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Page 1: How well do you know your solar system?. 1 What is in the center of our Solar System? The Sun!

How well do youknow your

solar system?

Page 2: How well do you know your solar system?. 1 What is in the center of our Solar System? The Sun!

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What is in the center of our

Solar System?

The Sun!

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Which planet isknown as

“Earth’s Twin”?

Venus!

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Which planet hasa moon named

Charon?

Pluto!

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Which planet isthe largest planet

in our Solar System?

Jupiter!

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Which planet isknown as

“Neptune’s Twin”?

Uranus!

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Which astronautwas the first

American woman toorbit the Earth?

Sally Ride!

Page 8: How well do you know your solar system?. 1 What is in the center of our Solar System? The Sun!

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What can be foundbetween the orbitsof Mars and Jupiter?

The Asteroid Belt!

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Which planet isknown as the

“Ringed Planet”?

Saturn!

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Which planet has2 potato-shapedmoons named

Phobos and Deimos?

Mars!

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Which planet isclosest to the Sun?

Mercury!

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What object in our Solar System

is really just amedium size star?

The Sun!

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Which planet isknown as the“Blue Planet”?

Neptune!

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Which spacecraftlaunched in January

of 2006, and headed to visit Pluto?

New Horizon!

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Who became the first person to setfoot on the moon?

Neil Armstrong!

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Which planet isknown as the

“Water Planet”?

Earth!

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What is Earth’sonly satellite?

It has no air andno weather!

The Moon!

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Which planet rotatesside ways as it

revolves aroundthe Sun?

Uranus!

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Which space probe has aspecial telescope and

camera and is orbiting far above Earth?

Hubble Space Station!

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Which is the hottestplanet because of

its poisonous clouds?

Venus!

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Which planet is thefifth largest planet

in our Solar System?

Earth!

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Which planet isabout the same

size as our moon?

Mercury!

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Which planet has ahuge hurricane-like

storm called the“Great Red Spot”?

Jupiter!

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Who walked on the moonduring his 2nd flight into space and hit 2

golf balls on the moon?

Alan Shepard!

Page 25: How well do you know your solar system?. 1 What is in the center of our Solar System? The Sun!

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Which planet has amoon named Tritonthat orbits oppositeof the other moons?

Neptune!

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Which planet isthe second largest

planet in ourSolar System?

Saturn!

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Who became thefirst American toorbit the Earth?

John Glenn!

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Which planet isknown as the“Red Planet”?

Mars!

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What is thebiggest object in

our Solar System?

The Sun!

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Which space projectwill take 88 space

flights to assemble?

The InternationalSpace Station!

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Which planet takes365 days to orbitthe Sun one time?

Earth!

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Which planet wasdowngraded and

re-designated as a“dwarf” planet?

Pluto!

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Who flew into spaceas an older person

to researchweightlessness?

John Glenn!

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Which planet takes248 Earth years to

orbit the Sun?

Pluto!

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Which planet isalmost the same

size as Earth?

Venus!

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Which planet is the third closest

to the Sun?

Earth!

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Who made the famousquote, “That’s one smallstep for man, one giant

leap for mankind.”?

Neil Armstrong!

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Which space objectchanges phases asit revolves around

the Earth?

The Moon!

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Which planet hasdirt that contains

clay which isrich in iron?

Mars!

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What provides ourplanet with

heat and light?

The Sun!

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Which planet takes24 hours to rotate

one complete turn?

Earth!

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When is your TEST on

the Solar System?

Friday!

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Make sureyou study yourplanet book and

Study Guide notes!