Vocab Section 3 and 4

Question 1

Jupiter

Answer 1

The fifth planet from the sun and the largest

Question 2

Saturn

Answer 2

The sixth planet from the sun

Question 3

Uranus

Answer 3

The seventh planet from the sun

Question 4

Neptune

Answer 4

The eight planet from the sun

Question 5

Dwarf planet

Answer 5

are nearly round objects in orbit around the Sun that are not satellites and that have not cleared the debris in their orbits

Question 6

Comet

Answer 6

is composed of dust and rock particles

Question 7

Asteroid

Answer 7

Rocky objects formed from material similar to the material in planets composition

Question 8

Meteoroid

Answer 8

sand to boulder sized objects objects in the solar system

Question 9

Sedna

Answer 9

a distant planetoid

Question 10

Extraterrestrial life

Answer 10

life beyond earth

Question 11

Which space probe flew past Jupiter in 1979

Answer 11

Voyager 1 and 2

Question 12

Which space probe reached Jupiter in 1995

Answer 12

Galileo

Question 13

What did the Voyager probes and galileo study

Answer 13

Composition, structure motion of jupiter’s atmosphere and features of Jupiter’s moons

Question 14

how many known moons does Jupiter have

Answer 14

63

Question 15

What are the 4 Galilean moons

Answer 15

Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa

Question 16

Which of the Galilean moons is the largest in the solar system

Answer 16

Ganymede

Question 17

WhIch of the Galilean moons is the largest in the solar system

Answer 17

Ganymede, Callisto, Europa

Question 18

WhIch of the Galilean moons is the most volcanically active

Answer 18

Io

Question 19

What is Saturn’s most commonly known feature

Answer 19

The largest and most complex ring system

Question 20

What are Saturn’s rings made of

Answer 20

Particle of water ice

Question 21

How many moons does saturn have

Answer 21

60 moons

Question 22

What is the name of saturn’s largest moon

Answer 22

titan

Question 23

what is the name of the space craft that approached Saturn in 2004

Answer 23

Cassini Huygens

Question 24

What was cassini’s mission

Answer 24

It collected data about saturn, saturn’s rings, and saturn’s moons

Question 25

What was Huygen’s mission

Answer 25

went to titans surface

Question 26

which space probe is the probe to study uranus

Answer 26

voyager 2

Question 27

how many moons does uranus have

Answer 27

27 moons

Question 28

Does uranus have moons

Answer 28

Yes

Question 29

How is uranus’s tilt

Answer 29

Parallel to it’s plane

Question 30

What color is uranus

Answer 30

Blue Green

Question 31

Which space probe is the only probe to reach Neptune

Answer 31

Voyager 2

Question 32

What makes Neptune a bluer color than uranus

Answer 32

Methane

Question 33

How many moons does neptune have

Answer 33

13

Question 34

What is Neptune’s largest moon

Answer 34

Tritan

Question 35

What are the name of 3 dwarf planets

Answer 35

pluto Eris Ceres

Question 36

What is the bright cloud of a coma called

Answer 36

coma

Question 37

What do comets originate

Answer 37

kuiper belt or the Oort cloud

Question 38

when a meteoroid enters earth’s atmosphere what are they called

Answer 38

Meteor or shooting stars

Question 39

When a meteor strikes earth’s surface what are they called

Answer 39

Meteorites

Question 40

What was AU stand for

Answer 40

Astronomical Unit

Question 41

What is an AU equal

Answer 41

150 million kilometers