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?

    <p>In the Sun</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Asteroids, comets, meteoroids</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which word class is the largest in English?

    <p>Nouns</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

    <p>It has abandoned inflectional cases for analytic constructions</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Inflectional case</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>They have no grammatical gender</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which word class is the second-largest in English?

    <p>Pronouns</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

    <p>Inflectional case system</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Inflectional case system</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Pronouns</p> Signup and view all the answers

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