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1
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The four Jovian planets (in order of increasing distance from the Sun) are:

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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

2
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On which planet are the fastest wind speeds found?

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Neptune

3
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What is the Great Red Spot?

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Huge storm on Jupiter

4
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What is large, rocky debris in space called?

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Asteroids

5
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Bode’s Law led people to search for what in between Mars and Jupiter?

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A small planet

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Fill in the blank. Gaps in the Asteroid Belt caused by the large gravitational pull of Jupiter are called ______ Gaps.

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Kirkwood

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Fill in the blanks. When a _____ (rock no larger than a few hundred meters in diameter) enters the Earth’s atmosphere, the flash is called a _____; if it survives and strikes Earth, it is called a ________.

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Meteoroid, Meteor, Meteorite

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Fill in the blank. If a chunk of rock in space was 156 meters in diameter, it would be a(n) _________.

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Meteoroid

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Fill in the blank. Because new comets are being discovered every year, it is logical to believe there is a large group of comets father away from the Sun. This is called the ______ cloud.

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Oart/Oort

10
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Which direction does the ion tail of a comet always point?

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Away from the Sun

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Fill in the blank. When a comet approaches the Sun, the icy core will start to vaporize. As the comet continues in it’s orbit, the vapor spreads out around the nucleus, this forming the ______.

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Coma

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True or False: Because of the way in which it orbits the Sun, the temperature of Uranus is very different at it’s South Pole than at it’s North Pole.

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True

13
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Which planets have rings?

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Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune

14
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True or False: The Apollo asteroids never cross Earth’s orbit.

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False

15
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Which planet has the most moons?

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Jupiter

16
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The four largest moons of Jupiter are sometimes called what?

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Galilean Satellites

17
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True or False: Copernicus discovered four moons around Jupiter.

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False

18
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Where in the solar system does the asteroid belt lie?

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Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

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True or False: Jupiter has more known moons than any other planet in the solar system.

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True

20
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Which moon has a thick atmosphere of nitrogen?

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Titan

21
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True or False: a comet collided with Uranus in 1994.

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False

22
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Which planet has the Great Red Spot?

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Jupiter

23
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TRUE OR FALSE: JUPITER ROTATES MUCH FASTER THAN EARTH DOES.

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False

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True or False: Jovian planets are larger than Terrestrial planets.

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True

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True or False: Jovian planets are made up mostly of hydrogen and helium.

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True

26
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What is the name of Jupiter’s four largest moons?

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The Galilean Satellites