difference b/n how the terrestrial and Jovian planets formed

terrestrial formed only from metals and silicates

Which of the planets have rings

Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

Mars appears to change colors because

dust storms lasting weeks cause atmosphere to change color

What is NOT a source of meteoroids

rocky chunks from outside our solar system

mercury has no atmosphere so

it reflects a small portion of sunlight that hits it

the densities of the Jovian Planets are

less than 1.5x the density of water

What is the mass of Jupiter

2.5x the mass of all other planets and their moons

What is true of asteroids

caused the impact craters on the moon

Kuiper Belt is a region past Neptune containing

comets with short orbit periods

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difference b/n how the terrestrial and Jovian planets formed
terrestrial formed only from metals and silicates
terrestrial formed from bits of ice only
Jovian formed from only metals and silicates
Jovian formed from bits of ice only
2
Which of the planets have rings
Saturn and Jupiter
Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
Saturn, Jupiter, and Neptune
Saturn and Neptune
3
the largest of the terrestrial planets is
Saturn
Venus
Earth
Uranus
4
What does the asteroid belt lie in between
Mars and Jupiter
Jupiter and Saturn
Jupiter and Neptune
Mars and Earth
5
diameters of the terrestrial and Jovian compare
all but one Jovian have diameters equal to the terrestrial
terrestrial planets have diameters equal to the Jovian
Jovian planets are much larger
terrestrial are much larger
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Which planet has rotates parallel to its orbit
Mars
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn
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Which of the following is not a terrestrial planet
mercury
mars
jupiter
venus
8
the age of our solar system was estimated using
asteroids
meteroites
meteors
comets
9
Mars appears to change colors because
gases in the atmosphere are changing
volcanic activity produces thick clouds
dust storms lasting weeks cause atmosphere to change color
active volcanoes flood the surface with lava
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What is true of comets
orbits do not go past Jovian planets
all comets have long tails
held together by frozen gases
Oort Cloud of comets if between Neptune and Pluto
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What is NOT a source of meteoroids
leftover interplanetary debris
solid remains of comets
material from the asteroid belt
rocky chunks from outside our solar system
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Life is unlikely to exit on venus because
surface temp is too cold
surface has too much ice covering it
there is no atmosphere
surface temp is too high
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the solar system formed from
colliding planetesimals
rotating stars
rotating disk of gas and dust
colliding nebulae
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mercury has no atmosphere so
it reflects almost all light that hits it
it reflects a small portion of sunlight that hits it
it is composed almost entirely of gases
it is much farther from the sun than it appears
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Size of Halley's comet nucleus
1 km
1 m
100 km
16 km x 8 km
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the densities of the Jovian Planets are
less than 1.5x the density of water
3.9 to 5.5x the density of water
less than .5x the density of water
more than 5.5x the density of water
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What is the mass of Jupiter
1/2 the mass of all the Jovian planets
2x that of the terrestrial planets
2.5x the mass of all other planets and their moons
2.5x Earth's
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Which planet has lowest surface temp and an atmosphere made mostly of nitrogen
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
Juptier
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What is true of asteroids
most are no larger than pebbles
almost never collide with planetary bodies
rarely pass close to Earth
caused the impact craters on the moon
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Kuiper Belt is a region past Neptune containing
dense collection of meteoroids
comets with short orbit periods
comets with large nuclei
meteors smaller than 1 km across

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