section 7a part 1 jupiter Flashcards

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realize planets close to the sun are all rocky, while planets further from the sun have

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a thick layer of gas surrounding them

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2
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jupiter is

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the largest planet and spins very quickly

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3
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id the reasons the great red spot storm on jupiter can last so long

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size of it and the lack of land on jupiter

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4
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the surface of jupiter and saturn

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liquid hydrogen

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5
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jupiters tides have caused the following effects on one of its moons named europa

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  • moon is warmed ups so a layer of its ice has melted to become an ocean of water beneath the icy crust of the moon
  • has developed an undersea volcanoes that release heat from the core
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6
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the patterns of cracks in the icy surface of jupiters moon europa

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this means there is liquid water below that heaves up and down due to tides from planet jupiters gravity

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7
Q

pick undersea volcanic activity as

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what may make life possible in europas oceans

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8
Q

identify which planet is smaller that the moons of some planets

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mercury is smaller that some of jupiters moons

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9
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select the right reason jupiter/uranus/neptune rings are dimmer that saturns

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darker materials, instead of bright ice

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10
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what process has been supplying particles to produce and sustain jupiters rings

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meteors knock material off small moons

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