Size
What are two of the four largest planets: Bonus 100 points if you can name all four.
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn
What caused Jupiter to have a big red spot?
A Giant Storm
The most abundant element in the solar system is what?
Hydrogen
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30 seconds prep with no help during the answer: List the planets in order
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Saturn’s moon Titan is bigger than what planet?
Mercury
Albeto is another word for a planets what?
Reflectivity
Most comets are made up of what?
dust, rocks, and ice
Comets are best viewed when they are closest to the sun. This is also called approaching what?
Perihelion
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What are the 3 ways moons can form?
a. Many small moons are captured asteroids, caught by the planets gravity
b. Matter that did not accrete with the planet, trapped by the planets gravity and accreted to a new moon.
c. Debris when an asteroid collided with a planet that was trapped by the planet’s gravity.
Uranus and Neptune are both what color and Why?
Blue because of the methane in their atmosphere
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What covers Jupiter’s moon Europa?
Steam freezing to become ice is a good example of what?
Water Condensing
Gas planets are made of light elements meaning they have what kind of density?
low!
Bonus for another 200: How does being low density affect planet size?
Bonus Points!
The next question your team answers is worth 1.5x as much!
Gas planets are made up of primarily of what two elements?
Helium and Hydrogen
What effect does Methane have on the atmosphere of planets when present?
Turns them blue
What 3 properties must most dwarf planets have to be classified as such?
a. Small Planets with spherical shape
b. Orbiting the sun/ or a star
c. Don’t have strong enough gravity to collect other objects in their orbit
Point Wager!
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The high reflectivity of which dwarf planet makes it the coldest and brightest place in the solar system?
Tritan
2 part: Uranus and Neptune have large amounts of ________ containing compounds called what?
Hydrogen, Water
2 Part: Which planet has the most moons? It has over how many?
Jupiter, 80 moons
It takes 21 years for a season to pass on Uranus. What are two reasons why?
sideways rotation and length of orbit