General Science - Planet Review

Saturn's density is so low that the entire planet could float in water.

• True
• False

Earth's axis of rotation is almost parallel to the plane of its orbit.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Venus experiences an intense greenhouse effect.

• True
• False

Io, the closest large moon to Saturn, is volcanically active.

• True
• False

Ganymede is a volcano on the planet Jupiter.

• True
• False

The surface of Mars has long channels that may have been caused by flowing water.

• True
• False

The outer planets are small, rocky planets with iron cores.

• True
• False

The Viking landers sent back pictures of the reddish-colored, barren, rocky windswept surface of ________________.

• Jupiter
• Venus
• Mars

Methane absorbs the red and yellow light on ____________, while the clouds of these planets reflect the green and blue light.

• Uranus and Neptune
• Saturn and Jupiter
• Neptune and Venus

Pluto's orbit causes it to sometimes be closer to the sun than this planet.

• Saturn
• Neptune
• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3