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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? NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 7i The Solar System 34 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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