Quiz 35 – Planets in our solar system

If you want to be humbled by nature – take a look at the sky, better still visit the planetarium. How many of these planets and details about them can you identify correctly?

Planets

How many of these do you know? 

The Great Red Spot is seen on which planet?

Venus Jupiter Saturn Mercury

This planet is the second closest planet to the Sun

Mercury Neptune Mercury Venus

In this picture, we can see _______ stream off the Sun

UV rays X-rays Solar flares Infrared rays

The spinning vortex of _________ planet's north polar storm resembles a deep red rose

Mars Neptune Venus Saturn

What is the grey object seen in front of planet Earth

Comet Moon Asteroid Spaceship

This picture shows the crater floor on _________ covered with once-molten rock

Mars Mercury Sun Venus

This picture shows a rover sitting on the surface of _________

Mars Moon Sun Uranus

Which combination is seen in the picture below

Saturn and one of its Moons Jupiter and one of its Moons Earth and Moon Mercury and Moon

This planet has 14 moons named after Sea Gods from Greek mythology

Neptune Uranus Mercury Earth

This planet has its moons named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare

Uranus Neptune Mercury Pluto

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The images in this post are courtesy from NASA. For those who would like to take a virtual tour or explore more, you can visit the site –

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/our-solar-system/overview/

The Earth is what we all have in common!