Solar System and Planetary Features

The video explores the solar system, detailing its structure, including the sun, planets, asteroids, and comets. It describes the characteristics of terrestrial planets like Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and gas giants such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The video compares planetary sizes, highlights Jupiter's protective role, and discusses the sun's mass and energy. It also covers the asteroid and Kuiper belts and concludes with the solar system's eventual demise as the sun becomes a white dwarf.

What is the approximate speed at which the solar system moves around the galactic center?

• 100,000 kilometers per hour

• 200,000 kilometers per hour

• 300,000 kilometers per hour

• 400,000 kilometers per hour

Which planet is known for having a year shorter than its day?

• Mars

• Mercury

• Earth

• Venus

Which planet is the hottest in the solar system due to a runaway greenhouse effect?

• Mars

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Saturn

What is the largest mountain in the solar system, located on Mars?

• K2

• Mount Everest

• Mauna Kea

• Olympus Mons

Which planet has the most moons in the solar system?

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Uranus

What unique feature does Uranus have compared to other planets?

• It has the largest storm

• It is the hottest planet

• It has a tilted axis of rotation

• It has the most moons

Which planet is smaller than one of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede?

• Mercury

• Earth

• Mars

• Venus

What percentage of the solar system's mass does the Sun comprise?

• 90%

• 99.86%

• 75%

• 50%

What will the Sun eventually become after it has burnt up all its fuel?

• A neutron star

• A black hole

• A red giant

• A white dwarf

What is the fate of the Earth when the Sun becomes a red giant?

• It will move to a different orbit

• It will be swallowed by the Sun

• It will remain unchanged

• It will become a frozen wasteland