Solar system review quiz

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

Then densities of the Jovian planets are

• more than 5.5 times the density of water

• Less than the density of water and less than the density of the terrestrial planets

• More than the density of the terrestrial planets

According to scientists, the solar system formed from

• a dense cloud of rotating dust and gasses

• Life forms pushing the dust clouds together

• It just happened

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which of the following is the biggest planet in our solar system?

• Jupitar

• Earth

• Mercury

• Mars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The ___________ planets are more dense than the ___________ planets.

• Terrestrial, Jovian

• Jovian, Terrestrial

The ___________ planets are bigger than the ___________ planets.

• Terrestrial, Jovian

• Jovian, Terrestrial

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Mercury has no atmosphere. Evidence of there being no atmosphere comes from the amount of sunlight that reflects from its surface. Mercury reflects almost all of the sunlight that strikes it.

• True

• False

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

Venus is because

• The surface is too cold

• The surface is too hot

• There is no atmosphere

Which Jovian planes have rings?

• Only Saturn

• All of the Jovian planets have rings: Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune

• Only Saturn and Neptune

• Saturn, Earth, and Mercury