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Venus is the second planet from the sun. Similar to _____ in size and mass
a) Earth
b) Pluto
c) the moon
d) Jupiter

Venus has a permanent blanket of clouds that traps _______ energy which causes high surface temperatures
a) thermal
b) electrical
c) potential
d) mechanical

Mercury looks like our moon. Mercury is the _________ planet in our solar system and its atmosphere is very thin.
a) largest
b) coldest
c) smallest
d) greenest

_______ is closest to the sun and is a small, heavily cratered planet.
a) Venus
b) Mercury
c) Earth
d) Jupiter

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are called _____giants
a) gas
b) jolly green
c) rock
d) storm

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are considered __________ planets.
a) gas giant
b) cold
c) terrestrial
d) living

Terrestrial means _______
a) water
b) gaseous
c) green
d) rocky

_________ helped prove that the sun is the center of our solar system by using a telescope that he invented.
a) Aristotle
b) Galileo
c) Edison
d) Faraday

Early astronomers, like _________ and Ptolemy believed that Earth was the center of the universe and all other heavenly bodies orbited around Earth.
a) Aristotle
b) Galileo
c) Obama
d) Franklin

Earth is the _____ planet from the sun a. second
a) second
b) third
c) fifth
d) eighth

Earth’s atmosphere, its liquid water, and its distance from the sun (among other factors) make Earth ideal for ____
a) fun
b) flying
c) life
d) aliens

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and is sometimes called the ___ ______
a) green planet
b) blue planet
c) red planet
d) orange planet

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun, the _______ planet in the solar system
a) largest
b) smallest
c) rockiest
d) wettest

Jupiter is ______ times larger than Earth
a) five
b) eleven
c) twenty
d) one hundred

Jupiter has no solid surface. Its colored cloud patterns are caused by enormous ______ in its atmosphere
a) waves
b) birds
c) storms
d) clouds

Saturn is the _____ planet from the sun
a) first
b) second
c) seventh
d) sixth

Early scientists thought Saturn was the only planet with _____, but we now know that all four gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) have them
a) rings
b) bracelets
c) necklaces
d) craters

Uranus is a gas giant and is unique in that it _____ on its side
a) lays
b) spins
c) sleeps
d) vibrates

Uranus is the _______ planet from the sun
a) third
b) second
c) seventh
d) ninth

Neptune appears ____ because of its atmosphere. It is roughly four times the size of Earth
a) blue
b) orange
c) red
d) purple

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