ESRTs pg 15 Review

Which planet's day (period of rotation) is longer than its year (period of revolution)?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Which two characteristics classify Jupiter as a Jovian planet?

• low density and large diameter

• low density and small diameter

• high density and large diameter

• high density and small diameter

Which planet has a density that is less than the density of liquid water?

• Mercury

• Earth

• Mars

• Saturn

Planets that are closest to the Sun are identified as

• low-density Jovian

• low-density terrestrial

• high-density Jovian

• high-density terrestrial

The diagram below compares the relative diameters of two planets in our solar system.

Which two planets have diameters that most closely resemble this comparison?

• Uranus and Neptune

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Earth and Mars

• Mercury and Venus

Compared to the Jovian planets in our solar system, the terrestrial planets have

• less mass and are less dense

• less mass and are more dense

• more mass and are less dense

• more mass and are more dense

Compared to the size and density of Earth, the Moon has a

• smaller diameter and lower density

• smaller diameter and higher density

• larger diameter and lower density

• larger diameter and higher density

Which planet has completed less than one orbit of the Sun in the last 100 years?

• Mars

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Uranus

Which sequence lists the Jovian planets in order of increasing mass?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

• Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter

Compared to Jovian planets, terrestrial planets have

• larger masses

• larger equatorial diameters

• shorter periods of revolution

• shorter periods of rotation