Chapter 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

Seventh planet from the Sun

Question 4

Neptune

Answer 4

Eighth planet from the Sun

Question 5

Dwarf Planet

Answer 5

Nearly round objects in orbit around the Sun

Question 6

Comet

Answer 6

Composed of dust and rock particles, ice, methane, and ammonia

Question 7

Asteroid

Answer 7

Rocky objects that are similar to the material in planets composition

Question 8

Meteoroid

Answer 8

Sand to boulder-sized objects in the solar system

Question 9

Sedna

Answer 9

A distant planetoid

Question 10

Extraterrestrial Life

Answer 10

Life beyond Earth

Question 11

Which space probes flew past Jupiter in 1979?

Answer 11

Voyager 1 & 2

Question 12

Which space probe reached Jupiter in 1995?

Answer 12

Galileo

Question 13

What did the Voyager probes and Galileo study?

Answer 13

Composition, structure, and motion of Jupiter’s atmosphere

Question 14

How many moons does Jupiter have?

Answer 14

63

Question 15

What is Saturn’s most common feature?

Answer 15

It’s rings

Question 16

What are Saturn’s rings made out of?

Answer 16

Particles of water-ice

Question 17

What is the name of Saturn’s largest moon?

Answer 17

Titan

Question 18

What is the name of the spacecraft that approached Saturn in 2004?

Answer 18

Cassini-Huygens

Question 19

What was the Huygens mission?

Answer 19

To land on Titan

Question 20

Does Uranus have moons?

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

How is Uranus’s axis tilted?

Answer 21

Almost parallel to it’s plane of orbit

Question 22

What color us Uranus

Answer 22

Blue

Question 23

Which space probe is the only probe to reach Neptune?

Answer 23

Voyager 2

Question 24

What makes Neptune bluer than Uranus?

Answer 24

It has 3% methane in it’s atmosphere

Question 25

How many moons does Neptune have?

Answer 25

13 moons

Question 26

What is Neptune’s largest moon?

Answer 26

Triton

Question 27

What are the names of the three dwarf planets?

Answer 27

Pluto, Eris, Ceres

Question 28

What is the bright cloud of a comet called?

Answer 28

A coma

Question 29

When meteoroids enter the Earth’s atmosphere, what are they called?

Answer 29

Meteors, or shooting stars

Question 30

When a meteor strikes Earth’s surface, what are they called?

Answer 30

Meteorites

Question 31

What does AU stand for, and equal?

Answer 31

Astronomical Unit, 150 million km