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Planets of Our Solar System
Planets of Our Solar System
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Solar system formation and the planets
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Which planet has the highest wind speeds in the solar system with 13 known moons?
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
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Which law describes the relationship between the distance from the sun and the orbital period?
Kepler's 1st law
Kepler's 4th law
Kepler's 2nd law
Kepler's 3rd law
3
Some planets appear to move backward in the sky. What term describes this?
reverse engineering
retrograde
outgassing
moon walking
4
Which of the following is a characteristic of the outer planets?
Gaseous
Rocky
Slow rotation
Warm
5
What model is this illustration describing?
Kepler's 1st law
heliocentric
Kepler's 2nd law
geocentric
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Which of Kepler's Laws is this illustration describing?
2nd Law
1st Law
4th Law
3rd Law
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This is the largest planet has a giant red spot known to be a massive storm.
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
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Which of the following is a characteristic of the inner planets?
Ring systems
Rocky
Many moons
H and He atmospheres
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Why did lighter gases not stay in Earth's atmosphere?
Gravity not strong enough
Earth was too hot
Gases mixed with other gases
Gases were too unstable
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Process in which denser materials sink to the bottom while lighter ones stay on top.
uniformitarianism
differentiation
outgassing
eccentricity
11
Hundreds of objects beyond Neptune's orbit are in a region called this?
black belt
extrasolar belt
asteroid belt
kuiper belt
12
This planet has the most complex and extensive ring systems of any other.
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Jupiter
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These are planets that circle a star other than our sun.
planetesimals
ET planets
exoplanets
protoplanets
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This blue planet has an axial tilt that is parallel to the plane of its orbit.
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
Uranus
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Why is Venus the hottest planet in the solar system?
It's rotation is the fastest
Has a runaway greenhouse effect
It reflects the most sunlight
It's closest to the sun
16
This planet was geologically active in the past and has a similar axial tilt to Earth.
Pluto
Mercury
Mars
Venus
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Which hypothesis states that the solar system was formed from a spinning cloud of gas and dust?
Capture hypothesis
Elliptic hypothesis
Impact hypothesis
Nebular hypothesis
18
This planet has no significant atmosphere and orbits the sun the quickest of any planet.
Neptune
Mercury
Venus
Mars
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What term is used to describe how elliptical a planet's orbit is?
axial tilt
eccentricity
revolution
orbital period
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Which of the following is a reason Pluto is NOT considered a planet?
Orbits the sun
Orbital period is too long
It is a sphere
Has not cleared its orbital path