Concept 1 Quiz

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Consider the formation of the solar system and the general characteristics of the planets.

This activity contains 10 questions.

Consider the following figure and correctly match the planets to their orbital paths and label other important areas.
(Our solar system and the orbits of the planets, copyright © Prentice Hall, Inc.)

The letters A through J appear on an image associated with this question.

This question presents 10 items numbered 1.1 through 1.10. Each item is presented with a pulldown menu containing the letters A through J. For each item below, use the pull-down menu to select the letter that labels the correct part of the image.

1.1 Venus	[hint]
1.2 Earth	[hint]
1.3 Jupiter	[hint]
1.4 Asteroid Belt
1.5 Mercury	[hint]
1.6 Mars	[hint]
1.7 Neptune	[hint]
1.8 Uranus	[hint]
1.9 Saturn	[hint]
1.10 Kuiper Belt	[hint]

One astronomical unit averages about

150 million miles93 million miles93 million kilometers210 million kilometers39 million miles

A very large interstellar cloud of dust and gases is called a/an

gas corenebulaepicycleprotosunprotoplanet

Which of the following factors limited the amount of hydrogen, ammonia, methane, and water accumulated by the inner planets?

high magnetism and slow velocitieshigh temperatures and weak magnetismlow temperatures and strong gravitieshigh temperatures and weak gravitieslow temperatures and high velocities

	Over 90 percent of the mass of the solar system is contained within the planets.

	True False

The initial velocity an object needs to escape from the surface of a celestial body is known as the

solar nebulaescape velocityKuiper beltorbital focusnone of the above

Which of the following planets is not considered a "Gas Giant"?

SaturnJupiterPlutoNeptuneUranus

Silicate minerals and metallic iron, materials with melting points exceeding 700 degrees C, are generally considered _________ material.

gasrockyJovianicenone of the above

The terrestrial and Jovian planets can be grouped on the basis of

densitychemical makeup and general compositionrate of rotationa and ball of the above

	The inner planets are smaller than the Jovian planets.
	The inner planets are smaller than the Jovian planets.
	True False

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