Solar System Quiz B >> Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space
TOTAL POINTS 8
1.True or False: The Voyager probes in the late 1970’s confirmed that outer, giant planets of our solar system (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) likely have solid cores.
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2.Which of the following features of the giant planets was first seen when the telescope was invented in the 15th century?
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3.Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union because it did not meet the criteria to be considered a planet. Although pluto has sufficient _______ to be made round by it’s own _______, it has not _______ it’s own _______ of the solar system because it is probably a captured object, and did not form at the same time as the rest of the planets.
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4.True or False: The large moons in the outer system have been found to be boring, geologically dead worlds.
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5.At least one of the moons orbiting the giant planets in the outer solar system have been found to have:
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6.True or False: Saturn’s moon, Titan has lakes of liquid water, much like the Earth.
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7.True or False: Salt found in Saturn’s rings comes from a salty ocean beneath the tiny moon of Enceladus.
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8.Arrange the following solar system objects in order of their mass from smallest to largest:
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