Ch 2 - The Solar System - True/False

(T/F) All scientists agree that the meteorite from Mars shows that life once existed on Mars.

False

(T/F) Both Pluto and Charon have gaseous surfaces.

False

(T/F) A comet's tail can be hundreds of millions of kilometers long.

True

(T/F) If there is liquid water on Europa, there might also be life.

True

(T/F) Jupiter is the most massive planet in the solar system.

True

(T/F) Jupiter's atmosphere is made up mainly of hydrogen and helium.

True

(T/F) None of the gas giants has a solid surface, but all have a solid core.

True

(T/F) Astronomers often consider Pluto and Charon a double planet.

False

(T/F) Jupiter has 17 moons revolving around it.

False

(T/F) Jupiter's atmosphere contains many colorful bands.

False

(T/F) Jupiter's atmosphere is extremely thin.

False

(T/F) Life has been discovered in Martian soil.

False

(T/F) Neptune's atmosphere is blue and nearly featureless.

False

(T/F) Saturn has only 10 rings, although it looks like there are more.

False

(T/F) The American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930.

False

(T/F) Pluto is less than two thirds the size of Earth's moon.

True

(T/F) Pluto's moon is more than half its size.

True