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Here's an extensive set of questions and answers about our solar system, organized into categories for better readability:

GENERAL QUESTIONS

1. What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Ans:- Jupiter.

2. Which planet is closest to the Sun?

Ans:- Mercury.

3. What is the smallest planet in our solar system?

Ans:- Mercury.

4. What is the farthest planet from the Sun?

Ans:- Neptune.

5. Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?

Ans:- Mars.

6. Which planet is known for its beautiful Ring?

Ans:- Saturn.

7. How many planets are there in the Solar system?

Ans:- Eight.

8. What is the name of the star at the centre of our solar system?

Ans:- The Sun.

9. Which planet is known as Earth's twin?

Ans:- Venus.

10. What is the brightest planet in the night sky?

Ans:- Venus.

ADVANCED QUESTIONS

1. What is the largest moon in the solar system?

Ans:- Ganymede (moon of Jupiter).

2. What is the asteroid belt, and where is it located?

Ans:- A region of rocky debris located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

3. What is the Kuiper Belt?

Ans:- A region beyond Neptune that contains icy bodies and dwarf planets like Pluto.

4. Which planet has the fastest rotation?

Ans:- Jupiter.

5. How long does it take for the Earth to orbit the Sun?

Ans:-  Approximately 365.25 days.

6. Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?

Ans:- Venus.

7. Which planet has the most moons?

Ans:- Jupiter.

8. What is a dwarf planet?

Ans:- A celestial body that orbits the Sun and has enough mass to be spherical but has not cleared its orbital path.

9. Name a famous dwarf planet?

Ans:- Pluto.

10. What is the coldest planet in the solar system?

Ans:- Uranus. 

 

FUN AND CURIOUS FACTS

1. What is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter?

Ans:- A massive storm system that has existed for hundreds of years.

2. What is the name of Earth's moon?

Ans:- The Moon.

3. How many moons does Mars have?

Ans:- 2(Phobos and Deimos).

4. Which planet has a tilt that makes it appear to roll on its side?

Ans:- Uranus.

5. What are comets made of?

Ans:- Ice, Dust, and Rocky materials.

6. What is the term for when the Moon blocks the Sun during the day?

Ans:- Solar Eclipse.

7. What do we call the path of a planet around the Sun?

Ans:- An Orbit.

8. Which planet is known as "Ice Giant"?

Ans:- Neptune.

9. What is the name of the spacecraft that took the first close-up pictures of Pluto?

Ans:- New Horizons.

10. What causes a meteor shower?

Ans:- Earth passing through the debris of a comet.

EXPLORATION AND HISTORY

1. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

Ans:- Neil Armstrong.

2. What year did the first manned Moon landing occur?

Ans:- 1969.

3. What planet did the Voyager 2 spacecraft visit last?

Ans:- Neptune.

4. What is the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth?

Ans:- Sputnik 1.

5. Which planet was visited by the Mars Rover Perseverance?

Ans:- Mars.

6. Which was the first planet discover using telescope?

Ans:- Uranus.

7. Which spacecraft is currently exploring interstellar space?

Ans:- Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.

8. What is the name of NASA's mission to study the Sun?

Ans: Parker Solar Probe.

9. What is the term of the study of stars, planets, and space?

Ans:- Astronomy.

10. Who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?

Ans:- Nicolaus Copernicus.

UNIQUE PLANET FEATURES

1. What planet is home to the largest volcano in the solar system?

Ans:- Mars (Olympus Mons).

2. Which planet has a day longer than its year?

Ans:- Venus.

3. What planet has methane clouds that give it a blue colour?

Ans:- Neptune.

4. Which planet experiences the most extreme temperature variations?

Ans:- Mercury.

5. Which planet's atmosphere contains a large amount of sulfuric acid?

Ans:- Venus.

6. What is Saturn's largest moon called?

Ans:- Titan.

7. Which planet has a solid surface covered mostly in iron oxide?

Ans:- Mars.

8. Which planet has polar ice caps made of water and carbon dioxide?

Ans:- Mars.

9. What is the term for outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere?

Ans:- The Corona.

10. What is the term for the small, icy objects that orbit close to the Sun?

Ans:- Comets.

STARS AND THE SUN

1. What type of star is the Sun classified as?

Ans:- A yellow dwarf ( G- type main-sequence star).

2. How old is the Sun?

Ans:- Approximately 4.6 billion years.

3. What is the process by which the Sun generates energy?

Ans:- Nuclear Fusion.

4. What is the average surface temperature of the Sun?

Ans:- Around 5,500 degree celsius or 9,932 degree fahrenheit.

5. What are Sunspots?

Ans:- Cooler regions on the Sun's surface caused by magnetic activity.

SOLAR SYSTEM BOUNDARIES

1. What is the heliosphere?

Ans:- A bubble-like region of space dominated by the Sun's solar wind.

2. What is the Oort Cloud?

Ans:- A distant, spherical shell of icy objects surrounding the solar system.

3. What defines the edge of our solar system?

Ans:- The Heliopause, where the Sun's solar wind merges with interstellar space.

4. What is the name of the region between the Sun and Mercury called?

Ans:- The inner solar system.

5. What is the name of the region beyond Neptune?

Ans:- The Kuiper Belt.

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