PLANETS

Question 1

109 TIMES WIDER THAN THE EARTH AND 330,000 TIMES HEAVIER

Answer 1

THE SUN

Question 2

IT IS COMPLETELY GASEOUS. THERE IS NO SOLID SURFACE. COMPOSED OF 74% HYDROGEN; 25% HELIUM; AND 1% OTHER GASES.

Answer 2

THE SUN

Question 3

ROTATES ON ITS AXIS APPROXIMATELY EVERY 26 DAYS.

Answer 3

THE SUN

Question 4

IT IS THE CLOSEST PLANET TO THE SUN.

Answer 4

MERCURY

Question 5

IT IS THE SMALLEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

Answer 5

MERCURY

Question 6

IT CAN REACH UP TO 840 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

Answer 6

MERCURY

Question 7

IT POSSESSES A METALIC CORE AND AN ACTIVE MAGNETIC WAVE.

Answer 7

MERCURY

Question 8

IT IS THE SECOND PLANET FROM THE SUN AND IS THE SECOND BRIGHTEST OBJECT IN THE SKY AFTER THE MOON.

Answer 8

VENUS

Question 9

IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY MOONS OR RINGS.

Answer 9

VENUS

Question 10

IT IS THOUGHT TO BE MADE UP OF A CENTRAL IRON CORE, ROCK MANTLE, AND SILICATE CRUST.

Answer 10

VENUS

Question 11

A YEAR ON WHAT PLANET TAKES 225 EARTH DAYS.

Answer 11

VENUS

Question 12

IT IS THE THIRD PLANET FROM THE SUN.

Answer 12

EARTH

Question 13

THE LARGEST OF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS.

Answer 13

EARTH

Question 14

THAT WAS FORMED APPROXIMATELY 4.54 BILLION YEARS AGO AND THE ONLY KNOWN PLANET TO SUPPORT LIFE.

Answer 14

EARTH

Question 15

IT IS THE FOURTH PLANET FROM THE SUN.

Answer 15

MARS

Question 16

IT IS THE SECOND SMALLEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

Answer 16

MARS

Question 17

NAMED AFTER THE ROMAN GOD OF WAR.

Answer 17

MARS

Question 18

IT IS ALSO DESCRIBES AS THE “RED PLANET”.

Answer 18

MARS

Question 19

IT IS A TERRESTIAL PLANET WITH A THIN ATMOSPHERE COMPOSED OF CARBON DIOXIDE.

Answer 19

MARS

Question 20

IT IS THE FIFTH PLANET FROM THE SUN.

Answer 20

JUPITER

Question 21

THE LARGEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

Answer 21

JUPITER

Question 22

GIANT PLANET WITH A MASS ONE THOUSANDTH THAT ALL OF THE SUN, BUT TWO-AND-A-HALF TIMES THAT ALL OF THE OTHER PLANETS.

Answer 22

JUPITER

Question 23

IT IS THE SIXTH PLANET FROM THE SUN.

Answer 23

SATURN

Question 24

MOST DISTANT THAT CAN BE SEEN WITH THE NAKED EYE.

Answer 24

SATURN

Question 25

SECOND LARGEST PLANET AND IS BEST KNOWN FOR ITS FABULOUS RING SYSTEM.

Answer 25

SATURN

Question 26

IT IS A GAS GIANT AND IS COMPOSED OF SIMILAR GASES INCLUDING HYDROGEN, HELIUM AND METHANE.

Answer 26

SATURN

Question 27

IT IS THE SEVENTH PLANET FROM THE SUN.

Answer 27

URANUS

Question 28

WHILE BEING VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE, IT WAS NOT RECOGNISED AS A PLANET DUE TO ITS DIMNESS AND SLOW ORBIT.

Answer 28

URANUS

Question 29

IT BECAME THE FIRST PLANET DISCOVERED WITH THE USE OF A TELESCOPE.

Answer 29

URANUS

Question 30

IT IS TIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE WITH AN AXIAL TILT OF 98 DEGREES ; AND IT IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS “ROLLING AROUND THE SUN ON ITS SIDE.

Answer 30

URANUS

Question 31

IT IS THE EIGHT AND FARTHEST KNOWN PLANET FROM THE SUN IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

Answer 31

NEPTUNE

Question 32

IT IS THE FOURTH-LARGEST PLANET BY DIAMETER ; THE THIRD-MOST-MASSIVE PLANET; AND THE DENSEST GIANT PLANET.

Answer 32

NEPTUNE