Glencoe Physical Science with Earth Science, Florida Edition

Section 1: Earth in Space

Section Review Quiz

1.
What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?
A)the atmosphere
B)the asteroid belt
C)the cloud fragment
D)planet orbiting another star
2.
What is an extrasolar planet?
A)It is a comet captured in the gravitational pull of a star.
B)It is a star orbiting another planet.
C)It is a planet orbiting another star.
D)It is a piece of an asteroid belt
3.
Who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?
A)Galileo
B)Copernicus
C)Kepler
D)Ptolemy
4.
Which model of the solar system places the Earth in center?
A)heliocentric
B)inferior
C)geocentric
D)superior
5.
What did Galileo observe about Venus?
A)It has two moons.
B)It goes through phases.
C)It is covered by clouds.
D)Its surface temperature is over 450°C.
6.
Why is Venus's surface temperature so high?
A)Venus is the ninth planet from the Sun.
B)Venus's magnetic field makes the surface temperature high.
C)Venus is the closest planet to the Sun.
D)Venus's clouds produce an intense greenhouse effect.
7.
What is Valles Marineris?
A)A large crater on Mars.
B)A large crater on the moon.
C)A comet that passes near Earth every 78 years.
D)A large canyon on Mars.
8.
What causes Mars to have a reddish-orange color?
A)Mars is made of iron
B)Mar's surface is composed of weathered rocks containing iron oxide.
C)The clouds surrounding the planet make it appear red.
D)The sun reflects off the planets surface gives it a reddish hue.
9.
What causes the color of Mars's surface to change?
A)It is caused by changing seasons.
B)It is caused by shrinking ice caps.
C)It is caused by the growth of lichens.
D)It is caused by large clouds.
10.
What planet is closest to the Sun?
A)Venus
B)Earth
C)Mars
D)Mercury
11.
What causes Uranus to have a blue-green color?
A)methane in its atmosphere
B)oxidation of iron in minerals
C)large deposits of opaline rocks
D)reflection of sunlight off of the clouds surrounding the planet.
12.
Which planet has the most complex ring system?
A)Jupiter
B)Neptune
C)Saturn
D)Mercury
13.
Which planet is the seventh planet from the Sun and wan't discovered until 1781?
A)Uranus
B)Saturn
C)Neptune
D)Mars
14.
Which part of a comet is opposite to the Sun?
A)head
B)tail
C)coma
D)nucleus
15.
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
A)Jupiter
B)Sedna
C)Pluto
D)Mars
16.
What is extraterrestrial life?
A)Found in the movies.
B)It is life beyond Earth, on other worlds.
C)Life found at the bottom of the ocean.
D)Microorganisms found in volcanoes.
17.
What is a reason Europa might be a good place to look for extraterrestrial life?
A)rust-colored rocks
B)presence of organic molecules
C)liquid methane
D)water ocean and tidal energy
18.
_______, Saturn's moon, is larger than Mercury and has an atmosphere.
A)Europa
B)Callisto
C)Titan
D)Ganymede
19.
What fact about Titan interests exobiologists?
A)The presence of hydrocarbons on the surface interests exobiologists.
B)The abundant impact craters interests exobiologists.
C)The presence of oceans interests exobiologists.
D)The absence of an atmosphere interests exobiologists.
20.
Which moon of Jupiter, is most likely to have liquid water under its ice crust?
A)Callisto
B)Europa
C)Ganymede
D)Io
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