Solar System Review

Which of the following is NOT considered a terrestrial planet?

• Neptune

• Earth

• Mercury

• Mars

Which of the following is NOT considered to be an outer planet?

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Venus

Which of the following planets has the highest density?

• Neptune

• Earth

• Mercury

• Jupiter

Which of the following planets has a density so low it would float on water?

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Venus

• Jupiter

How does the diameter of the terrestrial and Jovian planets compare?

• the diameters of the Jovian planets are much larger

• the diameters of the terrestrial planets are much larger

• there is no real difference between the diameters of the Jovian and terrestrial planets

Which of the following Jovian planets have rings?

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Saturn

• Jupiter

Which of the following planets orbits the sun on its side?

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Venus

• Mars

Venus has extremely high surface temperatures due to

• its close proximity to the sun

• high concentrations of oxygen (78%) in the atmosphere

• runaway greenhouse effect from high concentrations of CO2

• very thin atmosphere exposing the surface to gamma rays

Which of the following is the correct order of the planets from closest to the sun to furthest from the sun?

• Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

• Mars, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

Which of the following is one difference between the way terrestrial planets and Jovian planets formed?

• The Jovian planets formed only from bits of ice.

• The terrestrial planets formed only from bits of ice.

• The terrestrial planets formed only from metals and silicate minerals.

• The Jovian planets formed only from metals and silicate minerals.