Review - Solar System

What have spacecraft allowed us to learn more about in the past 40 years than in all of previous human history?

• the stars

• our solar sytem

• the oceans

• the Sun

Which of the following planets is closest to the Sun?

• Earth

• Neptune

• Mars

• Jupiter

Which of the following planets has NOT been examined by spacecraft instruments?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

• Jupiter

What is the most massive object in our solar system?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• the Sun

• Earth

What is the most massive planet in our solar system?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• the Sun

• Earth

Which of the following is NOT true of ALL planets?

• they revolve around the Sun

• they revolve in the same direction

• they have the same period of revolution

• they revolve in the same plane

Which of the following is a trans-Neptunian object?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• asteroids

• Pluto

Which of the following is NOT true about Jovian planets?

• Jovians have more mass than the terrestrial planets

• Jovians are further from the Sun than terrestrial planets

• Jovians rotate significantly more slowly than terrestrials

• Jovians have rings while terrestrial planets do not

Which of the following is NOT a terrestrial planet?

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

Which of the following is NOT a giant planet?

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Saturn

• Mars