JUPITER
A Jupiter day is equal to _____ Earth hours
(a) 2 hrs, 25 mins
(b) 9 hrs 45 mins
(c) 36 hrs
(d) 19 hrs, 30 mins
9 Hours and 45 Minutes
Saturn is the ____ brightest object in the solar system
(a) 1st
(b) 3rd
(c) 8th
(d) 5th
5th
How many confirmed moons does Saturn have?
(a) 2
(b) 62
(c) 28
(d) 10
62
What is Jupiter’s Surface temperature?
(a) -367 ℃
(b) -112 ℃
c) -568 ℃
(d) -145 ℃
-145℃
What puzzled astronomers the most after the discovery of Saturn?
(a) The atmosphere
(b) The colour
(c) The moons
(d) The rings
The rings
A Jupiter year is his much longer than a Earth year?
(a) More than twice as long
(b) Three times as long
(c) Same
(d) More than four times as long
More than twice as long
Saturn appears to be the _____ planet in our solar system
(a) Brightest
(b) Largest
(c) Flattest
(d) Coldest
Flattest
How many moons does Jupiter have?
(a) 8
(b) 48
(c) 98
(d) 79
79
How many known rings does Saturn have?
(a) 30+
(b) 7
(c) 18
(d) 60+
30+
Jupiter isn’t like Earth and Mars, why?
(a) Has no rocky layer
(b) Moons orbiting it
(c) Orbits the sun
(d) Has a hot core
No rocky layer
Essentially, the “Great Red Spot” on Jupiter is:
(a) Traveling north and south across Jupiter's surface
(b) A large cyclonic storm
(c) Composed primarily of iron oxide
(d) Always within 10 degrees of Jupiter's north pole
A large cyclonic storm
Saturn’s rings consist of tiny particles and:
(a) Asteroids
(b) Dust
(c) Stars
(d) None of the above
Dust
What are Saturn’s 2 largest moons?
(a) Minmas and Lapetus
(b) Triton and Europa
(c) Titan and Rhea
(d) Enceladus and Tethys
Titan and Rhea
Together, which two gases make up 99% of Jupiter's atmosphere?
(a) Ammonia and Methane
(b) Water vapor and Methane
(c) Hydrogen and Ammonia
(d) Hydrogen and Helium
Hydrogen and Helium
Saturn gets its name from what Roman god/goddess?
(a) Goddess of magic, crossroads and death
(b) God of Agriculture
(c) God of the Sea
(d) God of Wine
God of Agriculture
What is Jupiter composed of?
(a) Gases
(d) Dust
(c) Molten Rock
(d) All of the Above
All of the Above
What many Earth hours is one day on Saturn?
(a) 2.8
(b) 10.7
(c) 67.5
(d) 35
10.7
Relative to Earth, what one of Saturn’s moons has atmospheric pressure of 60%?
(a) Rhea
(b) Europa
(c) Titan
(d) Umbriel
Titan
Saturn’s mass is how many times more than Earth's mass?
(a) About 10
(b) About 95
(c) Same
(d) About 56
About 95
What is the name to describe the dark bands encircling Jupiter?
(a) Brown stripes
(b) Belts
(c) Zonal Flows
(d) Convection Cells
Belts
Jupiter is noticeably oblate because:
(a) It has a strong magnetic field
(b) It has a mantle of liquid metallic nitrogen
(c) It rotates rapidly
(d) It has a powerful gravitational pull
It rotates rapidly
How many miles is Saturn away from the sun?
(a)150
(b)1872
(c)886
(d)5582
886
Of the Galilean moons, the one with the striking grooved terrain, icy tectonic features and older craters is:
(a) Ganymede
(b) Io
(c) Amalthea
(d) Callisto
Ganymede
Where is Jupiter's Ring located?
(a)Above Jupiter’s cloud tops and inside the orbit of its innermost moon
(b)Between the orbits of Io and Europa
(c)Sharing the orbit of Amalthea
(d)Between the orbit of the innermost moon and the orbit of Io
Above Jupiter’s cloud tops and inside the orbit of its innermost moon
What did the Voyage mission discover about the main rings of Saturn?
(a)There are hundreds of small moons in the system
(b)The ring system is thicker than once believed
(c)They are composed of tens of thousands of single ringlets
(d)They are less dense than the ringers of Jupiter
They are composed of tens of thousands of single ringlets