Chapter 9 Astronomy Review

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The time it takes for Jupiter to travel once around the Sun is closest to

12 Earth years

Which of the following planets has a system of rings that consists of dark rocks that are difficult to see?

Jupiter

Which planet has a magnetic field that is thought to be generated by liquid metallic hydrogen?

Jupiter

Which planet has an atmosphere consisting mainly of Hydrogen and Helium?

Jupiter

Which planet has at least 62 moons?

Jupiter

A large vortex or hurricane on Jupiter has been named

The Great Red Spot

What temperature is closest to what you might expect on the planet Jupiter?

-250 degrees F

Which of the following temperatures is closest to what you might expect on the planet Neptune?

-350 degrees F

Which of the following temperatures is closest to what you might expect on the planet Uranus?

-350 degrees F

What we refer to as a `Saturn Ring-plane Crossing' corresponds to what season on Saturn

Fall or spring equinox

The largest four moons of Jupiter are referred to as the

Galilean satellites

Pioneer 10 was an early space probe sent to fly past

Jupiter

What planet is 11x the size of Earth?

Jupiter

Which of the following planets does the moon Callisto orbit?

Jupiter

The blue color of the planet Uranus is caused by the presence in its atmosphere of

Methane

Which object has a surface feature that looks like a giant check mark?

Miranda

Voyager 2 is the only space probe so far to have visited

Neptune

Which of the following objects has a magnetic field whose North and South poles are displaced from its rotation axis poles and also from the center of the planet?

Neptune

Which of the following planets does the moon Triton orbit?

Neptune

Which of the following planets or moons is blue in color because of the presence of methane in its atmosphere?

Neptune

Which of these planets has a rotation axis that is inclined in much the same way as that of Earth?

Neptune

Pioneer 11 was an early space probe sent to fly past

Saturn

Which object has a magnetic field similar in intensity to the Earth's field?

Saturn

Which object has a magnetic field whose North and South poles are almost exactly in line with its rotation axis?

Saturn

Which of the following planets has a system of rings made of ice-covered rocks?

Saturn

Which planet does the moon Titan orbit?

Saturn

Which planet has a hexagon-shaped pattern of clouds near its North Pole?

Saturn

Voyager 1 was the first space probe sent to fly past

Titan

Which of the following planets or moons has an atmosphere with about 1.6 times the surface pressure of Earth's?

Titan

Voyager 2 is the only space probe so far to have visited

Uranus

Which object has a magnetic field whose origin is not explained by any currently accepted model?

Uranus

Which of the following objects has a magnetic field whose North and South poles are displaced from its rotation axis poles and also from the center of the planet?

Uranus

Which of these planets has a rotation axis that is almost in the plane of its orbit so that its ring system can sometimes be seen as near-circles.

Uranus

Which planet has a solar day of about 17 hours long?

Uranus

Which planet is about 4x the size of Earth?

Uranus

The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft

Went into orbit around the planet Saturn and dropped a probe into Titan's atmosphere.

Saturn is

about 90% as large as Jupiter.

The rotation rate of Saturn

has not been exactly determined because different methods give somewhat different results

The magnetic field of Jupiter is

tilted relative to the planet's rotation axis but not offset from its center.

Saturn is about

twice as far from the Sun as Jupiter

The spacecraft Galileo

went into orbit around the planet Jupiter and dropped a probe into its atmosphere.


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