URANUS Study Questions
How far is Uranus from the Sun?
1 billion 8 hundred thousand miles
How long does it take Saturn to orbit the Sun?
10,756 Days
How many rings total does Uranus have?
13
How far is Mars from the Sun?
142 million miles
How many moons does Mars have?
2 - Bonus points if you can name them. Deimos & Phobos
How many days does it take Venus to orbit the Sun?
225
How many moons does Uranus have?
27
How many rings does Jupiter have? What are their names?
3 Rings: Gossamer, Main, and Halo
How fast does light move?
3 hundred million meters per second
How many days does it take Uranus to orbit the Sun?
30,687 Days
How far is Mercury from the sun?
36 Million miles
How long does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?
365 Days
How many inner moons does Jupiter have?
4 - Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, Thebe
How long does it take Jupiter to orbit the Sun?
4333 days
How far is Jupiter from the Sun?
484 Million Miles
How far is Venus from the sun?
67 million miles
How many ring does Saturn's rings have and what are their names?
7, named Ring A - G
What percentage of the Earth is covered in water?
70%
How many days does it take Mars to orbit the Sun?
730 days
How many planets are there in our Solar System?
8
How long does it take light to reach the Earth from the Sun?
8 minutes
How many days does it take Mercury to orbit the Sun?
88 Days
How far is Saturn from the sun?
890 million miles
How far is the Earth from the Sun?
93 Million Miles
The Sun contains around ____% of all the material in the Solar System.
98
What is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter?
A storm the size of Earth that has been ongoing for at least 300 years.
Describe the Morgan-Keenan system.
Astronomers classify stars based on this system. There are assigned letters to each star to group them based on their color and/or temperature.
What are Uranus's moons names after?
Characters created by William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.
How did Mars get its name?
From the Roman God of War because the surface looks like blood.
How did Jupiter get its name?
From the Roman name for Zeus, the king of the gods.
Where did Uranus get its name from?
From the god of the sky. It is the only planet name based on Greek mythology.
Where did Mercury get its name?
From the messenger of the Gods named Mercury because he was super quick like Mercury's orbit.
What are the outer planets made of?
Gas and water
Where did Earth get its name?
German and Old English word for the ground.
The Sun mostly consist of what?
Hydrogen & Helium
How do scientist measure distance in astronomy?
In terms of light years.
What is different about Mercury's orbital path?
It has an egg shaped orbit so therefore at times it is closer to the Sun than normal.
Why is Uranus blue?
It has methane in its atmosphere, which absorbs red light and makes the planet appear blue.
Why is the Sun very important for the Earth?
It provides warmth and solar energy.
What is the main difference in Uranus compared to the other planets?
It spins on its side
The largest planet in our Solar System.
Jupiter
Which planet has the shortest day in the Solar System?
Jupiter
What two things stand out about Jupiter's rotation?
Jupiter completes one rotation in just 10 hours. Also, different parts of Jupiter rotate at different speeds.
What are the outer planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What are the Inner Planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Name the 8 planets in order, staring with the closest to the Sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Name 3 of Saturn's Shepherd's Moons.
Pan, Janus, Epimetheus, Prometheus, Atlas, Pandora
What are the inner planets made of?
Rock and dust
What is another name for the Sun and where does the name come from?
Sol, named after the Roman Sun god.
Why do we have a leap year every 4 years?
The Earth actually takes 365.25 days to orbit the Sun. Every 4 years we add Feb. 29th to make up for the .25 days..
What is Mars' nickname?
The Red Planet
Where did Saturn get its name?
The Roman god of agriculture, liberation and time.
Where did Venus gets its name?
The Roman goddess of Love and Beauty
What does everything in the Solar System revolve around?
The Sun
What has happened to Jupiter and Saturn due to the speed of their rotation?
The planets have flattened out at the poles and is bulging at its equator.
Explain how the planets stay the distance they do between the Sun and the emptiness of outer space.
The planets stay in line of orbit due to the gravitational pull of the sun and the fact that they are constantly trying to fly the opposite way , so therefore they get trapped half-way in between.
Why are many of Saturn's moons called Shepherd Moons?
They orbit around the edge of Saturn's rings using their gravitational pull to keep particles of the rings in place, just as a shepherd keeps sheep in place.
Which planet is nicknamed the Blue Planet?
Uranus
Describe Uranus's mantle.
Uranus's mantel is a hot icy water that can't melt because of the extreme pressure on the planet. Beneath the ice scientist believe there is a layer of liquid diamond.
What planet is also know as Earth's sister?
Venus
Which planet is the hottest in our Solar System?
Venus
Why is Venus hotter than Mercury even though Mercury is closer to the sun?
Venus's thick atmosphere hold the heat to the surface of the planet.
What makes the surface of Mars red?
iron oxide minerals in the rock
Name 3 things that make up our Solar System
planets, moons, comets, asteroids, dust, gas, minor planets
