CH 30.3-30.4

Question 1

Jupiter?

Answer 1

The fifth planet from the sun.

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 eighth 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, frozen water, methane, and ammonia.

Question 7

Asteroid?

Answer 7

Rocky objects formed from materials similar to the material in planets’ composition.

Question 8

Meteoroid?

Answer 8

Sand to boulder-size objects in the solar system.

Question 9

Sedna?

Answer 9

has been labeled a distant planeoid.

Question 10

Extraterrestrial Life?

Answer 10

Life beyond Earth.

Question 11

What is the space probe flew past Jupiter in 1979?

Answer 11

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.

Question 12

Which space probe reached Jupiter in 1995?

Answer 12

Galileo

Question 13

What did the Voyager probes and the Galileo study?

Answer 13

Composition, structure, and motion of Jupiter’s atmosphere and many features of it’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 most likely have water trapped beneath their surface?

Answer 17

Titan

Question 18

Which of the Galilean moons is the most volcanically active object in the solar system?

Answer 18

Io

Question 19

What is Saturn most commonly known feature?

Answer 19

The largest and most complex ring system.

Question 20

What are Saturn rings made of?

Answer 20

Particles of water-ice.

Question 21

How many moons does Saturn have at least?

Answer 21

60