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Solar energy trapped by gases in Venus's atmosphere causes ____________________.
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Clouds to form
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Its slow rotation
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The greenhouse effect
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A cooling effect
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People once believed that all planets and stars orbited around __________________.
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Mercury
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Venus
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Earth
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Mars
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A. Earth -
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The Viking landers sent back pictures of the reddish-colored, barren, rocky, windswept surface of _________________.
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Mercury
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Jupiter
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Uranus
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Mars
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A. Mars -
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Methane absorbs the red and yellow light on _____________, while the clouds of these planets reflect the green and blue light.
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Venus and Earth
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Uranus and Neptune
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Saturn and Jupiter
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Neptune and Venus
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A. Uranus and Neptune -
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In 1543, __________published his views of Earth and other planets revolving around the Sun.
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Kepler
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Magellan
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Copernicus
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Galileo
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A. Copernicus -
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A comet develops a tail because of ____________________.
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The solar wind
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Earth's atmosphere
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The Oort Cloud
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Jupiter's gravitational pull
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A. The solar wind -
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Small pieces of rock that enter Earth's atmosphere at speeds of 15 to 70 km/s and burn up are called _____________.
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Stars
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Meteors
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Meteorites
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Asteroids
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A. Meteors -
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_____________ are pieces of rock that strike the surface of a moon or planet.
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Meteroids
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Comets
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Meteor showers
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Meteorites
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A. Meteorites -
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Vaporized gases and released dust form a bright cloud called a(n) _______________around the solid part of a comet.
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Coma
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Core
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Heart
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Nucleus
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A. Coma -
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This planet has no true atmosphere.
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Mars
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Saturn
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Jupiter
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Mercury
Correct Answer
A. Mercury -
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Most of the frozen ice in a comet's ___________vaporizes after the comet's many trips around the Sun.
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Coma
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Tail
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Heart
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Nucleus
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A. Nucleus -
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