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Test Description: Review of the Solar System, Planets, comets, meteors, ellipses, eccentricity, heliocentric, and geocentric models
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The first scientist to hypothesize that the planets orbit the sun was____.
A
Kepler
B
Hubble
C
Ptolemy
D
Copernicus
2) The high temperatures on the surface of Venus are the result of the compositon of its__
A
rocky core
B
atmosphere
C
solar radiation
D
liquid oceans
3) This planet is known as the Earth's twin
A
Venus
B
Mercury
C
Saturn
D
Neptune
4) On which planet is a large portion of the surface covered by liquid water?
A
Earth
B
Venus
C
Mercury
D
Mars
5) This planet rolls like a ball because of its axis of tilt
A
Jupiter
B
Mars
C
Uranus
D
Pluto
6) Astronomers believe that the presence of storms on Jupiter is from
A
An analysis of Jupiter's many moons.
B
Its position on the far side of the asteroid belt
C
The Great Red Spot, which can be seen through telescopes
D
The appearance of an oort cloud surrounding the planet
7) Which planet has period of rotation longer than its period of its revolution
A
Mercury
B
Pluto
C
Saturn
D
Venus
8) The fastest rotating planet
A
Jupiter
B
Pluto
C
Mercury
D
Neptune
9) A comet has two tails, one of ions and another of
A
dust
B
methane
C
carbon dioxide
D
ice
10) The tail of a comet will point______the sun as it approaches it.
A
toward
B
away from
C
at a right angle.
D
none of these
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