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Question
Mark the following statement as true (T) or false (F).
There are nine planets in the solar system. ( )
Options
True
False
Solution
False
There are eight planets in the solar system.
They are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
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