Week 7 Checkpoint 2

Which of the following does not describe a characteristic of Mercury?

• It does not have an atmosphere.

• It has an extreme tilt of 33.5 degrees.

• It experiences extremely high and low temperatures.

• It completes its orbit around the sun in 88 days.

Which of the following inner planets demonstrates a retrograde rotation?

• Mars

• Earth

• Uranus

• Venus

Which of the following does not describe a characteristic of Jupiter?

• It contains a giant rotating storm that resembles a hurricane.

• It is similar in size and gravity to Earth.

• It has an atmosphere composed mostly of hydrogen and helium.

• It takes 12 Earth years to revolve around the sun.

Which of the following outer planets is not correctly matched with its number of moons?

• Uranus: 27 moons

• Jupiter: 4 moons

• Saturn: 60 moons

• Neptune: 13 moons

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Which of the following outer planets contains the Cassini Division?

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Saturn

Which of the following does not describe a characteristic of an asteroid?

• Some asteroids have a rocky core surrounded by ice.

• Some asteroids have cores of iron and nickel.

• ALL asteroids exist in the asteroid belt.

• Many asteroids contain carbon.

Which of the following does not represent an object in the mass of the asteroid belt?

• Eros

• Pallas

• Hygiea

• Ceres

How many kilometers does the asteroid belt span?

• 300 million kilometers

• 30 million kilometers

• 10 billion kilometers

• 300 billion kilometers

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Which of the following identifies the only way to change the mass of an object?

• Place the object in water.

• Add or remove matter.

• Adjust the height of the object.

• Move the object's location.

On Earth, what is the value for gravity?

• 9.2 m/s²

• 8.9 m/s²

• 6.8 m/s²

• 9.8 m/s²