Solar System Test Review

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

Which of these is the main unique physical feature of earth

Venus used to look like earth until what?

Saturn's rings were most likely formed from what?

Which of these is not a layer of the earth

Where and how does the sun produce energy?

What is the only spacecraft that has visited Neptune and Uranus

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

The first map of mars was made in

Which of these is a moon of Mars

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

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

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

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

Detached Objects earned their name because

Mars used to look like earth until what?

Who discovered Neptune

In Short what does the Grand Track Hypothesis say about jupiter

This is another name for a natural satellite of an object

This is the "surface" of the sun

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

How was Neptune Discovered

The moon had volcanos

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

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

Whats the oldest planet

This is what makes a protostar a real star

When was Uranus Discovered

How does mercury get it magnetic field

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

What element is the most abundant in a gas giant

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

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

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

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

Which of Saturns moons may have life in an Ocean

What caused Uranus's Axis tilt

Which of these moons have volcanos

Which of Saturns moons may have life in an Ocean

What is the current Active Rover on Mars

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

The clouds of Venus are made of what

Olympus mons is what on mars

What is the thick dense zone directly outside of the core

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

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

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

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

Features on Venus are named after what

Which of these is not something found on the moon

Eclipse that goes Sun, Earth, Moon

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

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

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

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

What generates and Ice giants magentosphere

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

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

What is the main feature on Neptune

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

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

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

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

What nation was the first to land something on Venus

Which of these missions are the highest priority for NASA

Who is credited with the finding of Uranus

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

What causes the magnetic field in gas giant

What are features on Mercury named after

Why are ice giants different from gas giants

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

This is NOT a requirement for something to be a planet

Which probe is still in orbit around Jupiter

What did Herschel originally think the Uranus was

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

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

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

Why is Mercury so small

What is the Giant Impact Theory explain

The solar system formed from what?