Solar System Formation and Planets Quiz

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Where are the gas giants located in the Solar System?

Outer Solar System (correct)

Just outside Neptune's orbit

Inner Solar System

Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

Which planets are considered terrestrial in the Solar System?

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars (correct)

Earth, Mars, Uranus, Neptune

What is the main composition of the giant planets in the Solar System?

Molten lava

Rocks and metals

Gases and liquids (correct)

Ice and dust

Where is the majority of the Solar System's mass located?

In the Sun Signup and view all the answers

Which objects are part of the small Solar System bodies category?

Asteroids, comets, meteoroids Signup and view all the answers

Which word class is the largest in English?

Nouns Signup and view all the answers

What indicates grammatical function for pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and articles in English?

Saxon genitive or English possessive (-'s) Signup and view all the answers

In what way has Modern English departed from the inflectional case system of Indo-European?

It has abandoned inflectional cases for analytic constructions Signup and view all the answers

Which language feature does Modern English retain more strongly in personal pronouns than any other word class?

Inflectional case Signup and view all the answers

What is a distinguishing characteristic of English nouns compared to nouns in many other Indo-European languages?

They have no grammatical gender Signup and view all the answers

Which word class is the second-largest in English?

Pronouns Signup and view all the answers

What is the grammatical function indicated by in English for pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and articles?

'Saxon genitive or English possessive' (-'s) Signup and view all the answers

What has Modern English largely abandoned from Indo-European in favor of analytic constructions?

Inflectional case system Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary distinguishing characteristic of English nouns compared to nouns in many other Indo-European languages?

Inflectional case system Signup and view all the answers

What retains morphological case more strongly than any other word class in Modern English?

Pronouns Signup and view all the answers

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