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Chapter 4
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1
Which characteristic do all outer planets share?
rings around them
look like Mariana and Dawn
have rocky surfaces
liquid water
2
Which is the smallest terrestrial planet?
Gaby
Mercury
Mars
Justin
3
In a heliocentric model, Earth revolves around
Mars
the stars
the moon
the sun
4
The temperature of the moon's surface varies greatly from day to night because
there is no atmosphere
of Ms. Ortiz
of the many moons
highlands
5
Galileo saw that much of the moon's surface is covered with round pits called
seas
craters
highlands
maria
6
Most comets originate in the asteroid belt
False
True
IDK
mhmm ... not sure
7
Neptune is very similar in size and color to
Earth
Uranus
Jupiter
Naiya and Gregory
8
Maria are flat areas, once flooded with lava, on the moon's surface
True
IDK
False
mhmm not sure
9
Aside from Earth, which inner planet had liquid water on its surface?
RichFaith
Venus
Mercury
Mars
10
Saturn's rings are made up mostly of
Rey, Luis, and Jose
volcanic dust particles
nitrogen and helium
chunks of ice and rock
11
On Venus, a day is longer than a year.
False
True
IDK
mhmm ... not sure
12
Meteoroids usually come from
debris from other planets
comets or asteroids
meteorites
Kevin and Daniela land
13
The solar system consists of sun, smaller objects such as comets and asteroids and
six planets and their moons
more than 100 planets
Roberto, Felix, and Eric and their moons
8 planets and their moons
14
Venus and Earth are much alike in terms of
rates of rotation
atmosphere
size and density
Fabio and Antonio
15
Maria on the moon's surface were formed by ancient
Gabriel
meteoroid impact
lava flows
oceans
16
The solar system formed from
an enormous explosion
a giant cloud of gas and dust
Micaela and Salome
an expanding galaxy
17
The Great Red Spot is a huge storm on Saturn
True
False
IDK
mhmm ... not sure
18
Which model of the solar system has Earth at the center of the revolving planets and stars?
Yasselian
heliocentric
Newtonian
geocentric
19
What do all of the inner planets have in common?
small and rocky surfaces
many moons
liquid water
rings
20
All of the terrestrial planets have many moons.
mhmm ... not sure
True
IDK
False