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The inner planet test review
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1
He believed in the geocentric model.
Newton
Galileo
Ptolemy
Hubble
2
Which feature on Mars leads some scientists to hypothesize that water once existed?
polar ice caps
Valles Marineris
Olympus Mons
craters
3
Name the asteroid which comes closer to Earth than Venus does:
Ceres
Vesta
Europa
Eros
4
Which planet is the brightest planet?
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Jupiter
5
He came up with the three laws of planetary motion.
Kepler
Galileo
Copernicus
Brahe
6
He showed that other galaxies exist.
Galileo
Hubble
Newton
Ptolemy
7
The Maxwell Mts. are unique because:
they are underwater
they are made of granite
they are erupting
they are the highest
8
Which feature on Mars looks like a face?
Ciarra landform
Atlantis landform
Cydonia landform
Cynthia landform
9
The Viking mission landed on this planet and took its first photos:
Mars
Mercury
Earth
Venus
10
He was confined to his home.
Galileo
Kepler
Copernicus
Brahe
11
Which planet is heavily cratered?
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Mars
12
Which is the largest inner planet?
Jupiter
Earth
Mercury
Venus
13
Which scale measures the asteroid impact?
Torino Scale
Toledo Scale
Trenton Scale
Tharsis Scale
14
A radio broadcast in the 1930's was about this planet:
Mercury
Earth
Mars
Venus
15
He discovered Jupiter's moons and phases of Venus.
Copernicus
Brahe
Galileo
Kepler
16
Asteroids are most like planets in their:
shape
rotation
revolution
mass
17
Name the largest asteroid:
Ganymede
Io
Ceres
Eros
18
Which planet has soil with iron oxide?
Venus
Earth
Jupiter
Mars
19
Which planet had Mariner 10 take photos of it?
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Jupiter
20
He discovered elliptical orbits.
Copernicus
Kepler
Brahe
Galileo
21
Which planet was named for the God of War?
Mars
Earth
Jupiter
Venus
22
The highest mountain in the solar system is:
Mt. Everest
Mr. McKinley
Olympus Mons
Olympus Sans
23
Which planet has an extreme greehouse effect?
Jupiter
Earth
Mercury
Venus
24
The Apollo asteroids come closer to Earth than _________ does.
the shuttle
Venus
Mars
the moon
25
Who was first to use the telescope?
Copernicus
Kepler
Brahe
Galileo
26
Which planet has the slowest rotation?
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
27
Which planet has clouds of CO2 and H2SO4?
Venus
Mars
Earth
Jupiter
28
He came up with universal gravitation.
Galileo
Newton
Hubble
Ptolemy
29
Mercury is most closely related to the:
Earth
Venus
Mars
moon
30
Which planet is also called Gaia (Gaea)?
Mercury
Earth
Venus
Mars