Unit 2 Test Quizizz Review: The Formation of the Solar System

Which planet is closest to Earth in size?

• Mercury

• Uranus

• Venus

• Mars

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Which is NOT a rocky planet?

• Earth

• Neptune

• Mercury

• Mars

Which is the smallest celestial body in our Solar System?

• meteoroid

• planet

• dwarf planet

• asteroid

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Which is the largest celestial body in our Solar System?

• Jupiter

• Sun

• Saturn

• Mars

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The asteroid belt is found between

• The Sun and Mercury

• Neptune and Uranus

• Venus and Earth

• Mars and Jupiter

What are comets made of?

• sulfuric acid

• ice

• helium and hydrogen

• carbon dioxide

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            Which of the following is NOT considered a terrestrial-planet?

• Mars

• Venus

• Neptune

• Mercury

According to scientists, the solar system formed from

• colliding planetesimals.

• rotating stars.

• colliding nebulae.

• a rotating disk of dust and gases.

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.

• All but one of the terrestrial planets have diameters about equal to the diameters of the Jovian planets.

• All but one of the Jovian planets have diameters about-equal to the diameters of the terrestrial planets.

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The Kuiper Belt is a region beyond Neptune containing

• comets with short orbit periods.

• meteors smaller than 1 km across.

• a dense collection of meteoroids.

• comets with unusually large nuclei.