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Earth Space
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which pair of solar system bodies comes closest to double planet, what to bodies equal mass, revolve? | Pluto and Charon |
| Pluto is now classifies as a _____ in our solar system? | Dwarf planet |
| The ___explains how our solar system probably formed a giant cloud of gases and dispense in solid particles? | nebular hypothesis |
| ___meteorites are thought to be analogous in composition to Earth’s core? | Iron |
| As the solar system was formed ___ came closest to undergoing nuclear fusion and becoming a second sun? | Jupiter |
| Which one of the following is believed to be true about comets? | They have highly elliptical orbits around the sun |
| ___ has the great dark spot on its surface? | Neptune |
| How did the lunar Maria most likely originate? | huge impact basins that were nearly filled with basalt |
| Which one is not found on Mars? | H20-rich atmosphere |
| __ are found both on Mars and Earth? | Erosional features to flowing water |
| The surface features ___ are known only through satellite radar mapping? | Venus |
| __ is a moon on Mars | Phobos |
| __ has atmosphere pressure at its surface that are roughly comparable to those at Earth’s surface | Saturn’s Moon |
| ___ A moon orbiting Jupiter has an unusual smooth uncrated ice-cover surface? | Europa |
| ___ has hot turbulent atmosphere dominated by Carbon Dioxide? | Venus |
| Which one of the following features is the youngest? | brightly rayed craters |
| ___ is the principal gas in the Venus atmosphere and also a minor of the atmosphere of Earth and Mars? | Carbon Dioxide |
| The largest known volcano in the solar system is? | Mons Olympus on Mars |
| Which one of the terrestrial planet has a surface landscape similar to that of older areas of moon? | Mercury |
| ___are small extraterrestrial particles that glow brightly and burn as they travel through Earth’s atmosphere | Meteoroids |
| Vast circular to elliptical dark-colored smooth areas of the moon are known as? | lunar Maria |
| The belt (orbit) of the asteroids is located between | Jupiter and Mars |
| Which one of these lunar features is the oldest | lunar highlands |
| Most of the moon craters were produced by | the impact of the debris |
| he high surface temperatures of the planet have been attributed to the greenhouse effect? | Venus |
| This planet has ice caps which change in size with seasons? | Mars |
| The smallest planet in our solar system is | Mercury |
| Mercury Saturn Uranus Jupiter | Mercury |
| Phobos Pluto Titan Callisto | Pluto |
| Earth Venus Mars Jupiter | Jupiter |
| Comet Asteroids Meteorite Planet | Meteorite |
| The dark tail of a comet is called a coma | f |
| The moon has highlands areas which approach the height of mountains on Earth | t |
| The very large lava covered areas of the moon are called Maria | t |
| Rayed craters on the moon such as Copernicus formed during an intense early period of bombardment? | f |
| Jupiter is the largest and most massive planet in the solar system? | t |
| They four largest moons of Jupiter are known as the Galitean Moons? | t |
| The Cassini Gap refers to the planetless belt of asteroids between Mars and Earth | f |
| Lunar regolith breccias contains crystalline rock fragments and glassy fragments | t |
| Meteorites disintegrate and burn up as shooting stars: meteoroids survive on impact even? | f |
| Comets are thought to be composed of dust and try ice particles enclosed in small metallic fragments | f |
| An extreme example of the greenhouse effect is thought to be associated with an abundance of Carbon Dioxide in the Martian atmosphere? | f |
| The Martian polar ice caps are thought to be mainly frozen methane and ammonia | f |
| Large impact craters and large domal features have been images on the surface of Venus | t |
| Eruptive plumes and lava flows rich in sulfar have been photographed on Jupiters moon IO? | t |
| The Jovian planets are more massive but less dense than the terrestrial planets | t |
| The lunar highlands exhibit rugged topographic relief and high density of impact craters | t |
| The atmosphere of Mars is less dense than Earth but dust storms and sand dunes indicate wind action occurs on Mars? | t |
| _refers to the glowing head of a comet | coma |
| ___is the major gas in the atmosphere of Venus | Carbon Dioxide |
| Relative smooth large circular to elliptical areas on the lunar surface known as | Maria |
| The most abundant gas in Earths atmosphere is? | Nitrogen |
| The Cassini gap is associated with the planet | Saturn |
| The only planet in the solar system who’s axis of rotation lies close to ite equatorial plane? | Uranus |
| The largest shield volcano yet observed in the solar system is located in ___? | Mars |
| The proposal that contends that Earth is in the center of the universe is called ___ view? | Geocentric |
| Which planet in addition to Earth shows clear evidence of water erosion | Mars |
| Relative small bodies which generally orbit between Mars and Jupiter are called | Asteroids |
| The spectacular bodies that have been compared to large dirty snowballs are called | comets |
| The largest volcano known in the solar system monsolympus is located on the planet | Mars |
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