Chapter 28 Test: Our Solar System

When earth’s atmosphere passes through particles from the tail of a comet, we experience

The average distance from the sun to earth is called a (an)

The planet Mercury has a wide range of temperature extremes from day to night because

The Moon and Mercury might have water ice on their surfaces, where might it be found?

Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the (blank) model of the solar system.

Io, one of the four moons of Jupiter that Galileo discovered, is composed mostly of

Most of the surface of Mercury is covered with

The atmosphere of Jupiter is composed mostly of

The Great Red Spot of Jupiter is believed to be

Venus’s spin on its axis is an example of