Section #: 29.3 The Gas Giant Planets

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

 
   
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