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The Solar System : Test-120
1) Name the planet in our Solar System with the following
characteristics:
a) It has large rings.
b) It is the largest planet.
c) It is the coldest planet.
d) It is the hottest planet.
e) It is the “Red Planet”.
f) It has a dense carbon dioxide atmosphere.
g) It has a lot of craters like the Earth’s moon.
2) Using the Solar System Data Table, answer the following questions
about our Solar System:
a) Which planet rotates the fastest?
b) Which terrestrial planet has the lowest density?
c) What is the revolution time for Uranus?
d) Which planet has a mass of about 17 Earth masses?
f) What is the diameter of the Sun compared to the Earth?
g) Which planet has a density that is less than the density of
water?
3) Answer the following questions.
a) Explain why Venus is so hot.
b) What is the giant red spot on Jupiter?
c) Where are the asteroids located?
d) What are the two types of meteorites?
e) What are comets made up of?
f) What are the two most common elements found in the Gas
Giants?
g) Draw the tail on the comet.
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Sun
4) Write T for terrestrial or G for gas giant.
a) Far from the Sun
_____
b) Small diameter
_____
c) Large mass
_____
d) Short rotation time
_____
e) Short revolution time
_____
5) Scientists think that other solar systems our like our own solar
system. Answer the following questions about the hypothetical five
planet star system shown below.
Star
A
B
C
D
E
a) Which two planets are gas giants? ____ and ____
b) Which three planets are terrestrial planets? ___ ___ ___
c) Which planet rotates fastest? ____
d) Which planet takes the longest to go around the Sun? ____
e) One of the planets has no atmosphere. Which one is it? ____
Answers: 1)a) Saturn, b) Jupiter, c) Pluto, d) Venus, e) Mars, f) Venus,
g) Mercury, 2)a) Jupiter, b) Mars, c) 165 years, d) Neptune, f) The Sun
has a diameter of 109 Earth diameters., g) Saturn, 3)a) Venus has a
dense atmosphere of carbon dioxide which traps the Sun’s energy by
the greenhouse effect., b) It is a storm, like a hurricane., c) The
asteroids are located between Mars and Jupiter., d) stones and irons,
e) rock and ice, f) helium and hydrogen, g)
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Sun
4)a) G, b) T, c) G, d) G, e) T, 5)a) D, E, b) A, B, C, c) D, d) E, e) C.