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Things about the solar system
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Which inner planets have almost the same size, mass, and density?
Venus and Earth
Mars and Mercury
Earth and Mars
Mercury and Venus
2
The law that describes how a planet orbits the sun is called the
Lawof periods
Law of equal areas
Law of orbital periods
Law of ellipses
3
A rotating cloud of gas and dust from which our solar system formed
Gas giant
Solar Nebula
Planetesimal
Pluto
4
About 99% of all matter that was contained in the solar nebula now composes the
Planets
Moons
Supernova
Sun
5
Which of the following planets has the most complex rings
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
Jupiter
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The satellite that orbited Venus
Mars
Earth
Magellan
Venus
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A planet whose atmosphere may contain a large amount of methane
Uranus
Saturn
Gas giant
Jupiter
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The least dense planet in the solar system is
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
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An astronomer who proposed a heliocentric model of the solar system
Newton
Solar Nebula
Copernicus
Kuiper belt
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A small planet that is farthest from the sun; and is not considered a gas giant
Neptune
Ptolemy
Pluto
Mars
11
Which of the following planets experiences a runaway greenhouse effect
Pluto
Earth
Mars
Venus
12
Which of the following planets do scientists NOT consider a major planet?
Neptune
Pluto
Saturn
Mercury
13
Neptune's great dark spot is a(n)
Giant storm
Area that never faces the sun
Giant canyon
Vast ocean
14
Planets Characterized by solid rock with metallic cores, zero to two moons, and impact craters
inner planets
outer planets
copernicus
differentiation
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Small bodies that orbit planets are called
Moons
Protoplanets
Planetesimals
Comets
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Which planet has volcanic regions that may still be active
Mercury
Saturn
Pluto
Mars
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The right combination of temperature, water, and oxygen
Supports life on Earth
Affects neptune's orbit
Results in storms on Jupiter
Causes gas giants to form
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the process that caused early Earth to form three distinct layers
differentiation
outgassing
solar nebula
planetesimal
19
Mar's volcanoes are larger than those of Earth because Mars
Has no moving tectonic plates
Has a thicker lava flow
Is a much older planet
Is close to the sun
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Known for its rings and bands, the least dense planet is?
Uranus
Pluto
Neptune
Saturn