1. What is the name of the smallest planet in our solar system? Answer: Mercury Points: 1

2. On what planet is the highest mountain in the solar system located? Answer: Mars Points: 1

3. What is the name of the 2nd largest planet in our solar system? Answer: Saturn Points: 1

4. How many known moons does the planet Jupiter have? Answer: 79 Points: 1

5. What is the name for the yellowish-orange clouds that surround Venus? Answer: Sulphuric acid clouds Points: 1

6. What type of planet is Neptune? Answer: Gas giant Points: 1

7. What is the average distance from the sun to the planet Mars? Answer: 228 million km Points: 1

8. Name an orbital period of a planet in Earth days. Answer: Saturn’s orbital period is 29.5 Earth days. Points: 1

9. On which planet was the first spacecraft probe sent to by humans? Answer: The first spacecraft probe was sent to the planet Venus. Points: 1

10. What is the name of the asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter? Answer: The asteroid belt is called the main asteroid belt. Points: 1

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