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1. Asteroids, Comets and Moons Quick Check2 of 42 of 4 Items Question Which of the following best describes the make up of Saturn's
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2. Asteroids, Comets and Moons Quick Check2 of 42 of 4 Items Question Which of the following best describes the make up of Saturn's
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3. The table shows properties of some planets in the solar system.Property Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Neptune Average Distance
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4. The picture below shows the surface of the Moon, which is covered in craters. Craters form when large objects hit celestial
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5. What does it mean when the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1?a. its orbit is close to another planet/s b. its
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6. Gas giants all have rings around them.Responses true true false
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7. Gas giants all have their own moons.Responses true true false
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8. Is this statement true or false?It takes longer for the inner planets to orbit the sun than for the outer planets to orbit the
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9. Which is common characteristic of all planets1. Repel nearby objects 2. Have a maximum mass 3. Have a moon 4. Orbit a star
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10. t certain times of the year, five planets can be seen from Earth, including Mars and [blank]Saturn Uranus Neptune Juno
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11. A student studies the table to identify the factor that determines a planet's orbital velocity, which is the speed at which a
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12. What does it mean when the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1?Responses its orbit is close to another planet's. its
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13. At certain times of the year, five planets can be seen from Earth, including Mars and Saturn  Uranus  Neptune  Juno
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14. At certain times of the year, five planets can be seen from Earth, including Mars andUranus Neptune Juno Saturn
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15. At certain times of the year, five planets can be seen from Earth, including Mars and Response area
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16. How was Neptune first discovered by astronomers?(1 point)Responses Strange irregularities in the orbit of Pluto Strange
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17. How do outer planets differ from inner planets?(1 point)Responses They are not different from inner planets. They are not
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18. The table shows properties of some planets in the solar system. Property Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Neptune Average
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19. QuestionWhat does it mean when the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1?(1 point) Responses its orbit is close to
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20. Venus has the smallest orbital eccentricity of any of the planets. What is the eccentricity of Venus?(1 point)Responses 0.0000
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21. which of the following best describes the make up if Saturn’s rings
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22. scientists have discovered a new planet. the planet is in a solar system whose is similar in size
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23. venus has the smallest orbital eccentricity of any of the planets. what is the eccentricity of venus?
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24. Eccentric orbit quick check of being this has the smallest orbital eccentricity of any of the planets which is The eccentric sea
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25. Venus has the smallest orbital eccentricity of any of the planets. What is the eccentricity of Venus?(1 point) Responses 0.0000
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26. What does it mean when the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1?(1 point)Its orbit crosses over the orbit of another
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27. Venus has the smallest orbital eccentricity of any of the planets. What is the eccentricity of Venus?(1 point)0.8040 0.0000
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28. Which statement best describes the moons of the outer planets?(1 point)Responses The number of moons of the outer planets
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29. How many Earth years would it take for a planet that is 6.76 AU from the sun?
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30. When a planet has the ability to form and pool liquid water, the planet is MOST likely:(1 point) within its Goldilocks Zone.
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31. A student uses a diagram to show the scale sizes of the planets. Which planet’s diameter would be approximately the distance
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32. If you were to observe a point on Saturn and watched the planet completely turn until the point was back at the same spot, what
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33. Earth is the third planet from the Sun?Why is this an insufficient claim
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34. Which statement about the density of planets in the solar system is correct?[] Terrestrial planets are more dense, in part
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35. The approximate diameters of Saturn and Uranus are listed below:Saturn: 1.21×10^5 Uranus: 5.11*10^4 What's the difference
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36. Venus and Mercury do not experience seasons. Which of the following conclusions could explain this?Answer options with 5 options
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37. Scientists have just discovered a new planet, tentatively named CK-52816, that spins in the opposite direction than it orbits
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38. According to Kepler's third law all planets revolving around the sun have the same what
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39. The average distance from earth to Mars is 2.25x10^8
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40. if vernus is between the earth and the sun is that a transit, and why
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41. if vernus is between the earth and the sun is that a transit, in one sentence
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42. The shape of the orbits of the planets in our solar system would be described as _____.a. parabolic b. perfectly circular c.
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43. The search for an object that was causing Uranus to move in unexplained directions led to the discovery of Pluto. Which of the
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44. Which of the following best describes the makeup of Saturn's rings material from comets that have passive satin sasps atmosphere
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45. Mercury has the largest eccentricity of any of the eight planets. What is Mercury’s orbital eccentricity?(1 point)Responses
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46. At certain times of the year, five planets can be seen from Earth, including Mars and(1
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47. At certain times of the year, five planets can be seen from earth, including mars and?
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48. The average distance from earth to Mars is 2.25 x 10^8 km, and the distance from earth to Neptune is 4.3514 x 10^9 km. How much
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49. An asteroid is heading toward Mars at the rate of 7.7×10^4 mi./hr. If the asteroid is 3.311×10^8 miles away from Mars, how
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50. The distance from the Venus to the sun is about 67,000,000 miles. The distance from earth is about 2.6 X 10^7 farther. What is
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51. An astroid is heading toward mars at the rate of 7.7 times 10^4 mi./hr. if the astroid is 3.311 times 10^8 miles away from mars
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52. An asteroid approaches Jupiter and is slung into a new trajectory around across the solar system. If it's eccentricity is
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53. the table below whos characteristics of mars, earth, and venus
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54. Earth’s radius is approximately 3,959 miles, while Jupiter’s radius is approximately 4.3441×10^4…miles. How much bigger
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55. The average distance from earth to Mars is 2.25 × 10^8 km and the distance from earth to neptune is 4.3514
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56. The Earth's distance from the Sun and orbital periods are proportional to that of Jupiter's, due to _____
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57. Which statement best describes the distances between planets in the solar system?(1 point) Responses It increases the farther
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58. For a planet orbiting the sun, rp is the distance from the sun to the perihelion and ra is the distance from the sun to the
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59. According to Kepler's Third Law, the square of the period of any planet is proportional to(1 point)the cube of the planet's
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60. Which planet’s orbit was Kepler first studying when he began to develop his laws of orbital motion?
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61. Neptune orbits the sun in about 1.45×10⁶ hours at a speed of about 1.95×10⁴ km per hour approximately what distance in km
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62. Which of the following best explains why Mars' and Venus' surface temperatures vary, despite both planets having atmospheres
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63. The path along which a planet travels round the sun is called what?
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64. unit 3 and unit 4 test SkipUnit 3 and 4 Test Why are the inner planets called terrestrial? a They have no atmosphere. b They are
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65. What is the maximum possible distance that can be drawn between Mars an Neptune in the scale model
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66. if a planet were to collide with another planet making a planet crash into the sun and the sun expanded due to collision what
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67. Uranus is approximately 2.74 x 10^9 km away from the Sun at perihelion and 3.00 x 10^9 km at aphelion. Find the eccentricity of
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68. Many astronomers argue that the Earth and Moon should be considered a double planet,since the gravitational force by the sun on
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69. Assume a circular orbit. If a planet's distance from it star is multiplied by 25 times, then by how many times is its orbital
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70. A hypothetical moon is orbiting Saturn in a circular orbit that has exactly 3 times the period that an object orbiting in one of
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71. What causes the rings around the equators of Saturn and jupiter
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72. new planet is discovered orbiting a distant star. Observations have confirmed that the planet has a circular orbit with a radius
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73. Planet Jupiter revolves around the Sunin 12 years (3.79 X 10^8 sec. What is its mean distance from center of Sun? mass of sun is
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74. Imagine a planet that orbited the sun at a distance three times that of Earth. What would the period of that planet be in Earth
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75. You are the science officer on a visit to a distant solar system. Prior to landing on a planet you measure its diameter to be
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76. Mercury orbits the Sun at an average distance of 35,554,100 mi. Round 35,554,100 to the nearest ten thousand. (Points: 5)a.35,55
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77. A day on Mars is 24.6 Earth hours long. A year on Mars is 687 Earth days long. How do the angular velocities of Mars’ rotation
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78. Which hemisphere of Mars appears oldest and most heavily cratered?
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79. "If a small planet were located 8 times as far as the Earth's distance from the Sun, what would be its period in Earth years?"
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80. help what is the Kuiper belt
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81. The moon Europa, of the planet Jupiter, has an orbital period of 3.55 days andan average distance from the center of the planet
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82. Is there a direct relationship between the eccentricity of its orbit and the distance a planet is from the sun?
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83. Explain the nature of the seasons of mars and how they are like earths seasons.
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84. which moon is the brightest from the surface of jupiter? this question is driving me BLOODY crazy 4 my homework!
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85. what is search for extrasolar planets?Looking for planets around stars other than our own sun.
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