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The document provides information about the Solar System in multiple levels of difficulty. It covers basic facts like the planets closest to and farthest from the Sun, as well as more detailed information about planetary properties, moons, and conditions on different planets. It also includes questions to test comprehension with single-answer multiple choice responses provided.

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Level 01: Easy starters  What star is at the centre of the Solar System?  The Sun  Which planet is closest to the Sun?  Mercury  Which planet is the ‘third rock from the Sun’?  Earth  Level 02: A little harder  Which is the biggest planet?  Jupiter  Which planet is famous for its rings?  Saturn  Which is the ‘red planet’?  Mars  Level 03: Name it  A rock orbiting the Sun, between Mars and Jupiter.  Asteroid  The planet with the Great Red Spot. Jupiter  The hottest planet.  Venus  Level 04: Questions about distances  Which is further from the Sun, Earth or Mars?  Mars  The average distance of the Earth from the Sun is 1 AU. What does AU stand for?  Astronomical Unit  Which giant planet is about 5 AU from the Sun?  Jupiter  Level 05: Moons  How many moons has the Earth?  1  Which two planets have the most moons?  Jupiter and Saturn  Europa is a moon which might support life. Which vital substance does it have?  Water (ice)  Level 07: Earth  Which liquid on Earth is necessary for life?  Water  Name two gases produced by living organisms.  Oxygen, methane If the Earth turned more slowly on its axis, how might we be affected? 
Longer days and longer nights; therefore bigger temperature differences between night and  day. Level 09: Venus  Why is it impossible to see Venus’s surface from Earth?  Atmosphere is thick with clouds and carbon dioxide Which spacecraft mapped Venus’s surface?  Magellan Why is there no life on Venus?  Too hot, no water, poisonous atmosphere Level 10: Mars  Astronauts might visit Mars one day. Why would they need to take their own air?  No oxygen in thin atmosphere Where might astronauts look for water on Mars?  In crater shadows, polar ice caps, deep underground Why does the Sun look smaller from Mars than from Earth?  It’s further away. How many planets are in the Solar System? • a. 8 • b. 9 • c. 10 • d. 12 2. How old is the Solar System? • a. 65 million years • b. 1.2 billion years • c. 4.6 billion years • d. 13.7 billion years 3. What is the biggest moon in the Solar System? • a. The Moon • b. Ganymede • c. Titan • d. Triton 4. What is the least dense planet in the Solar System?
• a. Jupiter • b. Saturn • c. Uranus • d. Neptune 5. What is the most dense planet in the Solar System? • a. Mercury • b. Venus • c. Earth • d. Mars 6. Where is the tallest mountain in the Solar System? • a. Mercury • b. Venus • c. Earth • d. Mars 7. How many planets are known to have life? • a. 0 • b. 1 • c. 2 • d. 3 8. What is the most abundant element in the Solar System? • a. oxygen • b. helium • c. carbon • d. hydrogen A moon which might support life entirely covered with water(ice)? Luna
Europa taitan callisto A rock orbiting the Sun, between Mars and Jupiter.  Comets Moons Gaint Rock Asteroids Answers: 1. a, 2. c, 3. b, 4. b, 5. c, 6. d, 7. b, 8. d, 9.b, 10. d 1. The solar system includes: nine stars ten planets nine planets 2. What is the sun? a planet a star a white hole 3. Which is the largest planet in the solar system? the sun the earth Jupiter 4. Which is the closest planet to the earth? the moon Mars Venus 5. What is an astronomical unit (AU)? the mean distance between the moon and the earth, about 384,400 km nine light-years the mean distance between the earth and the sun, about 150 million km 6. Which is the closest planet to the sun? Pluto Mercury the Milky Way 7. Which is the farthest planet from the sun? Pluto Mars Uranus 8. What is the Milky Way? the way planets orbit the sun
a white star the galaxy of which the solar system is a part 9. Which is the only planet whose English name does not derive from Greek/ Roman mythology? the sun the earth Mercury 10. What is a moon? the natural satellite of the earth a small planet a satellite of any planet 11. Which planet is referred to as the Red Planet? Venus Mars Uranus 12. How many moons Saturn has? at least 30 one none 13. The orbits of the planets are: circular elliptic it is impossible to know 14. What is an asteroid? a steroid a rocky object orbiting the sun a comet 15. What is a comet? a small moon an astronomical object with a long tail both answers are correct 16. What is the solar wind? the continuous flow of charged particles from the sun wind in the solar system solar energy what is the largest ocean on the earth? Indian ocean atlantic ocean Pacific ocean= Which planet orbits closest to the sun? Mercury= Mars Saturn
How many planets revolve around the Sun? 8 9= 5 Which planet is the hottest? Mercury venus= earth Which planet is the largest? Jupiter = venus mars Which planet is the farthest from the sun? Mars pluto= saturn Which planet is the closest to the sun? Mercury= mars earth Which planet is the brightest object in the sky? Venus= mars saturn Who was the astronaunt to walk onthe moon? john glenn edward whitell Neil Armstrong= Who was the oldest Astronaunt to ride in a space shuttle? John Glenn= Alan shepard Jr yuri Gagarin
What year did the Challenger disaster Happen? 1983 1986= 1989 Which country had the first space station? Russia = America germany Which one of the following is not a name of a space station? Mir Salute Soyuz= Whic was the first planet to be seen by a telescope? Mars saturn Uranus= Which Rocket was used to send man to the moon? Atlas Soyuz Saturn 5= Titan Which is the most  powerful Rocket ever built? Space Shuttle Energiya= Ariane 5 Saturn 5