Sample Exam Questions: Between 5 and 10 Short-answer questions (few words or one sentence answers) like these: 1. Name the 3 largest planets in order of decreasing size. 2. Break down the eight planets (not including Pluto) into 2 main catagories, and give two features of each catagory. Between 2 and 4 Long-answer essay questions (paragraph answers) like this one: 1. Outline the generally accepted theory for the formation of our planetary system. Be sure to indicate the relevant processes at each stage. Indicate how each class of object, including some specific objects, reached its present dynamical and physical state. Describe how the environment around the solar system (say, within 10 parsecs) has changed form the formation of the solar system to the present.