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Solar System Formation
Terrestrial Planets
Jovian Planets
Space Debris
Dwarf Planets
100
The formation of the solar system from a huge cloud of dust and gases is called this.
What is Nebular Theory?
100
This planet has a cratered surface and is most similar to Earth's moon and boasts the greatest temperature extremes.
What is Mercury?
100
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is believed to be this.
What is a cyclonic storm?
100
Most asteroids lie between the orbits of these two planets.
What are Mars & Jupiter?
100
Until 2006, Pluto was considered to be one of the 9 planets. Now Pluto is considered to be a(n).
What is a dwarf planet?
200
Which of the following is NOT considered part of the solar system: Terrestrial planets, Jovian planets, galaxies, sun.
What is galaxies?
200
This planet shows evidence of water erosion.
What is Mars?
200
This planet has the Great Dark Spot.
What is Neptune?
200
The glowing head of a comet is known as.
What is the coma?
200
The planet UB313 located beyond Pluto's orbit was found by Mike Brown. It is now offically named this.
What is Eris, after the goddess of discord?
300
The Jovian planets contain a large percentage of these two gases.
What are hydrogen & helium?
300
This planet is second only to the moon in brilliance in the night sky.
What is Venus?
300
This planet has a greater mass than the combined mass of all the remaining planets and their moons.
What is Jupiter?
300
Comets with short orbital periods are located in this region of the solar system.
What is Kuiper belt?
300
This is the name of Pluto's only moon.
What is Charon?
400
The Terrestrial planets are proportionally more abundant in this compared to the Jovian plantes.
What is silicate minerals?
400
The largest volcano in the solar system is located on Mars, it is named this.
What is Olympus Mons?
400
This moon of Jupiter is volcanicly active.
What is Io?
400
A comet's tail always points in this direction.
What is away from the sun?
400
This is the reason why Pluto isn't considered a planet anymore.
What is Pluto's gravity is too weak to pull in smaller debris, so it hasn't cleared its orbital path?
500
The Sun makes up this percentages of the mass of our solar system.
What is 99.85%?
500
On which thickly clouded planet has radar mapping revealed a varied topography consisting of plains, highlands, and thousands of volcanic structures.
What is Venus?
500
This moon of Saturn has a substantial atmosphere.
What is Titan?
500
The remains of extraterrestrial particles that are found on Earth's surface are called.
What are meteorites?
500
Located in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars & Jupiter is an asteroid recently upgraded to dwarf planet status named this.
What is Ceres?