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Which planet is the furthest known from the Sun?Read the answer and worked solution →Which large moon of Neptune has geysers erupting nitrogen gas?Read the answer and worked solution →The Kuiper belt extends between which distances from the Sun?Read the answer and worked solution →What are Kuiper belt objects composed of mainly?Read the answer and worked solution →Short-period comets are thought to originate from which region?Read the answer and worked solution →Why does a comet develop a long tail near the Sun?Read the answer and worked solution →Short-period comets complete an orbit in less than how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →Which asteroids have orbits that approach relatively close to Earth's orbit?Read the answer and worked solution →About how long ago did the Solar System form?Read the answer and worked solution →About how far from the Sun is Neptune?Read the answer and worked solution →Counting outward from the Sun, which position does Earth hold among the planets?Read the answer and worked solution →About how long is Earth's circumference?Read the answer and worked solution →Among the planets of the Solar System, which is the densest?Read the answer and worked solution →How many days does Earth take to complete one revolution around the Sun?Read the answer and worked solution →Earth rotates once on its axis in about how much time (relative to the stars)?Read the answer and worked solution →What produces the seasons on Earth?Read the answer and worked solution →About how large is the tilt of Earth's axis?Read the answer and worked solution →Northern Hemisphere summer occurs when which line of latitude faces the Sun?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the long night near the poles called, when no daylight comes for part of the year?Read the answer and worked solution →Around which date does the summer solstice occur in the Northern Hemisphere?Read the answer and worked solution →Around which date does the Northern Hemisphere winter solstice occur?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the point in Earth's orbit closest to the Sun called?Read the answer and worked solution →Around which date does Earth reach aphelion, its farthest point from the Sun?Read the answer and worked solution →What is Earth's average distance from the Sun?Read the answer and worked solution →Sunlight takes roughly how long to reach Earth?Read the answer and worked solution →Where is Earth's crust thickest, at about 30 to 50 km?Read the answer and worked solution →Which boundary separates Earth's crust from the mantle?Read the answer and worked solution →Which parts together form Earth's lithosphere?Read the answer and worked solution →Which layer lies directly beneath the lithosphere and has low viscosity?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the state of Earth's outer core and inner core?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which planet is the furthest known from the Sun?

  1. Uranus
  2. Neptune
  3. Saturn
  4. Pluto
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Correct answer: B. Neptune

1. Planets are ordered by distance from the Sun. 2. Neptune, at about 30 AU, is the furthest planet. 3. Pluto is a dwarf planet, and Uranus and Saturn are closer in. _Source: Wikipedia, Solar System, Outer planets_

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Which large moon of Neptune has geysers erupting nitrogen gas?

  1. Titan
  2. Callisto
  3. Triton
  4. Miranda
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Correct answer: C. Triton

1. Neptune's largest moon is geologically active. 2. Triton has geysers of nitrogen gas and a thin cloudy atmosphere. 3. Titan orbits Saturn, Callisto orbits Jupiter and Miranda orbits Uranus. _Source: Wikipedia, Solar System, Outer planets_

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The Kuiper belt extends between which distances from the Sun?

  1. 2 and 4 AU
  2. 5 and 10 AU
  3. 100 and 200 AU
  4. 30 and 50 AU
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Correct answer: D. 30 and 50 AU

1. The Kuiper belt lies beyond Neptune. 2. Neptune is about 30 AU out, and the belt extends from 30 to 50 AU. 3. Values of 2 to 4 AU and 5 to 10 AU are inside Neptune's orbit. _Source: Wikipedia, Solar System, Kuiper belt_

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