Ch. 6 Test (4-6) Study Guide

What is another name for the Inner Planets?

• Terrestrial Planets

• Small, dense, & rocky surfaces

• Rings, which consist of dust, ice, or rock. (sometimes they include all of these things)

• Asteroid Belt

Where are most Dwarf Planets located?

• Asteroid Belt

• Rings, which consist of dust, ice, or rock. (sometimes they include all of these things)

• Multiple moons, no surface, & thick metallic core. (most have rings)

• Oort Cloud

What do Uranus & Pluto have in common?

Name all 9 Planets in order.

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

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

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

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

What determines a Planet's year?

• Where the planet is orbiting.

• Compare sizes for the planets and sort them by order from the Sun or by size.

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

• The gravity of Earth isn't strong enough.

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Need to know about the planet Venus (size and composition).

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How do you compare the sizes of different Planets?

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Why does Earth's atmosphere not contain lots of helium?

• Where the planet is orbiting.

• The gravity of Earth isn't strong enough.

• The solar tide has an additive effect on the lunar tide, creating extra-high high tides, and very low, low tides.

• Compare sizes for the planets and sort them by order from the Sun or by size.

What is the Universal Law of Gravity?

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How does the sun effect Earth's tides?