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How big are the planets?
 Space Quiz!

Can you launch the rocket by answering

these questions correctly?
 Question 1
What is the name of the planet that we live on?

Mercury

Saturn

Earth
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 Question 2
What is at the centre of our solar system?

The Earth

The Sun

The Moon
Correct!
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Question 3
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 Question 3
Which planet is nearest to the Sun?

Mercury

Mars

Neptune
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Question 4
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 Question 4
What orbits (travels around) our Earth?

The Sun

The Moon

Jupiter
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 Question 5
What can you see ‘twinkling’ at night?

Asteroids

The Sun

Stars
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