Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Planet which is closest to the Sun | Mercury | 99%
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Galaxy in which our Solar System is located | Milky Way | 88%
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Pluto is this type of planet | {Dwarf} planet | 87%
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Comet that appears in the inner solar system every 75–76 years | {Halley}'s Comet | 70%
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"Belt" which appears between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter | The asteroid belt | 70%
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Name one of the four largest moons of Jupiter | Ganymede | Callisto | Europa | Io | 67%
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Gas that composes 96% of Venus's thick atmosphere, creating a runaway greenhouse effect? | Carbon dioxide | 66%
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Term for a model of the Solar System which places the sun at the center | {Helio}centric | 60%
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Gas that composes 89% of the volume of Jupiter | Hydrogen | 60%
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Crystallized carbon substance that scientists think might rain from the sky on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune | Diamonds | 54%
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To the nearest whole number, the mass of the sun as a percent of the mass of the entire solar system | 100% | 49%
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Term which refers to the distance between the Earth and the Sun | {Astronomical} Unit | 45%
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Martian volcano that is nearly three times higher than Mount Everest | {Olympus} Mons | 45%
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"Belt" which appears beyond the orbit of Neptune and is home to the above | {Kuiper} Belt | 43%
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What became, in 2012, the first human-built probe to exit the solar system | Voyager 1 | 42%
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Giant storm that has been visible on the surface of Jupiter since at least 1878 | Great Red Spot | 41%
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Nearest star to the sun | Proxima Centauri | 41%
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The largest object in that belt, named for the Roman goddess of agriculture | Ceres | 37%
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Shape that mysteriously appears on the north pole of Saturn | Hexagon | 24%
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Comet that slammed into Jupiter in 1994 with the force of 6 trillion tons of TNT | {Shoemaker}–Levy | 12%
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