Chapter 12 Jupiter and Saturn

Question 1

Cassini division

Answer 1

the gap that divides Saturns rings into the inner B ring and outer A ring

Question 2

equatorial jet

Answer 2

equatorial winds on jupiter

Question 3

metallic hydrogen

Answer 3

When electrons within hydrogen molecules flow freely within its liquid state brought on by incredible pressure.

Question 4

resonances

Answer 4

occurs at positions in the rings where the ring particles have orbital periods that are integer fractions of the orbital periods of Saturn’s satellites

Question 5

Roche distance

Answer 5

the minimum distance at which a body help together by its own gravity can orbit a planet without being pulled apart by tidal forces.

Question 6

Spokes

Answer 6

short lived features that form and dissolve in the b ring, dark fingers

Question 7

Zonal winds

Answer 7

the variation of rotation period with latitude.

Question 8

zones/belts

Answer 8

lighter portions of the gas giant parallel to the equator/darker portions