Chapter 30.3

Question 1

Jupiter

Answer 1

the fifth planet from the sun

Question 2

Saturn

Answer 2

the six planet from the sun

Question 3

Uranus

Answer 3

the seventh planet from the sun

Question 4

Neptune

Answer 4

the 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 the debris in their orbits

Question 6

Comet

Answer 6

is composed of dust and rock partials, frozen water, methane, and ammonia

Question 7

Asteroids

Answer 7

rocky objects formed from materials similar to the material planets composition

Question 8

meteoroids

Answer 8

sand to bolder sized objects in the solar system

Question 9

Sedna

Answer 9

has been labeled 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 and Voyager 2

Question 12

Which space probe reached Jupiter in 1995?

Answer 12

Galilean

Question 13

What did the Voyager probes and Galileo study?

Answer 13

composition, structure, and motion of Jupiter’s atmosphere and many features of it’s moons

Question 14

How many known moons does Jupiter have?

Answer 14

63 moons

Question 15

What are the 4 Galilean moons?

Answer 15

Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa

Question 16

Which of the Galilean moons is the largest in the solar system?

Answer 16

Ganymede

Question 17

Which of the Galilean moons most likely have water trapped beneath their surface?

Answer 17

Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto

Question 18

Which of the Galilean moons is most volcanically active object in the solar system?

Answer 18

Io

Question 19

(Saturn) What is Saturn’s most commonly known feature?

Answer 19

its rings

Question 20

What are Saturn’s rings made of?

Answer 20

Made of participial of water-ice

Question 21

How many moons does Saturn have at least?

Answer 21

60 moons

Question 22

What is the name of Saturn’s largest moon?

Answer 22

Titan

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Cassini-Huygens

Question 24

What was the Huygens mission?

Answer 24

collect data about Saturn, its rings, and its moons

Question 25

Which space probe is the only probe to study Uranus?

Answer 25

Voyager 2

Question 26

How many moons does Uranus have?

Answer 26

27 moon

Question 27

Does Uranus have moons?

Answer 27

Yes

Question 28

How is Uranus’s axis tilt?

Answer 28

parallel to the planet

Question 29

What color is Uranus?

Answer 29

Blue- green color

Question 30

Which space probe is the only probe to reach Neptune?

Answer 30

Voyager 2

Question 31

What makes Neptune a bluer color than Uranus?

Answer 31

3% methane

Question 32

How many moons does Neptune have?

Answer 32

13 moons

Question 33

What is Neptune’s largest moon?

Answer 33

Triton

Question 34

What are the names of dwarf planets?

Answer 34

Pluto, Eris, and Ceres

Question 35

What is the bright cloud of a comet called?

Answer 35

Coma

Question 36

Where do Comets originate?

Answer 36

from a vast disk of icy objects beyond Neptune’s orbit called Kuiper Belt

Question 37

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

Answer 37

it heats up and emits light

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Shooting stars

Question 39

What does AU stand for?

Answer 39

astronomical unit

Question 40

What is AU equal?

Answer 40

150 km