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Chapter 22 Review

Total questions: 98

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A large rotating cloud of interstellar dust and gas from which the Sun and planets formed.

a)

Solar nebula

b)

Planetesimals

c)

Protoplanets

d)

Terrestrial planets

e)

Jovian planets

2.

Asteroid-sized objects that formed with the solar system. Matter gradually clumps as material collides, sticks together,, and grows.

a)

Solar nebula

b)

Planetesimals

c)

Protoplanets

d)

Terrestrial planets

e)

Jovian planets

3.

Form from the collision and accretion of planetesimals during the formation of a solar system.

a)

Solar nebula

b)

Planetesimals

c)

Protoplanets

d)

Terrestrial planets

e)

Jovian planets

4.

Planets made mostly of rock and metallic minerals.

a)

Solar nebula

b)

Planetesimals

c)

Protoplanets

d)

Terrestrial planets

e)

Jovian planets

5.

Planets made mostly of gas and ice.

a)

Solar nebula

b)

Planetesimals

c)

Protoplanets

d)

Terrestrial planets

e)

Jovian planets

6.

The speed needed for an object to move away from a planet’s gravitational pull.

a)

Escape velocity

b)

Maria

c)

Lunar highlands

d)

Impact craters

e)

Lunar regolith

7.

The dark regions on the Moon that were once thought to be seas.

a)

Escape velocity

b)

Maria

c)

Lunar highlands

d)

Impact craters

e)

Lunar regolith

8.

Light-colored regions on the moon, elevated several kilometers above the maria.

a)

Escape velocity

b)

Maria

c)

Lunar highlands

d)

Impact craters

e)

Lunar regolith

9.

Produced by the impact of rapidly moving debris (meteoroids, asteroids, and comets) on the Moon's surface.

a)

Escape velocity

b)

Maria

c)

Lunar highlands

d)

Impact craters

e)

Lunar regolith

10.

The soil-like layer on the Moon composed of igneous rocks, breccia, glass beads, and fine lunar dust.

a)

Escape velocity

b)

Maria

c)

Lunar highlands

d)

Impact craters

e)

Lunar regolith

11.

99.85% of the mass in the solar system is contained within the:

(a)  

12.

How did the solar system form?

a)

Gravity caused gas and dust to contract. The majority collected in the center of the solar system creating the Sun, while smaller leftovers became the planets, moons, and other objects.

b)

The Sun’s gravity captured passing objects that grew into the planets, moons, and other objects

c)

A giant star slowly began to shed its outer layers which turned into the planets, moons, and other objects. The core was left behind to become our Sun.

d)

Two giant stars collided and blew apart. The largest star’s core remained to become our Sun, while the rest of the material formed into the planets, moons, and other objects.

13.

Why is the Earth-satellite system unique compared to the planet-satellite systems of other planets?

a)

The Earth’s Moon is unusually large compared to Earth

b)

The Earth only has one moon, while the other planets have multiple moons

c)

The Earth’s moon is extremely close to the planet, while the moons of other planets are very far away

d)

The Earth’s moon is the only moon still tectonically active

14.

Why doesn’t the Earth have as many craters as the Moon?

a)

The Earth’s atmosphere protects it from impacts, and the Earth’s surface erases craters over time.

b)

The Moon orbits the Earth, so it acts like a natural shield protecting Earth from debris

c)

The moon is far older than the Earth, so it has collected a lot more impacts over time

d)

The Moon is made of much softer rocks so they are easily crushed into craters on the surface

15.

How did the maria form on the Moon?

a)

They formed when the inside of the Moon was still molten. Large impacts cracked the Moon’s crust and lava flowed across the surface leaving behind darker areas.

b)

The maria are deposits of minerals that were once dissolved in the ocean water covering the Moon’s surface.

c)

The maria are the original rocks and minerals that existed on the Moon’s surface before all the impacts and craters occurred

d)

The maria are pyroclastic materials ejected from the Moon’s many volcanoes

16.

What is the most widely accepted model for the origin of the Moon?

a)

A planet like object smashed into the molten Earth. Parts of the Earth and the remaining bits of the small planet reformed into the Moon.

b)

The Moon was thrown toward the center of the solar system by the outer planets. It was then captured by Earth’s gravity on the way by.

c)

It formed as a small planet between Earth and Mars. Mars collided with it and knocked it into Earth’s orbit where it was captured by Earth’s gravity.

d)

Both the Earth and Moon formed at the same time as a dual planet system. The Earth’s gravity pulled off the Moon’s atmosphere and water leaving it barren and dead.

17.

Which of the following descriptions does not belong? (All are descriptions of a celestial object, but one does not fit)

a)

small size

b)

made of rock

c)

very thick atmosphere

d)

very dense

18.

Which of the following descriptions does not belong? (All are descriptions of a celestial object, but one does not fit)

a)

large size

b)

made of gas

c)

very cold

d)

very dense

19.

Which of the following descriptions does not belong? (All are descriptions of a celestial object, but one does not fit)

a)

low escape velocity

b)

large numbers of moons

c)

fast rotation rates

d)

slow revolution rates

20.

It is believed that the sun, planets, moons, and asteroids all formed around the same time, _______ billion years ago, from a nebula.

a)

4.5

b)

13.7

c)

500

d)

1

21.

A (a)   is an interstellar cloud of gas and dust.

22.

The main gases in a nebula are:

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Helium

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Oxygen

e)

Carbon

23.

This process must occur before a star can form:

a)

Nuclear fusion

b)

Nuclear fission

c)

Electrical current

d)

Hydrodynamic Flow

24.

What planets are considered terrestrial (Earth-like)?

a)

Mercury

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mars

d)

Venus

e)

Saturn

25.

What planets are considered gas giants (Jovian)?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Neptune

c)

Uranus

d)

Pluto

e)

Saturn

26.

Planet formation is much like:

a)

Snowman formation

b)

The baking of cookies

c)

Cutting down a tree

d)

Lifting something heavy

27.

Other than maria and highlands, what other feature dominates the lunar landscape?

a)

Craters

b)

Oceans

c)

Waterfalls

d)

Trenches

28.

Which of the following planets is Mars?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
29.

Which of the following planets is Venus?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
30.

Which of the following planets is Mercury?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
31.

The innermost planet:

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

32.

The brightest planet in the sky:

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

33.

The "red planet":

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

34.

The hottest planet:

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

35.

The planet with the largest temperature extremes:

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

36.

The smallest planet:

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

37.

The planet is ~71% covered in liquid water:

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

38.

Planet that has large dust storms:

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

39.

Planet has an atmosphere that is 97% carbon dioxide (CO₂):

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

40.

Planet's surface is mostly covered in volcanoes and volcanic flows:

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

41.

Known as Earth's twin:

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

42.

Planet shows evidence that water once flowed on the surface:

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

43.

Planet has two (2) moons, Phobos and Deimos:

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

44.

Planet's surface looks much like our Moon's surface:

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

45.

Planet has an air pressure 90 times that of the Earth:

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

46.

The only planet known to contain life:

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

47.

Which of the following best explains why Venus has very few visible craters:

a)

Earth absorbs most of the comet, meteorite, and asteroid strikes, protecting Venus

b)

Venus is too close to the Sun, in an area in which debris burns up before making impact

c)

Volcanism and other geologic processes erase the impact craters

d)

Venus revolves too quickly to be hit by any space debris moving through the solar system

48.

The largest volcano in the solar system is located on which planet?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mars

e)

Saturn

49.

The largest volcano in the solar system is called:

a)

Mt. Everest

b)

Krakatoa

c)

Olympus Mons

d)

Mt. St. Helen

e)

Mt. Fuji

50.

The largest volcano in the solar system is a:

a)

composite volcano

b)

cinder cone

c)

shield volcano

d)

stratovolcano

51.

Why are the Mars volcanoes so much bigger than on Earth?

a)

Mars has a much thinner crust than the Earth

b)

Mars contains more magma than Earth

c)

there are no plate tectonics to move them off of the hot spots

d)

large impacts cracked the Mars surface allowing much more magma to pour forth

52.

Identify item #1 in the picture:

a)

Olympus Mons

b)

Valles Marineris

c)

East African rift valley

d)

The Grand Canyon

e)

a stream channel

53.

Which of the following are features found on Earth and Mars:

a)

shield volcanoes

b)

valleys

c)

hot spots

d)

stream channels

e)

dunes

54.

The type of volcanism that refers to the eruption of magmas derived from the partial melting of ice rather than silicate rocks.

a)

Cryovolcanism

b)

Hydrothermalism

c)

Magnetic resonance

d)

Hydrosphere

55.

Which of the following planets is Jupiter?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
56.

Which of the following planets is Saturn?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
57.

Which of the following planets is Neptune?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
58.

Which of the following planets is Uranus?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
59.

Most spectacular ring system:

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

60.

The windiest planet:

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

61.

Largest planet:

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

62.

Largest moon is Titan:

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

63.

Known as the “sideways” planet (because is rotates on its side):

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

64.

Has the Great Red Spot:

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

65.

Has the largest number of moons:

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

66.

Has the Galilean satellites; Callisto, Ganymede, Europa, and Io:

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

67.

Surrounded by “moonlets”:

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

68.

Has the Great Dark Spot:

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

69.

Largest moon is Triton:

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

70.

Has the geologically active moon, Miranda:

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

71.

Has the most volcanically active body in the solar system; Io:

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

72.

Longest period of revolution around the Sun:

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

73.

Jupiter's red spot is:

a)

a large gyre in an endless ocean of methane

b)

a huge storm that has been rapidly rotating for at least 300 years

c)

a large volcano spewing lava in every direction

d)

a valley six times deeper and ten times wider than the grand canyon

74.

The most volcanically active body in the solar system is:

a)

Io

b)

Earth

c)

Ganymede

d)

Mars

e)

Venus

75.

Which of the following best describes the composition of Saturn's rings:

a)

ice and rock particles

b)

shards of glass

c)

hydrogen gas

d)

carbon fiber

e)

diamond

76.

Uranus and Neptune are both bluish in appearance due to the presence of what molecule in their atmospheres?

a)

methane

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

carbon monoxide

d)

water

e)

sulfur dioxide

77.

Which of the following is an identifying characteristic of Uranus:

a)

its extensive ring system

b)

its striking red color

c)

it rotates on its side

d)

the largest valley in the solar system

e)

the largest volcano in the solar system

78.

Small fragments of rocky metallic objects held together by gravity. Mostly found in a belt that lies between Mars and Jupiter.

a)

Asteroids

b)

Asteroid belt

c)

Comets

d)

Meteoroids

e)

Meteor

79.

Most asteroids lie in this region, roughly midway between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

a)

Asteroids

b)

Asteroid belt

c)

Comets

d)

Meteoroids

e)

Meteor

80.

“Dirty snowballs” left over from the formation of the solar system that are composed of ice, rock, and metallic minerals.

a)

Asteroids

b)

Asteroid belt

c)

Comets

d)

Meteoroids

e)

Meteor

81.

An object that enters Earth’s atmosphere and burns up. Often called a “shooting star”.

a)

Asteroids

b)

Asteroid belt

c)

Comets

d)

Meteoroids

e)

Meteor

82.

Small solid particles that have orbits in the solar system.

a)

Asteroids

b)

Asteroid belt

c)

Comets

d)

Meteoroids

e)

Meteor

83.

The glowing head of a comet produced by solar energy vaporizing ices.

a)

Coma

b)

Oort cloud

c)

Kuiper belt

d)

Meteor showers

e)

Dwarf planets

84.

A new class of planets to which Pluto now belongs.

a)

Coma

b)

Oort cloud

c)

Kuiper belt

d)

Meteor showers

e)

Dwarf planets

85.

These result when Earth encounters a swarm of meteoroids traveling in the same direction and at nearly the same speed as Earth.

a)

Coma

b)

Oort cloud

c)

Kuiper belt

d)

Meteor showers

e)

Dwarf planets

86.

Long-period comets form a spherical shell around the solar system in this region.

a)

Coma

b)

Oort cloud

c)

Kuiper belt

d)

Meteor showers

e)

Dwarf planets

87.

Short period comets are thought to orbit beyond Neptune in this region.

a)

Coma

b)

Oort cloud

c)

Kuiper belt

d)

Meteor showers

e)

Dwarf planets

88.

The remains of meteoroids, when found on Earth.

a)

Coma

b)

Oort cloud

c)

Meteorites

d)

Meteor showers

e)

Dwarf planets

89.

How are the minor members of the solar system distinguished from each other?

a)

Based on size and composition

b)

Based on location and size

c)

Based on composition and location

d)

Based on location and age

90.

What generates the tail of a comet?

a)

Radiation pressure and solar wind

b)

Solar wind and gravitational force

c)

Radiation pressure and gravitational force

d)

Gravitational force and magnetic fields

91.

The outer edge of the solar system is the:

a)

The celestial sphere

b)

Oort cloud

c)

Asteroid belt

d)

Solar sphere

92.

Which of these is NOT a type of meteorite?

a)

Irons

b)

Stony

c)

Stony-irons

d)

Rocky-metallics

e)

Carbonaceous chondrites

93.

What is special about carbonaceous chondrites?

a)

They travel the greatest distance to reach Earth

b)

They contain organic compounds, which are basic building blocks of life

c)

They are made of valuable gold and silver metals

d)

They are older than the solar system, which means they were formed outside our galaxy

94.

There are two types of comets, and they are named based on:

a)

their sizes

b)

their orbital periods

c)

their chemical make-up

d)

the planet from which they initially separated

95.

The two types of comets are:

a)

icy and melted

b)

short period and long period

c)

gold and silver

d)

minimal and maximum

96.

The region between Mars and Jupiter where many asteroids are found is called:

a)

the Kuiper belt

b)

the Asteroid belt

c)

the Phantom zone

d)

the Ecliptic

97.

Most meteoroids are usually the size of a:

a)

always larger than comets and asteroids

b)

larger than a grain of dust but smaller than an asteroid

c)

always smaller than 5 meters in diameter

d)

always larger than our Moon

98.

Planets without thick atmospheres have more craters due to:

a)

fewer meteoroids will burn up in the atmosphere, allowing them to contact the surface.

b)

they are more volcanic and erupt more often

c)

they have stronger magnetic fields that pull metallic space debris toward them

d)

they have a stronger gravitational pull

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