Solar system and Orbits review

Which planet could float in water?

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Neptune

Which planet in the solar system has the least circular orbit?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

• Neptune

Compared to Jovian planets, terrestrial planets have....

• Higher masses

• Larger diameters

• Longer days

• Longer years

Approximately how many times larger is Saturn's diameter than Earth's diameter?

• 5 times larger

• 10 times larger

• 20 times larger

• 120 times larger

According to Kepler's laws, which planet revolves around the Sun slowest?

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Neptune

The modern model of the solar system is.....

• Geocentric, with Earth in the center

• Geocentric, with the Sun in the center

• Heliocentric, with Earth in the center

• Heliocentric, with the Sun in the center

This is an image of....

• An asteroid

• A comet

• A meteor

• A dwarf planet

The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of....

• The Sun and Mercury

• Earth and Mars

• Mars and Jupiter

• Uranus and Neptune

Which of these represents the geocentric model of the solar system? (E = Earth, S = Sun, P = another planet)

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This diagram shows Earth and Mars when they are closest together as they orbit the Sun. Which diagram shows the positions of Earth and Mars half of one Earth year later?

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