KIDS QUIZ
SPACE AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Cliff Planet
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The Red Planet
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Two Moons Planet
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Th Roman God of War Planet
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mars is known as the Red Planet because iron minerals in the Martian soil oxidize, or rust, causing the soil and atmosphere to look red.
Detailed explanation-2: -A long-standing nickname for Mars is the “Red Planet". That is also the planet’s name in Hebrew, ma’adim, which is derived from adom, meaning ‘red’.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why does the Moon look orange or red like Mars during a total lunar eclipse? Mars has a reddish color because of the iron oxides (rust) on its surface.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nicknames for the eight planets in the solar system are Swift Planet for Mercury, Morning Star and Evening Star for Venus, Blue Planet for Earth, Red Planet for Mars, Giant Planet for Jupiter, Ringed Planet for Saturn, Ice Giant for Uranus and Big Blue Planet for Neptune.
Detailed explanation-5: -Al-Qahira-Arabic, Indonesian, Malay. Ares-Greek. Auqakuh-Quechua (Inca) Bahram-Persian. Harmakhis-Ancient Egyptian. Her Desher-Egyptian. Hrad-Armenian. Huo Hsing-Chinese. More items