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Word Analysis. Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the option which does not fit the pattern.

A) comet
B) asteroid
C) meteorite
D) planet

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The largest known volcano in the solar system is ________.

A) Mauna Loa, Hawaii, on Earth
B) Vulcan on Venus
C) Solfatara on Jupiter
D) Mons Olympus on Mars

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Label the planets on the diagram below.

Why are meteorites a possible source of information regarding the origin and composition of Earth? Also, what other "clues" might be present in meteorites?

An extreme example of the greenhouse effect is thought to be associated with an abundance of carbon dioxide in the Martian atmosphere.

The Moon has highland areas which approach the height of mountains on Earth.

________ meteorites are thought to be analogous in composition to Earth's core.

Saturn's rings are clusters of relatively small, individual particles; the rings observed on Jupiter are violent storm clouds swirling above the polar regions of the planet.

This planet has ice caps which change in size with the seasons.

________ is the principal gas in the Venusian atmosphere and also a minor component of the atmospheres of Earth and Mars.

________ has atmospheric pressures at its surface that are roughly comparable to those at Earth's surface.

How is Earth unique as compared to other planets in our solar system? How is it similar? And finally, what geologic information might we obtain by visiting Mars or Venus that would further link Earth to these planets?

The Jovian planets are more massive but less dense than the terrestrial planets.

The surface features of ________ are known only through satellite radar mapping.

________ is a moon of Mars.

Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

Which pair of solar system bodies comes closest to approximating a "double planet," that is, two bodies of roughly equal mass close enough to revolve around each other as they orbit around the Sun?

________ are found both on Mars and Earth.

Most of the Moon's craters were produced by ________.

Comets are thought to be composed of dust and tiny, icy particles encased in small, solidified, metallic fragments.