Physical Properties, Locations, and Movements of Objects in the Solar System

Which objects make up the belt between Mars and Jupiter?

• asteroids

• comets

• Kuiper Belt objects

• meteorites

The table below shows some physical properties of the gas giant planets. What can you conclude about the period of rotation of the gas giant planets?

• The largest gas giant planet rotates the fastest.

• The smallest gas giant planet rotates the fastest.

• The planet with the least gravity rotates the fastest.

• The planet with the largest axial tilt rotates the fastest.

What property of the gas giant plants would account for their having more moons than the number of moons that orbit Earth?

• Gas giants rotate more rapidly than Earth, so they eject more material that could form natural satellites.

• Gas giants are less dense than Earth, so they contain less material that could form natural satellites.

• Gas giants are more massive than Earth and thus have greater gravitational forces, so they could attract more objects.

• Gas giants are farther from the sun than Earth, so there are fewer objects in that part of space to attract into orbits.

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Who is known for using a telescope to revolutionize astronomy and support the heliocentric model?

• Isaac Newton

• Aristotle

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler

The hydrogen and helium form a ​ (a)   .

It is a very hot fluid like gas that has electrically charged particles.

• plasma

• solid

• liquid

Copernicus proposed the ________model, which was later proven correct by Galileo.

• Lunacentric

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Copernican

In which of the following locations are asteroids not likely to be located?

• Kuiper belt

• Oort cloud

• in the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune

• crossing Earth’s orbit

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The table below shows some physical properties of the gas giant planets. What can you conclude about the PERIOD OF ROTATION of the gas giant planets?

• The largest gas giant planet rotates the fastest.

• The smallest gas giant planet rotates the fastest.

• The planet with the smallest gravity rotates the fastest.

• The planet with the largest axial tilt rotates the fastest.

Earth, Mars, Venus, and Mercury all have mountains. Many of these mountains are volcanoes. What is unusual about the volcano on Mars called Olympus Mons?

• It is an active volcano that erupts often.

• It is two-thirds the height of Mount Everest.

• It is the tallest mountain in the solar system.

• It puts carbon dioxide into the atmosphere of Mars.

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Satellite photos of Neptune and Uranus show that both planets have a bluish color. Which gas in their atmospheres gives them this color?

• helium

• hydrogen

• methane

• water

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