Solar system quiz Score:

1.Which planets are known as the "gas giants"?

A Neptune and Jupiter

B Jupiter and Saturn

C Neptune and Uranus

2.Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.

A True

B False

3.Which planet is the farthest away from the sun?

A Earth

B Venus

C Neptune

D Saturn

4.The sun is considered one of the planets in the Solar System.

A True

B False

5.Stars begin as clouds of gas and dust called stellar nurseries.

A True

B False

6.A planetary nebula is a long name for a planet.

A True

B False

7.What is the order of planets in the Solar System beginning closest to the sun?
A Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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

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

8.Which planets are known as the "ice giants"?

A Mars and Earth

B Neptune and Uranus

C Jupiter and Saturn

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