Solar System Review

Question 1

Which planet has the least gravity in this list?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 2

What do the inner planets have in common?

Accepted Answer

all the above

Question 3

What will you find between Jupiter and Saturn?

Accepted Answer

nothing

Question 4

Which is the following is not true about Earth?

Accepted Answer

It is geologically dead

Question 5

What does the nebular theory claim?

Accepted Answer

The solar system formed from a rotating cloud of dust & gas.

Question 6

Which planet is the largest planet in the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 7

Which of the following about Neptune is false?

Accepted Answer

It has a relatively short revolution.

Question 8

Everything in the solar system revolves around me. I produce light and heat. I am...

Accepted Answer

the sun.

Question 9

When we look at a picture of Venus, what are we actually looking at?

Accepted Answer

edge of atmosphere

Question 10

Which planet has no atmosphere and has extreme temperatures?

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Question 11

What makes the planet Uranus unique?

Accepted Answer

It is tilted on its side more than 90 degrees.

Question 12

Which is not a common characteristic of the terrestrial planets?

Accepted Answer

low density

Question 13

Pluto is an oddball. Which is the most interesting feature of Pluto?

Accepted Answer

It has a complex moon structure., It has a very elliptical orbit that is 17° from ecliptic., It is more like nearby moons than nearby planets., It is the only "dwarf planet."

Question 14

Which of these do you believe to be true?

Accepted Answer

We should not send humans to Mars., We should send humans to Mars., I am not sure what I believe about this topic.

Question 15

Which of the following about Saturn is false?

Accepted Answer

It has a solid crust surface.

Question 16

What is a solar nebula?

Accepted Answer

a cloud of dust and gas that can collapse and form a star

Question 17

Which of the following is not true about the Gas Giants?

Accepted Answer

They are relatively warm.

Question 18

Which came right before protoplanets?

Accepted Answer

planetesimals

Question 19

What color is Mars?

Accepted Answer

red

Question 20

Why are the inner planets small and rocky?

Accepted Answer

It was too hot for ice-forming compounds to condense

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