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Formation and characteristics of the inner planets
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What planet has almost identical mass, size and density as Earth?
Neptune
Venus
Mars
Mercury
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The greatest canyon in the Solar System is?
Caloris basin
Maxwell montes
Olympus mons
Valles Marineris
3
Which of the following is NOT considered to be a Jovian planet?
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Mercury
4
The great crater of Mars is called?
Aphrodite terra
Hellas Planitia
Caloris basin
Arsia mons
5
Mars polar caps are made of?
Water
Carbon Dioxide
Sulfuric acid
Hydrogen
6
Small bodies from which a planet originated in the early stages of the solar system are?
Protoplanets
Planetesimals
Dwarf planets
Planets
7
The nebula theory was first proposed by...?
Albert Einstein
Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace
Julius Verne
Galileo Galilei
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What is the third brightest object in the night sky?
Mars
Alpha century
Jupiter
Venus
9
What planet has retrograde rotation rotating west to East (clock wise).
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Mars
10
How many moons does Mercury and Venus have combined?
None
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Which planet has a 12.5 mile thick cloud layer of sulfuric acid?
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Mars
12
Which answer is NOT true about the nebula theory?
The sun was created first followed by the planets
The planets and the sun were created at the same time
The sun and the planets were created by the same mechanism
The sun and the planets where created from the same nebula
13
The two moons of Mars are called...?
Phobos and Deimos
Pathos and Athos
Europa and Ceres
Titan and Ganymede
14
What is the hottest planet in the solar system?
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Mars
15
What planet has craters named after famous artists, writers and musicians?
Mars
Venus
Saturn
Mercury
16
Celestial objects the size of a moon or bigger considered the final stages of planet formation?
Moons
Planetoids
Protoplanets
planetesimals
17
What planet orbits fastest around the Sun?
Mercury
Mars
Earth
Venus
18
Which one is not one of the great volcanoes of Mars?
Maxwell mons
Ascraeus Mons
Olympus mons
Pavonis Mons
19
The hottest planet in the solar system is...?
Mercury
Earth
Mars
Venus
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Which planet has over 1,600 active volcanoes?
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Mars
