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Chapter 28 Vocabulary - Earth Science

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Distances in space are measured in

a)

Astronomical Unit

b)

Meter

c)

Planetesimals

d)

Eccentricity

2.

Clouds around Jupiter that are low, warm, and dark. They sink!

a)

Belt

b)

Comet

c)

Scarps

d)

Meteor

3.

A ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis of an ellipse; a calculation to determine the percentage of deviation from a circle

a)

eccentricity

b)

ellipse

c)

zones

d)

scarps

4.

The shape of the planets' orbitals around the Sun

a)

Eccentricity

b)

Belts

c)

Ellipse

d)

Zones

5.

The large planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

a)

Terrestrial

b)

Gas Giants

c)

Dwarf Planet

d)

Planetesimals

6.

A form of hydrogen with the properties of a liquid and a metal; core of Jupiter

a)

Scarps

b)

Meteor

c)

Liquid Metallic Hydrogen

d)

Planetesimals

7.

Colliding particles in the early solar system that formed our planets

a)

Belts

b)

Planetesimals

c)

Comets

d)

Scarps

8.

The apparent backward movement of a planet; led to the geocentric model

a)

retrograde motion

b)

astronomical unit

c)

eccentricity

d)

scarps

9.

The system of cliffs on a planet

a)

comet

b)

meteor

c)

terrestrial

d)

scarps

10.

The four inner planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

a)

Gas Giants

b)

Dwarf Planet

c)

Terrestrial

d)

Planetesimals

11.

Small, icy body that has a head and a tail

a)

meteor

b)

Dwarf planet

c)

Comet

d)

Meteoroid

12.

Must orbit the Sun; be nearly spherical; has not cleared the orbit of debris

a)

Comet

b)

Meteoroid

c)

Dwarf Planet

d)

Planetesimals

13.

The streak of light produced by a meteoroid

a)

Scarps

b)

Meteor

c)

Satellite

d)

Meteoroid

14.

A meteoroid that hits the ground

a)

Asteroid

b)

Comet

c)

Meteoroid

d)

Meteorite

15.

An asteroid fragment

a)

meteoroid

b)

comet

c)

planetesimals

d)

satellite

16.

A body that orbits another; a moon

a)

satellite

b)

comet

c)

scarp

d)

meteor

17.

The particles of a comet's trail that burn up in our atmosphere

a)

comet

b)

asteroid

c)

meteor shower

d)

zones

18.

An area of rock and ice outside Neptune's orbit

a)

Zones

b)

Belts

c)

Meteor Shower

d)

Kuiper Belt

19.

Must orbit the Sun; be nearly spherical; has cleared its orbit of debris

a)

Comet

b)

Planetesimals

c)

Planet

d)

Satellite

20.

High, cool, light-colored clouds over Jupiter

a)

belts

b)

zones

c)

scarps

d)

satellite