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Question 1
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Q. Which of the following groups are all terrestrial planets?
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Venus, Mars, Mercury
Mars, Venus, Saturn
Jupiter, Mars, Neptune
Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter
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Question 2
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Q. What protects life on Earth from harmful ultra violet rays?
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Earth's distance from the Sun
Earth's tilt
Moon's gravity
Ozone layer
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Question 3
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Q. Life on Earth would not be possible without which of the following?
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A moon & liquid water
A moon and Earth's location
Ozone and a moon
Water & Earth's location from the Sun
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Question 4
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Q. Within our own solar system, the most likely candidate for having life on it is:
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Our moon
Europa ( a moon of Jupiter)
Mercury
Saturn
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Question 5
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Q. Which two objects would have more gravitational forces acting between them?
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Earth & the Moon
You and the Sun
Sun and the Earth
You and the Moon
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Question 6
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Q. Why would you weigh more on Jupiter than you do on Earth?
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Jupiter has more mass and more gravitational pull
Jupiter has less mass and less gravitational pull
You would not weigh more on Jupiter
Jupiter has more mass and less gravitational pull
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Question 7
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Q. Even though orbits are ellipses, what shape is a typical planet's orbit most like?
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A short rectangle
An egg-shape with a pointy end
A long, narrow oval
A circle
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Question 8
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Q. How does the gravitational force between the Sun and the planet change as they get farther apart?
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Increases
Stays the same
Decreases
No gravitational force
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Question 9
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Q. Which of the following groups of planets are all gas giants?
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Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter
Venus, Mars, Saturn
Mars, Venus, Mercury
Mars, Jupiter, Neptune
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Question 10
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Q. Many of the Moon's craters formed when:
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Volcanoes erupted
Seas evaporated
The Sun partly melted the surface
Space objects hit the Moon's surface
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Question 11
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Q. How is Venus different from Jupiter?
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Jupiter is a planet, Venus is a large asteroid
Jupiter is a gas giant, Venus is a terrestrial planet
Jupiter is a terrestrial planet, Venus is a gas giant
Jupiter has no moons, Venus has two moons
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Question 12
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Q. The asteroid belt in our solar system is located between:
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Neptune & Saturn
Earth & Mercury
The Milky Way & Polaris
Mars & Jupiter
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Question 13
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Q. What do comets have in common with Earth?
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They orbit the Sun
They have north and south magnetic poles
They are primarily made of ice and dust
They both have a spherical shape
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Question 14
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Q. Which of these appears in Earth's atmosphere?
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a moon
a meteor
an asteroid
a comet
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Question 15
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Q. Which of these terms best describes the makeup of most asteroids?
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gaseous
liquid
rocky
all of the above
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