cliff sides that were formed by erosion from wind-blown sand/rain/moving water/ice wedging.

What is a butte?

800

The innermost planet of the solar system is these many miles from the sun.

What is 36 million miles?

1000

Across the solar system there are 7 moons that are larger than Pluto. Name them.

What are Ganymede, Titan, Callisto, Io, Moon, Europa, and Triton?

1000

The longest stretch of sun spotless days in the past 2 decades.

What is 281 days?

1000

Because Pluto is so small it takes a long time to get around the sun, specifically this many Earth years.

What is 248 Earth years?

1000

Through erosion, this is needed to create most landforms.

What is moving water?

1000

Up to this many miles does Saturn’s rings extend from the planet.

What is up to 175,000 miles?