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Does the Sun orbit Earth or does Earth orbit the Sun?

06 earth and sun

Both the Sun and the Earth orbit each other
Earth orbits the Sun
The Sun orbits Earth

Super!

Not quite right. 😢

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True or False: Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system.

Jupiter

False
True

Way to go!

Nope, sorry. 😢

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What is the name of Earth's moon?

Moon

Titan
Sao
Moon

Fabulous!

Doh! 🤬

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Which is the fourth planet to the sun?

04 Mars

Venus
Mars
Earth
Neptune

Bravo!

Not quite.

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Which planet is bigger?

05 Uranus

Neptune
Uranus

Yay!

Doh! 🤬

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How many planets are there in our solar system?

6
7
8

Beautiful! 👍

That was incorrect.

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Which planet does this surface photo depict?

15 Mars surface photo

Venus
Mars

Way to go!

That was incorrect.

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Which of these planets is the coldest?

Neptune moons

Uranus
Mars
Saturn
Venus

Bravo!

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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True or False: Mercury is the hottest planet.

09 Mercury

False
True

Excellent!

Uh-oh. That was incorrect. 😔

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The brightest star in the night sky is:

10 Sirius

Star Trek
The North Star
Sirius

Hooray! 🥳

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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Which planets have rings?

Planet rings

Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune
Saturn and Neptune
Saturn and Uranus

Right on the money!

Not quite.

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What is the name of our neighboring galaxy?

Andromeda Galaxy

The Milky Way
Supernova
Andromeda Galaxy

You're doing great!

Having difficulty with this one?

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Which planet is known as Earth's sister?

13 Venus

Venus
Mercury

Right on the money!

That was incorrect.

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How many moons does Pluto have?

14 Pluto moon

5
1
10

That's the way!

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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Stars are made primarily of:

15 Stars

Fire and rock
Helium and Carbon
Hydrogen and helium

Cool! 👍

Uh-oh. That was incorrect. 😔

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