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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
The Sun orbits Earth
Earth orbits the Sun

Impressive! 👍

Doh! 🤬

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

Jupiter

False
True

Good work!

Not quite right. 😢

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What is the name of Earth's moon?

Moon

Sao
Titan
Moon

Wonderful!

Doh! 🤬

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Which is the fourth planet to the sun?

04 Mars

Neptune
Earth
Venus
Mars

Impressive! 👍

Uh-oh. That was incorrect. 😔

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Which planet is bigger?

05 Uranus

Neptune
Uranus

That's the way!

Doh! 🤬

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How many planets are there in our solar system?

8
7
6

Magnificent!

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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Which planet does this surface photo depict?

15 Mars surface photo

Mars
Venus

Woohoo! 🥳

Uh-oh. That was incorrect. 😔

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Which of these planets is the coldest?

Neptune moons

Mars
Venus
Saturn
Uranus

Sweet!

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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True or False: Mercury is the hottest planet.

09 Mercury

False
True

Awesome!

Uh-oh. That was incorrect. 😔

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The brightest star in the night sky is:

10 Sirius

Sirius
Star Trek
The North Star

Good work!

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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Which planets have rings?

Planet rings

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

Awesome!

That was incorrect.

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What is the name of our neighboring galaxy?

Andromeda Galaxy

Supernova
Andromeda Galaxy
The Milky Way

Wonderful!

Nope, sorry. 😢

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Which planet is known as Earth's sister?

13 Venus

Mercury
Venus

Nice going!

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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How many moons does Pluto have?

14 Pluto moon

5
1
10

Beautiful! 👍

Nope, sorry. 😢

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Stars are made primarily of:

15 Stars

Fire and rock
Helium and Carbon
Hydrogen and helium

Bravo!

Not quite.

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