Astronomy Final Exam Review -1

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

• Mars

• Venus

• Neptune

• Mercury

The largest of the terrestrial planets is

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Mars

• Uranus

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According to scientists, the solar system formed from

• colliding planetesimals.

• rotating stars.

• colliding nebulae.

• a rotating disk of dust and gases.

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

• The terrestrial planets formed only from bits of ice.

• The Jovian 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 silicateminerals.

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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One reason that life as we know it is unlikely to exist on Venus is because

• the surface temperature is too high.

• the surface temperature is too low.

• the surface has too much ice covering it.

• there is no atmosphere.

When viewed from Earth, Mars appears to change colors. This most likely happens because

• gases in the dense Martian atmosphere are constantly changing.

• volcanic activity produces thick gas clouds.

• dust storms lasting for weeks cause the atmosphere to change color.

• active volcanoes on the Mars surface intermittently flood the surface with lava.

Which of the Jovian planets have rings?

• only Saturn and Jupiter

• Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune

• only Saturn and Neptune

• only Saturn, Jupiter, and Uranus

Which planet has an axis of rotation parallel with the plane of its orbit?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Uranus

Most asteroids lie between the orbits of

• Jupiter and Saturn.

• Mars and Jupiter.

• Jupiter and Neptune.

• Mars and Earth.