Sample Questions -- Exam #2

The prograde motion of the planets.
The phases of Venus.
The phases of the Moon.
The existence of sunspots.
Dropping different weight balls of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The orbital period is equal to 1/3 of the Earth's orbital period.
The orbital period is the same as the Earth's orbital period.
The orbital period will be 3 times the Earth's orbital period.
The orbital period will be more than 3 times the Earth's orbital period.
The orbital period of Ceres will depend on the mass of Ceres.

637,128.25 years.
4.6 Million years.
4.6 Billion years.
4.6 Trillion years.
longer than we can measure.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Pluto, Neptune

Hydrogen and Helium
Oxygen and Water Vapor
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
Nitrogen and Oxygen
Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide

800 Lavery-140s
400 Lavery-140s
200 Lavery-140s
100 Lavery-140s
50 Lavery140s

Nothing
The Earth
The planet itself
Jupiter
The Zenith

It is the smallest terrestrial planet.
It is the closest planet to the Sun.
It has the shortest orbital period.
It's surface is heavily cratered.
It does not have an atmosphere.

Core.
Mantle.
Crust.
Lithosphere.
Asthenosphere.

Miranda
Murgatroyd
Titan
Triton
Ganymede

The period of rotation of the planet
Years.
The semi-major axis of the planet orbit
The period of revolution of the planet around the Sun
The oeriod of the Earth

An old,rocky surface covered with impact craters.
An old icy surface covered with impact craters.
A fresh icy surface with few impact craters.
A surface covered with lava flows that occurred 2.5 to 3 billion years ago.
A surface covered with active volcanoes.

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