Why are Earth and other planets spherical while smaller bodies such as most asteroids are not?
A) Asteroids were never molten, and so never underwent differentiation.
B) The larger mass of a planet produces enough gravity to pull it into a round shape.
C) The atmosphere of a planet is heavy enough to push the planet into a round shape.
D) Earth and other planets formed from planetesimals pulled together by gravity into circular orbits.
E) It is the nature of massive objects to pull themselves into spherical shapes.
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Q2: A spherical rock has a density of
Q3: The radius of Earth is
A) larger at
Q4: Density is calculated as
A) mass times volume.
B)
Q5: The average density of Earth is _.
A)
Q6: The typical density for a rock found
Q8: What is the geometric shape of Earth?
A)
Q9: Rocks that include silicon and oxygen as
Q10: What is a silicate?
A) rocks that include
Q11: What is olivine?
A) silicate rock that makes
Q12: The Moon has an average density of
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