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Chapter 4: Solar System
Chapter 4: Solar System
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What are the characteristics that make an object a planet?
Must orbit a star
All of the above
Must be a sphere
Must clear their orbit
2
On Venus, a day is longer than a year.
True
False
3
What do the outer planets have in common?
Same size as Earth and made mostly or iron
Same size as Earth and made of helium and hydrogen
They are larger than Earth and made of helium and hydrogen
Larger than Earth and made mostly of iron
4
The pits that cover most of the moons surface are called ______________.
highlands
maria
seas
craters
5
Meteoroids usually come from ___________
comets and asteroids
meteorites
the solar wind
debris from other planets
6
Saturn's rings are made mostly of ___________
volcanic dust particles
ice and water vapor
chunks of ice and rock
nitrogen and helium
7
How did the solar system form?
an expanding galaxy
an enormous explosion
a black hole
a giant cloud of gas and dust
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All of the terrestrial planets have moons.
False
True
9
Most comets originate in the asteroid belt.
True
False
10
Which model of the solar system has Earth in the center of the revolving planets and stars?
Newtonian
heliocentric
Gelileo
geocentric
11
Neptune is similar to Mars in color and size.
True
False
12
The Great Red Spot is a huge storm on Saturn.
True
False
13
What is the name of the first 4 terrestrial planets in order?
Venus, Earth, Mars, Mercury
Mars, Mercury, Venus, Earth
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
14
Where are most asteroids found?
Oort Cloud
Kuiper Belt
Asteroid Belt
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Where is the astroid belt found?
between Mars and Jupiter
between Jupiter and Staurn
between Mercury and Mars
between Earth and Mars
16
In heliocentric system ______________________
the sun appears to move backwards among the planets
the sun revolves around the Earth
Earth is the center of the universe
the Earth revolves around the sun
17
Earth is thought to be at the center of the solar system in the heliocentric model.
False
True
18
What is unique about Jupiter?
It is smaller and denser than the other outer planets
its axis of rotation is tilted
Iti s the planet with the most spectacular rings
It is the largest and most massive planet
19
The heliocentric model gained supported when Galileo observed that ____________________
the orbit of each planet is an ellipse
most of the smaller planetsare closer to the sun
Venus goes through phases similar to the moon
one side of the moon faces Earth
20
Aside from Earth, which inner planet once had liquid water on its surface?
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Europa
21
What is a characteristic that the outer planets share?
All of the above
All have liquid water
All have rings around them
All have dense rocky surfaces
22
What is the smallest terrestrial planet?
Mercury
Earth
Venus
Mars
23
What does the solar system consist of?
sun, objects like comets, asteroids, and larger stars
sun, objects like comets, asteroids, and 100 other planets
sun, objects like comets, asteroids, and 8 planets and moons
sun, objects like comets, asteroids, and 6 planets and moons
24
What do all the inner planets have in common?
They all have abundant liquid water
They all have rings
They all are small and have rocky surfaces
they all have many moons
25
How are Venus and Earth alike?
their size and density
their atmosphere
their directiona dn rotation
their rates and rotation
26
Small asteroid like bodies that became the building blocks for planets are called ___________.
meteoroids
open clusters
comets
planetesimals
27
Uranus is different from most other planets because it __________________
is mostly nitrogen and helium
has the most moons
is the farthest from the sun
rotates on its side
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Neptune is very similar in size and color to______________
Earth
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
