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