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Chapter Test

Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

This activity contains 22 questions.

Question 1.
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.)

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

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Question 2.
The idea that all bodies in the solar system formed from an enormous cloud is referred to as the protosun hypothesis.

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Question 3.
Which one of the following is not a terrestrial planet?

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Question 4.
Pluto is a Jovian planet.

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Question 5.
The escape velocity for Earth is seven miles per second.

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Question 6.
The Jovian planets contain a large percentage of the gases


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Question 7.
Among the terrestrial planets, Venus, Earth, and Mars have similar densities.

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Question 8.
Compared to other planet-satellite systems, Earth's Moon is unusually large.

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Question 9.
Most of the lunar surface is made up of highlands.

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Question 10.
The Maria are concentrated on the side of the Moon facing Earth.

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Question 11.
The Copernicus crater is one of the oldest features on the surface of the Moon.

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Question 12.
Which of the following characteristics are consistant with an impact?

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Question 13.
Although this planet is shrouded in thick clouds, detailed radar mapping has revealed a varied surface topography. This planet is


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Question 14.
Earth has the greatest temperature extremes of any planet.

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Question 15.
Second only to the Moon in brilliance in the night sky is


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Question 16.
The most striking feature on the face of Mars is the Great Red Spot.

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Question 17.
Which planet's axis lies only 8 degrees from the plane of its orbit?

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Question 18.
Smaller bodies, sometimes referred to as microplanets, are better known as


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Question 19.
These objects are composed of frozen gases (including ammonia, methane, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide) that hold together small pieces of rocky and metallic materials.

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Question 20.
The ionized tail of a comet points away from the Sun.

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Question 21.
Most asteroids lie between the orbits of


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Question 22.
Most meteoroids probably originate or come from


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