Intro. to Astronomy Exam 2

What is the age of the Solar System?

• 4.4 Billion years

• 4.5 Billion Years

• 5 Billion Years

• 4.6 Billion Years

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

1. Short Answer: Name two properties, apart from position, that distinguish the terrestrial planets from the Jovian planets.

What is the correct order of the Nebular Hypothesis?

• Interstellar cloud, Solar nebula, Accretion, Planetesimals, Planets

• Accretion,

  Solar Nebula, Planetesimals,

  Planets,

  Interstellar Cloud

• Solar Nebula,

  Accretion,

  Interstellar Cloud,

  planetesimals,

  Planets

• Interstellar Cloud,

  Solar Nebula,

  Accretion,

  Planets,

  Planetismals

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which description matches the SURFACE FEATURES of MERCURY?

• Contains far more gas than solid rock, Composed of hydrogen and Helium

• Rich in Sulfur, Cratered, Ridges, Basalt Rock

• Rusty Color, Crunched Mountains, Large Volcanoes, Big Lava Plains

• Rocky Canyons, Volcanoes, Dry lake Beds, Iron-Oxide Dust

Why is Mar's Surface red?

• Lava

• Nitrogen Oxide

• Iron-Oxide Dust

• Sulfur

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Short Answer: What is the Likely origin of Mar's two Moons?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Pick the answer that matches the description of Venus's Interior Surface.

• Volcanic Basalt Crust, Silicon oxygen & magnesium,

  hot liquid iron core

• Solid Silicate crust & mantle, iron sulfide liquid outer core, solid inner core

• Relatively large, rocky metallic hydrogen core

• Basalt Crust, Molten Rocky Mantle,

  Metallic Iron Core

How Big is Jupiter Compared to the other planets?

• Jupiter is 3x the size of all the other planets combined

• Jupiter is 2.5x the size of all the other planets combined

• Jupiter is 2x the size of all the other planets combined

• Jupiter is the second largest planet, behind Saturn

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Why are Uranus and Neptune Blue?

• Parallax the space monster painted them that way

• The Helium in their atmospheres absorb red light from the sun and blue light is scattered outwards

• The Methane in their atmospheres absorb red light from the sun and blue light is scattered outwards

• Because of the way light and wavelength work, blue light is what reaches the earth

Which TWO answers are true about the Rings of the Jovian Planets

• These rings are made up of captured asteroids and comets

• The rings are not all relatively in the same plane

• They consist of countless tiny pieces of rock and ice that orbit the planet

• All 4 outer planets have rings, but only Saturn's are visible