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Chapter 16-19 Review
•Example questions:
•True/False:
–Jupiter was probably influential in preventing the formation of a planet at the location of the asteroid belt.
–The dirty snowball theory suggests that the head of a comet is composed of ices.
–Jupiter radiates more heat than it absorbs from the sun.
–Venus is very hot because its atmosphere is rich in CO2.
–The Greenhouse effect occurs because gases like carbon monoxide are opaque to IR radiation.
–The Jovian planets have lower densities than the terrestrial planets.
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