chapter 32.1

Question 1

Jupiter

Answer 1

Jupiter is the largest planets and contains more than twice the mass of all of the other planets combined

Question 2

Saturn

Answer 2

it is the second-largest and has the lowest density of any planet in the solar system-even less dense than water

Question 3

Uranus

Answer 3

the only space probe to study Uranus was Voyager which completed its flyby in January 1986

Question 4

Neptune

Answer 4

Is about the same size as Uranus

Question 5

Dwarf planet

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 particles, frozen eater, methane, and ammonia

Question 7

Asteroid

Answer 7

most asteroids are found in between the orbit of mars and Jupiter

Question 8

Meteoroid

Answer 8

Are smaller than asteroids-so small they are not observable until they enter Earth´s atmosphere

Question 9

Sedna

Answer 9

has been labeled a distant plane-toid

Question 10

extraterrestrial life

Answer 10

there are places where scientists called exobiologists are searching for extraterrestrial life