stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Solar System Review Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Solar System Review
Solar System Review
30 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
22 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
30 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
30
Answers
1
Which planet/dwarf planet has a storm that has been raging for billions of years?
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Earth
2
Eruptions called _______________ occur when loops in sunspot regions suddenly connect.
sunquakes
solar flares
solar winds
sunspots
3
Which planet/dwarf planet has liquid water?
Pluto
Mercury
Earth
Mars
4
Who discovered that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse (an oval) and not a perfect circle?
Brahe
Copernicus
Galileo
Kepler
5
The Earth's astmohpere experiences millions of these everyday.
meteors
comets
asteroids
6
This planet/dwarf planet has two moons.
Mercury
Jupiter
Mars
Venus
7
Which planet/dwarf planet has virtually no atmoshpere?
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Mars
8
Which of these planets is the coldest?
Jupiter
Neptune
Uranus
Earth
9
Which of these planets/dwarf planets does NOT have rings?
Uranus
Pluto
Saturn
Jupiter
10
_____________ are areas of gas on the sun that are cooler than the gases around them.
sunspots
solar winds
solar flares
prominences
11
Which TWO planets are known as twin planets?
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
12
These range in size from dust to 10 meters.
meteors
asteroids
comets
13
These are hypothesized to be leftover pieces of the early solar system.
comets
asteroids
meteors
14
In the
geocentric
model of the solar system, the planets were thought to revolve around ______.
the center of the galaxy
Earth
the Sun
the stars
15
Which planet rotates in the opposite direction as the other inner planets?
Earth
Venus
Mars
Mercury
16
Why did people originally think the Earth was in the center of the solar system?
because it is
because of the telescope
because of the way the stars go across the night sky
they didn't think that
17
Who use the newly invented telescope to make discoveries that supported the heliocentric model?
Copernicus
Brahe
Galileo
Kepler
18
The planets have seasons.
Mars
Earth
Mercury
Venus
19
Which one of these planets is NOT a gas giant?
Venus
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
20
Which of these has a fuzzy "coma" and "tail" that you can see when it is close to the sun?
asteroid
meteor
comet
21
Which planet/dwarf planet has the largest volcano in our solar system?
Jupiter
Earth
Mars
Pluto
22
These were believed to cause the extinction of dinosaurs.
asteroids
comets
meteors
23
This planet/dwarf planet rotates on its side.
Jupiter
Neptune
Venus
Uranus
24
This planet/dwarf planet has an atmosphere so thick that it would crush you if you went there.
Venus
Pluto
Mercury
Neptune
25
Who originally worked out the arrangement of the known planets and how they orbit sun?
Galileo
Kepler
Brahe
Copernicus
26
Which of these is no longer considered a planet?
Mercury
Pluto
Earth
Neptune
27
Which of these characteristics are necessary for life to exist on a planet?
a moon
liquid water
atmosphere
temperature that is just right
28
A stream of electrically charged particles that emanate from the sun's corona are called _____.
sunspots
prominences
solar winds
solar flares
29
Which planet/dwarf planet is the coldest?
Pluto
Earth
Mercury
Uranus
30
Most of these revolve around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
meteors
comets
asteroids
