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| show | Solar Nebula Theory
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| The terrestrial planets in our solar system are: | show 🗑
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| show | FALSE
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| show | a few centimeters per year
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| show | TRUE
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| show | hydrogen and helium
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| Which planet has a ring system? Saturn | show 🗑
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| show | wavelength
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| Which forms of light are lower in energy and frequency than the light that our eyes can see? | show 🗑
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| show | photons
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| The lithosphere of a planet is the layer that consists of | show 🗑
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| Which of the following best describes the lunar maria? | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| Which statement best describes the"duality of light" phenomena? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following is not a characteristic of the outer planets? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following is not a characteristic of the outer planets? | show 🗑
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| show | carbon dioxide
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| show | False
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| Which moons are sometimes called the Galilean moons? | show 🗑
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| show | Iridium
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| What is the Kuiper belt? | show 🗑
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| Dust rains down on our planet whenever we cross a comet’s orbit, producing a meteor shower. True or False. | show 🗑
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| show | small asteroids
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| show | Moon, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth.
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| Why is a rose red? | show 🗑
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| From shortest to longest wavelength, which of the following correctly orders the different categories of electromagnetic radiation? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following is not a major difference between the terrestrial and jovian planets in our solar system? | show 🗑
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| If one combined the number of moons from Saturn and Jupiter there would be more than 120 moons. True or False. | show 🗑
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| Olympus Mons is ________. | show 🗑
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| show | impact cratering, volcanisms, tectonics, and erosion
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| Mercury, because it is the closest planet to our sun, is known to have a "run-away greenhouse" effect. True or False. | show 🗑
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| Light is a form of Energy. True or False. | show 🗑
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| show | core, mantle, crust
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| What is the Oort cloud? | show 🗑
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| Only comets that enter the inner solar system grow tails. True or False. | show 🗑
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| What was the temperature in the solar nebula at the location of Earth? | show 🗑
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| Matter can emit, absorb, transmit, or reflect light. True or False. | show 🗑
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| Radiowaves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, xrays, and gamma rays are all forms of light. True or False. | show 🗑
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| Which of the terrestrial worlds has the strongest magnetic field? | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| Which of the following describes tectonics? | show 🗑
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| show | Venus
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| The planet closest in size to Earth is | show 🗑
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| Which is the densest planet in the solar system? | show 🗑
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| show | every few hundred years
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| show | Can be measured in hertz (Hz). The number of peaks passing by any point each second. Can be measured in cycles per second. Equal to the speed of the wave divided by the wavelength of the wave. ALL IS TRUE.
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| Marks: 1 A reflecting telescope operates much like an eye using a primary mirror to gather light. True or False. | show 🗑
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| When white light passes through a cool cloud of gas, we see an absorption line spectrum. True or False. | show 🗑
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| What is the approximate wavelength range of human vision? | show 🗑
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| The age of our solar system is approximately | show 🗑
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| show | False.
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