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Edge Solar System Quiz

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9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following are terrestrial planets?

only Earth
the Earth, Moon, and Venus
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, and Mars

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The major difference(s) between the terrestrial and jovian planets involve(s)

mass
density
rotation speed
mass and density

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following defines density?

mass times surface gravity
mass divided by volume
size divided by weight
mass times surface area

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Compared with terrestrial planets, jovian planets share all of the following characteristics except

low density.
large size
many moons
slower rotation. 

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Asteroids are evidence of

a planet that once orbited the Sun but later was destroyed.
ancient material from the formation of the solar system.
a collision between Jupiter and one of its larger moons.
comets that were trapped by Jupiter’s gravitational field.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The condensation theory explains why

our planet Earth has water and rain
stars are more likely to form large planets orbiting very near.
terrestrial planets are different from jovian planets.
the Moon formed near the Earth. 

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Any theory of the origin of the Solar System must explain all of these EXCEPT Mars 

the orbits of the planets are nearly circular, and in the same plane.
the direction that planets orbit the Sun is opposite to the Sun’s spin.
the terrestrial planets have higher density and lower mass.
comets do not necessarily orbit in the plane of the solar system.

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