Lesson 4: Jovian Planets

Question 1

The four Jovian planets (in order of increasing distance from the Sun) are:

Answer 1

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Question 2

On which planet are the fastest wind speeds found?

Answer 2

Neptune

Question 3

What is the Great Red Spot?

Answer 3

Huge storm on Jupiter

Question 4

What is large, rocky debris in space called?

Answer 4

Asteroids

Question 5

Bode’s Law led people to search for what in between Mars and Jupiter?

Answer 5

A small planet

Question 6

Fill in the blank. Gaps in the Asteroid Belt caused by the large gravitational pull of Jupiter are called ______ Gaps.

Answer 6

Kirkwood

Question 7

Fill in the blanks. When a _____ (rock no larger than a few hundred meters in diameter) enters the Earth’s atmosphere, the flash is called a _____; if it survives and strikes Earth, it is called a ________.

Answer 7

Meteoroid, Meteor, Meteorite

Question 8

Fill in the blank. If a chunk of rock in space was 156 meters in diameter, it would be a(n) _________.

Answer 8

Meteoroid

Question 9

Fill in the blank. Because new comets are being discovered every year, it is logical to believe there is a large group of comets father away from the Sun. This is called the ______ cloud.

Answer 9

Oart/Oort

Question 10

Which direction does the ion tail of a comet always point?

Answer 10

Away from the Sun

Question 11

Fill in the blank. When a comet approaches the Sun, the icy core will start to vaporize. As the comet continues in it’s orbit, the vapor spreads out around the nucleus, this forming the ______.

Answer 11

Coma

Question 12

True or False: Because of the way in which it orbits the Sun, the temperature of Uranus is very different at it’s South Pole than at it’s North Pole.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Which planets have rings?

Answer 13

Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune

Question 14

True or False: The Apollo asteroids never cross Earth’s orbit.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Which planet has the most moons?

Answer 15

Jupiter

Question 16

The four largest moons of Jupiter are sometimes called what?

Answer 16

Galilean Satellites

Question 17

True or False: Copernicus discovered four moons around Jupiter.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Where in the solar system does the asteroid belt lie?

Answer 18

Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

Question 19

True or False: Jupiter has more known moons than any other planet in the solar system.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Which moon has a thick atmosphere of nitrogen?

Answer 20

Titan

Question 21

True or False: a comet collided with Uranus in 1994.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Which planet has the Great Red Spot?

Answer 22

Jupiter

Question 23

TRUE OR FALSE: JUPITER ROTATES MUCH FASTER THAN EARTH DOES.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

True or False: Jovian planets are larger than Terrestrial planets.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

True or False: Jovian planets are made up mostly of hydrogen and helium.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

What is the name of Jupiter’s four largest moons?

Answer 26

The Galilean Satellites