Solar System Test Review

In Short what does the Grand Track Hypothesis say about jupiter

Jupiter's Magnetosphere is the strongest in the solar systen, what feature on Jupiter is always present due to this?

This event was caused by a supernova causing gases to combine together

How does mercury get it magnetic field

When was Uranus Discovered

Which of these missions are the highest priority for NASA

The clouds of Venus are made of what

Which of the following layer of the earth is responsible for generating the magnetic field of the Earth

Mars used to look like earth until what?

This is located between Mars and Jupiter and with a total mass of only 3% of our moon

All of these are results of and observations that support the Nebular Hypothesis except what

Which of Saturns moons may have life in an Ocean

Saturn occasionally has storm systems that are called The Great ______ Spot

This is the type of giant planet composed of substances called volatiles, sometimes called failed stars

This is the event in the solar system formation that left alot of planets and moons cratered

Which of these is not something found on the moon

These are small objects in the solar system that have characteristics of both asteriods and comets

Which of these was the first mission to land a human on a celestial object, the moon?

What caused Uranus's Axis tilt

Whats the oldest planet

Which of these is not a key point for the Solar Nebular Theory

This is the set of objects whose orbits intersect with the Kuiper belt at 50 AU and stretches to 110 Au

Saturn's rings were most likely formed from what?

Eclipse that goes Sun, Earth, Moon

What is the Giant Impact Theory explain

This is the 2nd spacecraft to Mercury that mapped the entire planet

This is another name for a natural satellite of an object

Without Earth's magnetic field there would be no life on earth

Which of these moons have volcanos

This is what makes a protostar a real star

This is earliest stage of a solar system where graviational collaspe begins and the dust begins to spin and flatten

What is the only spacecraft that has visited Neptune and Uranus

This is created by the solar winds of the sun and protect the solar system from interstellar space

What did Herschel originally think the Uranus was

Where and how does the sun produce energy?

This is small icy object that has an extremely eliptical orbit and releases ionized gas as it passes a star

This is a collection of small objects that are 2,000+ AU from the sun and are still bound to it gravitationally.

Which options are possible fates of earth in the future. (two possible answers)

Which of these is a moon of Mars

Which of these is the mistaken name for an ocean on the moon

Which country is planning on sending a Probe to Neptune in the Near Future

Eris, Pluto, Haumea, MakeMake, and Ceres are all examples of this type of object because the don't meet planet criteria.

What is the name for NASA's current mission series to return to the moon

What generates and Ice giants magentosphere

The solar system formed from what?

Detached Objects earned their name because

What causes the magnetic field in gas giant

What nation was the first to land something on Venus

Venus used to look like earth until what?

What are features on Mercury named after

Why is Mercury so small

Which probe is still in orbit around Jupiter

How was Neptune Discovered

This is similar to another category of planet, but they have larger amounts of heavier elements such as O, C, N, and S

This is the "surface" of the sun

What is the current Active Rover on Mars

Who discovered Neptune

Which of these is not a layer of the earth

Features on Venus are named after what

What is the last object in the solar system known to be geologoically active

Moons that help make and keep Ring system of planets are called what?

What is the main feature on Neptune

Olympus mons is what on mars

The first map of mars was made in

These are TNOs whose orbits don't come close to the kuiper belt, staying outside of it.

Which of these is the main unique physical feature of earth

This is a name for any object passed the furthest out planet in our solar system

This is a spherical celestial object that is neither a star or its remmnant

The moon had volcanos

This is a type of event on the sun that loops back into the surface

What element is the most abundant in a gas giant

Why are ice giants different from gas giants

This is NOT a requirement for something to be a planet

Which of Saturns moons may have life in an Ocean

What is the leading theory on the creation of the solar system

What is the thick dense zone directly outside of the core

Gas and Ice giants are known to have bands. What is the bands referring to?

This is another name for a planet primarily made out of rocks, such as Earth, Mars, Venus and Mercury

Who is credited with the finding of Uranus

Which of these sections of the earth produces heat by radioactive decay