The Solar System

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How well do you know our cosmic neighborhood?

1. Which planet is closest to the Sun?

  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Mars
  • Earth

Mercury is the innermost planet, orbiting the Sun in just 88 days.

2. Which is the largest planet in the Solar System?

  • Saturn
  • Jupiter
  • Earth
  • Neptune

Jupiter is a gas giant more massive than all other planets combined.

3. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

  • Jupiter
  • Mercury
  • Mars
  • Venus

Iron oxide (rust) on its surface gives Mars its reddish color.

4. Which planet has the most prominent ring system?

  • Jupiter
  • Uranus
  • Neptune
  • Saturn

Saturn's rings are made mostly of ice and rock particles.

5. What is the name of Earth's only natural satellite?

  • Europa
  • Phobos
  • The Moon
  • Titan

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest in the Solar System.

6. Which planet is famous for its tilted 'sideways' rotation?

  • Uranus
  • Neptune
  • Mars
  • Saturn

Uranus is tipped on its side with an axial tilt of about 98 degrees.

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