Which statement is FALSE about Jupiter

Jupiter could support life as we know it

Which one of the following statements is FALSE about Mercury?

It has two moons: Marinier and Messenger

Which statement is false about Pluto and other Dwarf planets

They don't have atmospheres because they are too far

Which statement is FALSE about the Earth?

Earth is the only planet with an atmosphere

Which statement is FALSE about Saturn

Saturn is the only giant planet that has a ring

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1
Which statement is FALSE about Jupiter
Jupiter could support life as we know it
Jupiter has a faint ring system
Jupiter is a gas-giant planet
Jupiter has 50 known moons
2
Which one of the following statements is FALSE about Mercury?
is a rocky planet
It is the smallest planet
It has long days and short years
It has two moons: Marinier and Messenger
3
Which statement is FALSE about Neptune
Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have visited Neptune
Dark, cold and whipped by supersonic winds
Neptune is as big as Uranus
Is a gas giant
4
Which statement is false about Pluto and other Dwarf planets
They don't have atmospheres because they are too far
They are located at the Kuiper belt
The first mission to a dwarf planet is Dawn (to Ceres).
Rocky or icy bodies that can't clear their orbital path
5
Which statement is FALSE about Venus?
Venus has a toxic atmosphere
Venus is a gas planet
Venus spins backwards
Venus is bigger than Earth
6
Which statement is FALSE about the Earth?
Earth's atmosphere protect us from meteorites
Earth is the only planet with an atmosphere
The distance between Earth and the sun is 1 AU
Earth has one natural satellite
7
Which statement is FALSE about Mars?
The Red Planet has oxidized iron minerals
Mars is bigger than Earth
It has seasons, polar ice caps, volcanoes, canyons & weather
More than 40 spacecraft have been launched for Mars
8
Which statement is FALSE about Saturn
Some of Saturn's moons might support life.
Saturn is 9.5 AU from the sun
Saturn is the only giant planet that has a ring
Saturn is mostly a massive ball of hydrogen and helium.
9
The asteroid belt is located between
At 2.5 AU from the sun
everywhere in the solar system
the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn
The orbits of Mars and Jupiter
10
If the sun were as tall as a front door, Earth would be nickel size and Uranus would be big as
baseball
green pea
basketball
aspirin tablet

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