Glencoe Physical Science with Earth Science, Florida Edition

Section 3: The Outer Planets

Section Review Quiz

1.
What causes Uranus to have a blue-green color?
A)oxidation of iron in minerals
B)large deposits of opaline rocks
C)methane in its atmosphere
D)reflection of sunlight off of the clouds surrounding the planet.
2.
Which planet has the most complex ring system?
A)Jupiter
B)Neptune
C)Mercury
D)Saturn
3.
Which planet is the seventh planet from the Sun and wan't discovered until 1781?
A)Uranus
B)Saturn
C)Neptune
D)Mars
4.
Which part of a comet is opposite to the Sun?
A)head
B)coma
C)nucleus
D)tail
5.
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
A)Jupiter
B)Sedna
C)Pluto
D)Mars
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