Heavenly bodies
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- Q1What is the largest planet in our solar system?SaturnMarsJupiterVenus30s
- Q2What is the brightest star in the night sky?SiriusAlpha CentauriBetelgeusePolaris30s
- Q3What is the name of the brightest object in the sky?The SunThe MoonJupiterVenus30s
- Q4What is the smallest planet in our solar system?UranusPlutoMercuryNeptune30s
- Q5What is the fifth planet from the sun?UranusMarsJupiterSaturn30s
- Q6What is the nearest star to our solar system?BetelgeuseProxima CentauriSiriusAlpha Centauri30s
- Q7What is the name of the largest moon in our solar system?CallistoGanymedeIoTitan30s
- Q8What is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system?TriangulumThe Milky WaySombreroAndromeda30s
- Q9What is the name of the phenomenon caused by the interaction of solar wind and our planet's magnetic field?TornadoTsunamiAuroraEclipse30s
- Q10What is the name of the planet known as the red planet?VenusMarsSaturnJupiter30s
- Q11What is the nebular theory?A theory that explains the movement of tectonic platesA theory about the structure of black holesA theory on the origin of life on EarthA model for the formation of the solar system30s
- Q12According to the nebular theory, what was the primary component of the solar nebula?Water vaporCarbon dioxideHydrogen and helium gasNitrogen gas30s
- Q13What process led to the formation of the planets in the solar system, according to the nebular theory?FusionRadioactive decayFissionAccretion30s
- Q14Who proposed the nebular theory?Albert EinsteinGalileo GalileiIsaac NewtonImmanuel Kant and Pierre-Simon Laplace30s
- Q15What is the main criticism of the nebular theory?It fails to explain the formation of Uranus and NeptuneIt cannot account for the existence of cometsIt suggests that the Sun is much older than previously thoughtIt contradicts the laws of thermodynamics30s