General Science Test #5 (additional questions)

Which planets are terrestrial?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Which planets are jovial?

• Mercury

• Uranus

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Which of the following is NOT related to sunspots?

• Sunspots are darker and cooler areas of the sun.

• Sunspots can extend millions of miles from the sun and throw so much energy and electrically charged plasma to Earth that it can affect the sky.

• Sunspots seem to affect Earth's weather, causing extreme cold and drought-like conditions when there are fewer of them and warmer conditions when there are many of them.

What makes a meteoroid different from a minor planet or a comet? (pg 149)

The Oort cloud is . . . ?

• a belt of gas giants beyond the orbit of Neptune
• a cluster of hot, rocky asteroids near the orbit of Mars
• a region of dark matter surrounding the Milky Way galaxy
• a theoretical shell of objects made of ice located at the farthest points of our solar system

The Moon's gravitational force pulls on the Earth

and causes the ___________ to bulge which results in ________________.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Referring the the picture, the line on the left is pointing to what?

• sunspots

• core

• radiative zone

• convective zone

Referring the the picture, the first line on the right is pointing to what?

• sunspots

• core

• radiative zone

• convective zone

Referring the the picture, the second line on the right is pointing to what?

• sunspots

• core

• radiative zone

• convective zone

Referring the the picture, the third line on the right is pointing to what?

• sunspots

• core

• radiative zone

• convective zone