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The Solar System Quiz

1. Which of the following are NOT gas planets?

a. Earth
b. Jupiter
c. Neptune
d. Mercury
e. Saturn

2. What two planets have visible rings around them?

a. Saturn and Mercury
b. Saturn and Mars
c. Saturn and Uranus
d. Saturn and Earth

3. What causes the sun to rise and set every day?

a. the orbit of the Earth
b. the rotation of the Earth
c. the revolution of the Earth
d. the apparent movement of the Earth

4. The sun rotates around the Earth.

a. True
b. False

5. During which phase does the moon appear to be a bright, round

circle in the sky?
a. first quarter
b. new moon
c. last quarter
d. full moon