Which statement describes the temperature of Jupiter?

The center of the planet is extremely hot.

What is a way the properties of gas giants could cause the number of moons to differ from Earth

Gas giants are more massive than Earth and have more gravity

How does the distance of Earth compare to the distance of the gas giants from the sun?

Earth is much closer to the sun than the gas giants are.

Which of these statements is TRUE of Venus?

On Venus, a day is longer than a year.

a planet that has deep massive atmospheres

Why have spacecraft not been sent deep within Jupiter to explore the planet?

Jupiter has much greater atmospheric pressure than Earth.

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1
Which terrestrial planets have diameters that are nearly equal in size?
Mars and Mercury
Earth and Mars
Mars and Venus
Earth and Venus
2
Which physical properties is responsible for the great range of temperatures on Mars?
axial tilt
thin atmosphere
period of revolution
mass
3
Which statement describes the temperature of Jupiter?
All of Jupiter is very cold.
The center of the planet is extremely hot.
Its temperature depends only on the energy it gets from sun.
The upper layers of the atmosphere are the hottest part.
4
What is a way the properties of gas giants could cause the number of moons to differ from Earth
Gas giants are farther from the sun
Gas giants are more massive than Earth and have more gravity
Gas giants are less dense than Earth
gas giants rotate more rapidly than Earth
5
Which of the terrestrial planets has the DENSEST atmosphere?
Earth
Mars
Venus
Mercury
6
How does the distance of Earth compare to the distance of the gas giants from the sun?
Earth is in the Solar System and the gas giants are outside.
Earth is much farther from the sun than the gas giants are.
Earth and the gas giants are about the same dis from the sun
Earth is much closer to the sun than the gas giants are.
7
Which of these statements is TRUE of Venus?
The atmosphere of Venus is capable of supporting life.
Venus is the fourth planet from the sun.
The moons of Venus are Io and Europa.
On Venus, a day is longer than a year.
8
What is a gas giant?
a large, red star
a space cloud made of gas and dust
a chunk of material that reaches Earth without burning up
a planet that has deep massive atmospheres
9
What is the order of the distances of the inner planets from the Sun, from farthest to closest?
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury
Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Venus, Earth, Mars, Mercury
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Why have spacecraft not been sent deep within Jupiter to explore the planet?
Jupiter has almost no atmosphere.
Jupiter has much greater atmospheric pressure than Earth.
Jupiter is much denser than Earth.
Jupiter is too far from Earth.

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