Integrated Science

CHAPTER 25 REVIEW PART 2

Which of the following is NOT in our solar system?

• A moons of the planets• B. the sun• C. nine planets• D. the stars other than the sun

Who was the first American in space?

A)Chuck Yeager

B) Alan ShepardC) Neil ArmstrongD) Yuri Gagri

Which of the following is NOT a feature of the moon?

A) MariaB) highlandsC) volcanoesD) craters

Which is NOT true about nebular theory?

A. The solar nebula formed from the remnants of previous stars.

B. The explosion of a nearby star likely caused the solar nebula to start to contract.

C. The solar system formed from a rotating cloud of dust and gas.

D. As the solar nebula contracted, it began to spin more slowly.

Which of the following is true about the geocentric model?

A. It is the modern model of the solar system.B. The sun is the center of the solar systemC. Object in the sky move around SunD. Earth is stationary at the center

True or False

Because there is no gravity on the moon, any liquid water would have evaporated into space long ago.

True or False

The total lunar eclipse shown in Figure 25-1 is occurring during the new moon phase of the moon.

True or False

Because Earth’s orbit around the sun is an ellipse, and Earth is not always the same distance from the sun, one AU is defined as the average distance from Earth to the sun.

True or False

The large, irregular objects mostly located between Mars and Jupiter are asteroids

What is a thick sphere of comets encircling the solar system out to a distance of about 50,000 AU

A) MeteoroidB) Kuiper BeltC) Oort CloudD) protoplanetary disk

True or False

Earth’s Orbit is an ecliptic plane.

Which planet has and axis tilted of more than 90 and immense storms

A) Saturn

B) Earth

C) Uranus

D) Mars

What is a rough, mountainous region on the moon

A) Maria

B) Highlands

C) Crater

D) Elliptic Plane

Which planet has a suitable atmosphereand temperature for liquid water to exist.

A) Earth

B) Mars

C) Mercury

D) Venus

What is the Great Red Spot?

A) A spot on the sun

B) A spot on the Mars.

C) A huge storm on Jupiter

D) A reddish area in a nebula

Which planet is the second largest; has the most visible rings and at least 30 moons

A) Mars

B) Venus

C) Saturn

D) Neptune

What is made of ice, dust, and rock that orbit the sun beyond Pluto

A) Kuiper BeltB) Oort CloudC) meteoroidD) Comet

Which is the smallest planet that has an axis tilted more than 90

A) Pluto

B) Mars

C) Mercury

D) Venus

What is made of ice and rock that partially vaporizes when it passes near the sun

A) Comet

B) Meteoroid

C) Asteroid

D) Oort Cloud

What are low, flat plains formed by ancient lava flows?

A) Volcanoes

B) Marias

C) Highlands

D) Craters

Which planet shows evidence of one having liquid surface water?

A) Mercury

B) Mars

C) Venus

D) Pluto

Which planet has an atmosphere that contains methane and has at least eight moons

A) Pluto

B) Saturn

C) Uranus

D) Neptune

What is a protoplanetary disk?

A) A huge storm on JupiterB) asteroid-like bodies that combined to form

planetsC) a large, spherical cloud of dust and gas in

spaceD) A device used to play Frisbee

What are small rocky bodies in space?

A) Asteroids

B) Meteoroids

C) planetesimals

D) maria

What are chunks of rock, usually less than a few hundred meters in size that travel through the solar system?

A) Asteroids

B) Meteoroids

C) planetesimals

D) maria

Which theory states that the solar system formed from a large rotating cloud of dust and gas?

A) Nebular TheoryB) Big Bang TheoryC) Revolutionary TheoryD) Quantum Theory

By what the process do planetesimals grow?

A) Photosynthesis

B) Secretion

C) Accretion

D) Glycolysis

What are asteroid-like bodies that combined to form planets?

A) asteroidsB) PlanetesimalsC) protoplanetary diskD) meteoroid

What is a round depression caused by a meteoroid?

A) Crop circle

B) Crater

C) Maria

D) highland

Which of the following steps follows “planetesimals grow by accretion” in the

order of events that form planetesimals and protoplanets?

A) Protoplanets join to form the current planes in a series of collision

B) Planetesimals grew into protoplanets

C) Planetesimals became large enough to exert gravity on nearby objects

D) Ball of gas and dust collided and grew larger

Which step precedes “protoplanets join to form the current planes in a series of collision” in the order of events that form planetesimals and protoplanets?

A) Planetesimals grew into protoplanets

B) Planetesimals became large enough to exert gravity on nearby objects

C) Planetesimals grow by accretion

D) Ball of gas and dust collided and grew larger

Which step precedes “Planetesimals grow by accretion” in the order of events that form

planetesimals and protoplanets?

A) Planetesimals grew into protoplanets

B) Planetesimals became large enough to exert gravity on nearby objects

C) Ball of gas and dust collided and grew larger

D) protoplanets join to form the current planes in a series of collision