The Solar

System

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 Q1. What is at the
centre of the solar
system?

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 A1. The Sun

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 Q2. What do we call a
huge ball of gas that
emits light?

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 A2. Star

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 Q3. What orbits a star
and reflects the star's
light?

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 A3. Planet

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 Q4. What orbits a
planet? (Our moon is
one)

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 A4. Satellite

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 Q5. What do you call it
when the moon casts a
shadow on the Earth?

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 A5. An eclipse

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 Q6. What do we call the
path of a planet around
the Sun, or a satellite
around a planet?

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 A6. Orbit

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 Q7. What is a word that
means
to spin on its axis?

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 A7. Rotate

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 Q8. Which planet is
nearest the Sun?

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 A8. Mercury

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Q9. Name the hot planet
with acidic clouds,
second closest to the
Sun?

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 A9. Venus

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 Q10. Name our home,
the third planet from the
Sun

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 A10. Earth

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 Q11. Name the red
planet with canyons,
volcanoes and polar ice
caps?

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 A11. Mars

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 Q12. Name a huge
gassy planet with a giant
red spot?

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 A12. Jupiter

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 Q13. Name a gassy
planet with a spectacular
ring system

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 A13. Saturn

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 Q14. Name the third
largest planet in our
solar system, seventh
furthest from the Sun?

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 A14. Uranus

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 Q15. Name a pale blue
planet, the outermost of
the gassy planets in our
solar system?

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 A15. Neptune

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 Q16. Name the planet
that is usually furthest
from the Sun?

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 A16. Pluto

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 Q17. What do we call
the small lumps of rock
or metal that move
around the Sun, mainly
between Mars and
Jupiter?
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 A17. Asteroids

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 Q17. What do we call a
group of millions of
stars?

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 A17. Galaxy

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 Well Done!
Now check your score

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