Ch. 25 The Solar System Review Game

Large amounts of methane gives this planet a blue-green appearance. Tilted 90 degrees on its axis.

The orbit of a planet around the sun is a(n)

Known as the Red Planet

The only planet with liquid water

Comets are made mostly of

small, rocky solar-system bodies, most of which are fond orbiting the sun in a region between Mars and Jupiter

Which arrangement of the Sun, the Moon, and Earth results in the highest high tides, and the lowest low tides on Earth?

The four planets closest to the sun, which are similar in structure to Earth

The plane in space containing Earth's orbit

Which sequence correctly shows the relative size of the eight planets of our solar system?

A large disk shaped cloud of dust and gas formed as the solar nebula rotated faster and flattened out

The moon most likely formed

The diagram shown here represents a

Which of the following objects does NOT orbit directly around the sun?

Blue in color

The four terrestrial planets are so called because they

A large massive planet that is composed maily of hydrogen and helium

thought to be very sparse sphere of comets encircling the solar system out to a distance of about 50,000 AU

According to the nebular theory, the solar system formed from

A cloud of dust and gas that can eventually colllapse to form one or more stars with a planetary system.

Which diagram represents phase of moon, as seen by observer on Earth, when moon is located at position A in its orbit?

Planet found closest to the sun.

Description of a model of the solar system in which all of the planets revolve around Earth.

Largest planet in the solar system and has the Great Red Spot

Ocean tides are the result of

A disk made of many small particles of rock and ice in orbit aroudn a planet

region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids in the solar system are found

A solar eclipse occurs during the _____lunar phase

The low, flat plains of basalt on the moon formed by ancient lunar lava flow

The diagram below represents our solar system. The system is best classified as

Unpiloted vehicle that carries scientific instruments into space and transmits information back to Earth

Which evidence provides support for the nebular theory?

Which of the following helps explain why the planets remain in motion around the sun?

A chunk of rock that moves through the solar system.

Which is the most likely reason that ancient observers believed that Earth was the center of the universe?

Asteroids are mainly found

Which of the gas giants has the largest diameter?

What is the name for "A" shown in the diagram below?

Thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide. Similar in size to Earth.

The regular rise and fall of water in the oceans.

The process of adding mass in the formation of the planets by collisions between planetismals.

Known for rings made of ice and rock

A region of the moon's shadow that is less dark

The darkest part of a shadow

A bowl-shaped pit at the top of the central vent in a volcano

In the formation of our solar system, nearly all of the mass of the solsar nebula became

Asteroid sized bodies in the protoplanetary disk from which the planets formed by accretion

Why does Earth's moon have no atmosphere?

In a digram depicting the solar system as heliocentric, what is located at the center?

A relatively small natural body in space that revolves aroudn a planet

Which statement(s) explains why terrestrial planets are small & rocky instead of large & less dense like the gas giants