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What is the smallest planet
a) Saturn
b) Pluto
c) Mars
d) Mercury

Which planet's axis of rotation lies nearly parallel with the plane of its orbit
a) Mercury
b) Uranus
c) Saturn
d) Earth

According to a recent discovery, which planet has one satellite
a) Neptune
b) Pluto
c) Mercury
d) Mars

The lowest surface temperature in the solar system, (-200oC) occurs on
a) Titan
b) Triton
c) Neptune
d) Pluto

What characteristic distinguishes Neptune from the other planets?
a) Neptune is blue
b) Neptune is extremely cold
c) Neptune is the largest planet
d) Neptune is extremely windy

Which of the following is a characteristic of Jupiter
a) huge rotating storms
b) dense atmosphere
c) thin ring system
d) all of the answers are correct

Which satellite of Uranus has the greatest variety of landforms of any satellite yet examined?
a) Phobos
b) Miranda
c) Europa
d) Titan

What feat did the spacecraft Near Shoemaker accomplish
a) It discovered the moon Charon
b) It discovered rings on Neptune
c) It landed on an asteroid
d) It voyaged out of the solar system

Most asteroids lie between the orbits of
a) Mercury and Venus
b) Venus and Earth
c) Mars and Jupiter
d) Earth and Mars

Most meteor showers are associated with the orbits of
a) satellites
b) comets
c) planets
d) meteroites

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