Section #: 29.3 The Gas Giant Planets

Practice Test
      
  1.What are Jupiter's moons composed of? SC.E.1.4.2  
  a.   hydrogen and helium  
  b.   iron and ice  
  c.   rock and ice  
  d.   sulfuric acid  
  Hint    
      
  2.Pluto and Charon are __________. SC.E.1.4.2  
  a.   in synchronous rotation  
  b.   satellites of gas giant planets  
  c.   extremely different in mass  
  d.   in different equatorial planes  
  Hint    
      
  3.Neptune's atmosphere had a persistent storm called __________. SC.E.1.4.2  
  a.   the Spot  
  b.   the Big Cloud  
  c.   the Giant Red Dot  
  d.   the Great Dark Spot  
  Hint    
      
  4.Where did Saturn's rings most likely come from? SC.E.1.4.2  
  a.   solar system formation  
  b.   gravitational attraction of ringlets  
  c.   the formation of Saturn  
  d.   leftover debris from a moon that was destroyed  
  Hint    
      
  5.Why does Jupiter have a banded appearance? SC.E.1.4.2  
  a.   it's rings  
  b.   A  
  c.   the Great Red Spot causes the bands  
  d.   due to it's four moons  
  Hint    
      
  6.What causes Uranus' blue appearance? SC.E.1.4.2  
  a.   surfuric acid in its atmosphere  
  b.   the methane in its atmosphere  
  c.   the ammonia ice droplets  
  d.   the vast oceans  
  Hint    

 
   
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