Quiz 3 Flashcards
All of the following are terrestrial planets exept
Uranus
Which of the following planets is the most massive
Saturn
Which country has landed space probes on Venus?
Soviet Union
Most moons in our solar system are named for
Mythological characters
How many moons does Mars have?
2
The most abundant gas in Jupiter’s atmosphere is
hydrogen
The largest moon in our solar system is
Ganymede
The great red spot found on the planet Jupiter is
Storm
The largest volcano in the solar system is named
Olympus Mons
Titan is a moon of the planet
Saturn
Most asteroids orbit the Sun between which two planets
Mars and Jupiter
The blue color of the planets Uranus and Neptune can be attributed to the presence of the gas?
Methane
The atmosphere of the planet Venus is made up mostly of the gas
Carbon Dioxide
Of the four terrestrial planet which one has almost no atmosphere
Mercury
The Martian polar caps
Are a combination of carbon dioxide and water ice
At the same temperature, the average speed of hydrogen molecules is slower than that of oxygen molecules
False
Which planet has a ring system?
All of the Jovian Planets have ring systems
Mars has two moons named
phobos and Deimos
The smallest terrestrial planet in our solar system is
Mercury
In regards to planet classification the four outermost planets in our solar system are called _____ planets because of their similarity to Jupiter
Jovian
Why is the surface of Mercury so hard to observe from Earth?
Mercury is always close to the Sun in Earth’s sky
Jupiter’s moon Io has active volcanoes that release sulfur dioxide
True
Which moon of Jupiter is believed to have a liquid ocean below its frozen ice surface?
Europa
Almost all of the mass of the solar system is contained within
sun
Liquid metallic hydrogen
All of the above–
- can exist only at high pressure
- exists both in Jupiter and Saturn
- Is a conductor of electricity
