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.