A Trip Around the Solar System
25 original clues about planets, with NASA sources for the host to review.
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Category 1Planet names
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Which planet is closest to the Sun?
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Which planet is nicknamed the Red Planet?
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Which planet is the largest in our solar system?
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Which planet is the farthest of the eight planets from the Sun?
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Which planet has an axis tilted so far that it appears to roll around the Sun on its side?
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Category 2Our rocky neighbors
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Which planet is second from the Sun?
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Which planet is third from the Sun?
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Which is the smallest of the eight planets?
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Which of these two planets has the hotter surface?
- A.Mercury
- B.Venus
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Which pair of planets has no moons?
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Category 3Giant worlds
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Which planet is most famous for its bright, broad ring system?
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The Great Red Spot is a giant storm on which planet?
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Which giant planet is sixth from the Sun?
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Uranus and Neptune belong to which class of giant planet?
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Which planet has a lower average density than water?
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Category 4Counting and order
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How many planets are in our solar system?
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How many planets are closer to the Sun than Earth?
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Which planet comes between Earth and Jupiter in order from the Sun?
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Which planet comes between Saturn and Neptune in order from the Sun?
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Name the four rocky planets in order from the Sun.
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Category 5Planet facts
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Which planet has the two small moons Phobos and Deimos?
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Which planet completes an orbit around the Sun in about 88 Earth days?
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Which planet has the shortest day, rotating in about ten hours?
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Which planet takes about 165 Earth years to orbit the Sun?
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- 500 pts Multiple choice
True or false: on Venus, one full rotation takes longer than one full orbit around the Sun.
- A.True
- B.False
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