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SCIENCE CH. 11 EXAM QUESTIONS
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-Guarantee passing score -98 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: A meteorite can form a bowl- shaped depression called a ______ ____ in the surface it strikes
Answer:
impact crater
Question 2: Most of the surface of Venus is covered by solidified ______
Answer:
lava
Question 3: the atmosphere and interior of neptune are similar to _____
Answer:
Uranus
Question 4: The clouds on Venus are made of ______.
Answer:
acid
Question 5: A ____ orbits the sun in an oval- shaped orbit and is made of dust, gas, and ice
Answer:
comet Question 6: The Sun is at one of the _____ of the ellipse, so the distance between a planet and the Sun changes as the planet moves
Answer:
foci
Question 7: The ______ is the solid, inner part of a comet
Answer:
nucleus
Question 8: Jupiter's rotation stretches its clouds into colorful ____ _____
Answer:
swirling bands Question 9: A dwarf planet has objects similar in _____ orbiting near it or crossing its orbital path
Answer:
mass
Question 10: Earth ahs a solid inner core and a _____ outer core.
Answer:
liquid Question 11: As the comet approaches the Sun, it heats, changing some ice in the nucleus into a ____
Answer:
gas
Question 12: Earth's crust is broken into large sliding _____
Answer:
plates
Question 13: As a comet approaches the Sun, a bright ____ can develop on the comet
Answer:
tail Question 14: Millions of small, rocky objects called _____ orbit the sun in a belt between Mars and Jupiter
Answer:
asteroids
Question 15: Outer planets are made mostly of ice and ____
Answer:
gases
Question 16: the four largest moons of Jupiter are called the ____ ____.
Answer:
Galilean moons Question 17: The shape of a planet's orbit is an _____, which is a stretched-out circle
Answer:
ellipse
Question 18: The third planet from the Sun is _____.
Answer:
Earth Question 19: Most of Saturn's moons are small, but one of them,____, is larger than the planet Mercury
Answer:
Titan
Question 20: comets ____ the Sun in long elliptical orbits
Answer:
orbit
Question 21: Asteroids are chunks of rock and ____
Answer:
ice
Question 22: the time it takes an object to rotate once is its ___ ___ ____
Answer:
period of rotation
Question 23: Ice caps on Mars are made up of ice and frozen ____ ____.
Answer:
carbon dioxide
Question 24: Venus is the _____ planet in the solar system.
Answer:
hottest Question 25: One way an object in the solar system moves is by orbiting, or ____, around another object
Answer:
revolving
Question 26: The outer layers of the inner planets are in the ____ state.
Answer:
solid
Question 27: Earth's atmosphere is made up of ___ ____ and a mixture of gasas.
Answer:
water vapor
Question 28: The four planets farthest from the Sun are called the ____ planets
Answer:
outer
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