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Solar System

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How much of the solar system's mass is the sun?

99.9%

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What planet is closest to the sun?

Mercury

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What are the four terrestrial planets?

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

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What is the biggest planet?

Jupiter

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How many planets have moons?

six

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How many planets are there in total?

eight

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What are the last four planets called?

Gas giants

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What pulls the planets close to the sun?

gravity

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Name something, other than planets and the sun, that can be found in the solar system

comets, asteroids, centaurs, dwarf planets...

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How many stars in the Milky Way galaxy?

200 billion

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What is the sun mostly made of?

Hydrogen and helium

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Name all eight planets

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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Which planet has the biggest rings?

Saturn

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Which dwarf planet has a name that starts with 'P'?

Pluto

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What do we call the movement of a planet around the sun, or a moon around a planet?

An orbit

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What do we call the solar wind that is visible from Earth?

Aurora Borealis (or The northern lights)

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