Chapter 23 & 24 Earth and Space

Which of the following planets has more mass?

• Earth

• Saturn

• Mars

• Venus

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Match the following

• Hottest planet

• Saturn

• Largest terrestrial planet

• Venus

• Least dense planet

• Earth

• Furthest, coldest planet

• Jupiter

• Largest planet

• Neptune

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Which of the following is the correct order of the planets starting with closest to the sun?

• Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mars, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus

Combining atoms to make new atoms where some mass is converted into energy is called:

• nuclear fusion

• nuclear fission

• Nuclear combination

• Atomic fusion

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The popcorn like texture on the sun, which is due to convection cells underneath the photosphere, is called:

• auroras

• granules

• spicules

• solar wind

___ is an event in which a large cloud of energetic and highly magnetized plasma erupts from the solar corona into space, causing radio and magnetic disturbances on the earth.

• solar wind

• corona

• chromosphere

• coronal mass ejection (CME)

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Match the following

• The region of the sun that radiates energy into space, surface of the sun

• Corona

• transfers the core's high energy nuclear explosions to the convection zone

• Convection zone

• First layer of the solar atmosphere

• Chromosphere

• Outer layer of the solar atmosphere

• Photosphere

• outer-most layer of the interior, not visible

• Radiative zone

Where is almost all of the mass of the solar system located?

• The sun

• Planets, asteroids, and Kuiper belt

• Oort cloud

• Solar nebula

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Match the following

• space rock and metal that burns up in Earth's atmosphere

• Meteorite

• Small rocky metallic body in outer space

• Meteor

• Space rock and metal that reaches Earth's surface

• Asteroid

• Small icy body flying throughout the solar system

• Meteoroid

• small rocky world, most found between Mars and Jupiter

• Comet

Which of the following is the hottest?

• Photosphere

• Chromosphere

• solar wind

• corona