Topic 7 Introduction to the Solar System
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How many moons does Mercury have?
about 14
How many moons does Neptune have?
The sun
In the solar system, what makes up the most amount of mass?
hydrogen
Including everything that is part of the solar system (including the Sun itself), the solar system is made mostly of...
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
list the planets in order going out from the Sun
Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
Name the Jovian planets
Mercury Venus Earth Mars
Name the Terrestrial planets
Earth
Starting with the largest planet as #1, and ending with the smallest planet as #8, which is the 5th largest planet?
Mars and Jupiter
The asteroids are found mostly between the orbits of which two planets?
4.5 Billion years
What is the approximate age of the solar system?
in the Kuiper Belt
Where does Pluto live?
Jupiter
Which is the largest planet, by mass?
Earth
Which of the following planets has a moon that is difficult to account for?
All of the planets
Which of the planets have had a space craft either land on the planet, or fly by the planet?
Mercury
Which planet has the greatest temperature difference between 'day' and 'night'?
Venus
Which planet has the highest average surface temperature
Mercury
Which planet is grey all over and covered with craters?
Venus
Which planet is rotating 'backwards' compared to the other planets?
Uranus
Which planet's rotation axis is 'tipped on its side'?
Jupiter Saturn
Which two planets have the largest number of moons?
