Outer Planets

Question 1

What are saturns rings made of

Answer 1

Rock, ice

A TINY bit of water

Question 2

What are the outer planets

Answer 2

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Question 3

What is a ring

Answer 3

Thin disc of small particles of ice and rock

Question 4

Define a gas giant

Answer 4

The four outer planets

Question 5

Describe the tilt of Uranus axis, and explain how the Tilt effects Uranus rotation as viewed from earth

Answer 5

The tilt is at an angle of 90° from the vertical . From earth it is vied top to bottom

Question 6

Name one feature of Neptune’s atmosphere

Answer 6

Visible Clouds

Question 7

How many moons does Jupiter have

Answer 7

At least 63

Question 8

How many moons does Saturn have

Answer 8

At least 61

Question 9

How many moons does Uranus have

Answer 9

At least 27

Question 10

How many moons does Neptune have

Answer 10

At least 13

Question 11

What is the largest gas giant

Answer 11

Jupiter

Question 12

Jupiter’s diameter is ________ times larger then earths

Answer 12

11

Question 13

All the gas giants contain

Answer 13

Hydrogen, helium, many moons, rings, and don’t have solid surfaces

Question 14

Jupiter’s mass is ______ time all of the other planets combined

Answer 14

2 1/2

Question 15

Which gas giant has the thickest atmosphere

Answer 15

Jupiter

Question 16

How many earth storms would fit inside the Great Red Spot if the storm on earth was a square and the Great Red Spot was a rectangle.

Answer 16

50

Question 17

Jupiter’s largest moon

Answer 17

Ganymede

Question 18

Why does Uranus look blue green

Answer 18

It’s traces of methane in its atmosphere

Question 19

saturns largest moon

Answer 19

Titan

Question 20

Light areas on a moons surface might be

Answer 20

Ice or frost

Question 21

What could the history of saturns moons Tethys and Mimas be

Answer 21

They have been hit by many objects

Question 22

Which planets moons have had lava flows

Answer 22

Uranus

Question 23

Where are Uranus’s poles

Answer 23

East and west

Question 24

Describe Neptune

Answer 24

Cold, blue, planet, visible clouds

Question 25

Neptune’s color comes from

Answer 25

Methane

Question 26

How do Neptune’s clouds and storms produce in the atmosphere

Answer 26

Interior is hot due to energy left over from its formation. As this energy rises clouds and storms produce

Question 27

Which planet had a storm that didn’t last for ever

Answer 27

Neptune

Question 28

Neptune’s largest moon

Answer 28

Triton

Question 29

What is tritons South Pole covered with?

Answer 29

Nitrogen ice