Unit 4

Question 1

Jovian Planet

Answer 1

jupiter like planet

Question 2

Jupiter

Answer 2

largest planet, 92 satellites, hydrogen and helium atmosphere

Question 3

saturn

Answer 3

rings, hydrogen (makes it up), windy, 83 satellites

Question 4

Uranus

Answer 4

tipped on it’s side, hydrogen atmosphere, 15 satellites

Question 5

Neptune

Answer 5

blue from methane in atmosphere, 8 satellites, windiest planet

Question 6

Pluto

Answer 6

dwarf planet

Question 7

On which planet are the fastest wind speeds found?

Answer 7

Neptune

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Question 9

Which of the following names refers to Jupiter’s four largest moons?

Answer 9

The Galilean Satellites

Question 10

What is the Great Red Spot?

Answer 10

Huge storm on Jupiter.

Question 11

Asteroids

Answer 11

rocky fragments

Question 12

Asteroid belt

Answer 12

between mars and jupiter, most asteroids are there

Question 13

Apollo asteroids

Answer 13

asteroids whose orbit crosses the earth’s orbit

Question 14

Kirkwood Gaps

Answer 14

gaps in Asteroid belt from Jupiter’s gravitational pull

Question 15

Bodes’s law led people to search for which of the following in between Mars and Jupiter?

Answer 15

A small planet

Question 16

Meteoroids

Answer 16

chunks of rock in space and smaller than asteroids

Question 17

Meteor

Answer 17

brief flash of light when meteoroid strikes earth’s atmosphere

Question 18

meteorites

Answer 18

meteoroid fragments stirke earth

Question 19

Size of meteoroids

Answer 19

If a chunk of rock is smaller than a few hundred meters in diameter, it is called a meteoroid; if it is larger it is called an asteroid.

Question 20

comets

Answer 20

made of ice and dust

Question 21

comets nucleus

Answer 21

solid part of comet

Question 22

comets coma

Answer 22

haze around comet made from sun melting it

Question 23

ion tail

Answer 23

comet tail made of ionized atoms

Question 24

dust tail

Answer 24

comet tail made form dust particles

Question 25

Oort cloud

Answer 25

50,000 AU from sun, 12 billion comets there

Question 26

Aquarius

Answer 26

the water bearer, jug of water with line pulling water out, no bright stars

Question 27

Pisces

Answer 27

the fish, pentagon with line going up out of it

Question 28

Aries

Answer 28

the ram, a line going slightly down, no bright star

Question 29

Taurus

Answer 29

the bull, stick person on its side, no bright star

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Away from the Sun

Question 31

Which moon has a thick atmosphere of nitrogen?

Answer 31

Titan

Question 32

Where in the solar system does the asteroid belt lie?

Answer 32

between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

Question 33

Which of the following planets have rings?

Answer 33

Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune

Question 34

a brief flash of light in the sky

Answer 34

meteor

Question 35

rocks found on Earth that came from space

Answer 35

meteorite

Question 36

small chunks of rocky material in space

Answer 36

meteoroid

Question 37

“dirty snowballs”

Answer 37

comets

Question 38

large chunks of rocky material in space

Answer 38

asteroid

Question 39

t/f Because of the way in which it orbits the Sun, the temperature of Uranus is very different at its south pole than at its north pole.

Answer 39

true

Question 40

Which planet has the Great Red Spot?

Answer 40

Jupiter

Question 41

t/f Jovian planets are made up mostly of hydrogen and helium.

Answer 41

true

Question 42

t/f A comet collided with Uranus in 1994.

Answer 42

false

Question 43

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

Answer 43

away from the Sun

Question 44

Which planet has the most moons?

Answer 44

Jupiter

Question 45

t/f Jupiter has more known moons than any other planet in the solar system

Answer 45

true

Question 46

t/f The Apollo asteroids never cross Earth’s orbit.

Answer 46

false

Question 47

t/f jovian planets are larger than Terrestrial planets.

Answer 47

true

Question 48

t/f Copernicus discovered four moons around Jupiter.

Answer 48

false

Question 49

t/f Jupiter rotates much faster than Earth does.

Answer 49

true

Question 50

The four largest moons of Jupiter are sometimes called what?

Answer 50

Galilean satellites