Moons

Question 1

What are 3 facts about our moon?

Answer 1

*It is 1/6 the size of Earth
*It’s gravity controls the high and low tides
*It has the same composition as Earth’s crust
*It is slowly moving away 2-3 cm per year

Question 2

What are 3 facts about Jupiter’s moon Europa?

Answer 2

*It has a frozen ice water crust, with evidence of a liquid ocean beneath
*Brown fault lines suggest sea salts are released from vents then rusted by the magnetic field
*Highest probability of life in solar system (Water + heat from vents + sea salt nutrients + ice protection = LIFE!)

Question 3

Why is Phoebos doomed?

Answer 3

It’s orbit will cause it to get closer to mars each rotation, until it gets so close It’s broken apart by gravity (roche limit)

Question 4

Saturn’s moon

Answer 4

Titan, 2nd largest in solar system

Question 5

What planet has no moons?

Answer 5

Mercury

Question 6

Hottest planet in the solar system?

Answer 6

Venus

Question 7

What planet rotates in the opposite direction?

Answer 7

Venus

Question 8

Only planet completely inhabited by robots?

Answer 8

Mars

Question 9

Home to Olympus Mons?

Answer 9

Mars

Question 10

Planet composed of iron?

Answer 10

Mercury

Question 11

Red spot that’s a massive hurricane

Answer 11

Jupiter

Question 12

Rains methane diamonds

Answer 12

Neptune

Question 13

Home to Phoebos and Deimos

Answer 13

Mars

Question 14

Has 67 moons

Answer 14

Jupiter

Question 15

Referred to as an ice giant

Answer 15

Uranus

Question 16

Known for it’s rings

Answer 16

Saturn

Question 17

Moon we successfully landed a rocket on(besides ours)

Answer 17

Titan

Question 18

Largest moon in solar system, located on what planet?

Answer 18

Ganymede