17.2 Quiz - The Planets Question Preview (ID: 14297)


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Which planet has the most extreme temperature variations?
a) Mars
b) Mercury
c) Venus
d) Neptune

Whi9ch planet looks brightest in the sky?
a) Mars
b) Mercury
c) Venus
d) Jupiter

Mercury is most similar to:
a) Earth's moon
b) Saturn
c) Venus
d) Mars

Which planet is most similar to Earth in diameter, gravitation strength, and composition?
a) Mars
b) Saturn
c) Neptune
d) Venus

Describe the pattern between planet type and distance from the sun.
a) The gas planets are closer and the rocky planets are farther away
b) There is no pattern between planet type and distance from the sun.
c) The terrestrial planets are closer to the sun and the gas giants are farther away.
d) The rocky planets are close and teh gas planets are closer.

How does the length of a planet's year vary with its distance from sun?
a) The closer the planet is to the sun, the longer the year
b) The closer the planet is to the sun, the longer teh revolution
c) The farther the planet from the sun, the shorther the year
d) The farther away from the sun, the longer the year

Which planet has the longest day?
a) Jupiter
b) Venus
c) Mercury
d) Earth

What makes up Saturn's rings?
a) Billions of particles of ice
b) Billions of particles of rocks
c) Billions of particles for rocks and ice
d) Stellar dust particles

Order the following planets from largest to smallest: Unranus, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn
a) Uransus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
b) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
c) Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
d) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars

Order theplanets from closest to farthest from the sun.
a) Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
b) Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
c) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uransu, Neptunre
d) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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