30.3 & 30.4

Question 1

Jupiter

Answer 1

fifth planet from the sun

Question 2

Saturn

Answer 2

sixth planet from the sun

Question 3

Uranus

Answer 3

the seventh planet from the sun

Question 4

Neptune

Answer 4

eighth planet from the sun

Question 5

dwarf planets

Answer 5

are nearly round objects in orbit around the sun that are not satellites and that have not cleared debris in their orbits

Question 6

comet

Answer 6

composed of dust and rock particles frozen water,methane, and ammonia

Question 7

rocky objects formed from material similar to the material in planets composition

Answer 7

asteroids

Question 8

sand to boulder sized in the solar systems

Answer 8

meteoroids

Question 9

Sedna

Answer 9

has been labeled a distant planetiod

Question 10

extraterrestrial life

Answer 10

life beyond earth

Question 11

What does AU stand for?

Answer 11

astronomical unit

Question 12

what is Au equal to?

Answer 12

150 million kilometers

Question 13

what space probes flew past Jupiter in 1979

Answer 13

voyager 1 and voyager 2

Question 14

what space probe reached Jupiter in 1995?

Answer 14

Galileo

Question 15

what did voyager probes and Galileo study

Answer 15

composition, structure,and motion of Jupiter’s atmosphere

Question 16

how many known moons does Jupiter have?

Answer 16

63

Question 17

what are the 4 Galileo moons?

Answer 17

Ganymede, Callisto, Io,Europa

Question 18

which of the Galilean moons is the largest in our solar system?

Answer 18

Ganymede