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Which planets have rings of ice and rock particles that orbit around their equators?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune only
Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto only
Saturn only
Jupiter and Saturn only
2
What is a gas giant?
a large, red star
a planet that has a deep, massive atmosphere
Rocks from space reaching Earth’s surface without burning up
a cloud in space made of gas and dust
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Which gas giant planet is about 10 times farther from the sun than Earth is?
Saturn
Neptune
Uranus
JupiterS
4
How long does it take Neptune to complete two full revolutions in Earth years?
730 years
330 years
164.8 years
82.4 years
5
Which planet in the bar graph below shows the diameter of the gas giant labeled planet 1?
Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
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What can you conclude about the period of rotation of the gas giant planets?
The planet with the largest axial tilt rotates the fastest.
The largest gas giant planet rotates the fastest
The smallest gas giant planet rotates the fastest.
The planet with the least gravity rotates the fastest.
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Which planet's revolution in years is about three times > its distance from the sun in AU?
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
8
Which statement describes the temperature of Jupiter?
The center of the planet is extremely hot.
All of Jupiter is very cold.
Its temp. depends on the energy it gets from the sun.
The upper layers of the atmos. are the plant's hottest part.
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Which planet is in orbital plane 3?
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
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Which gas giant does model 1 represent?
Uranus
Jupiter
Neptune
Mercury
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Which planet is a gas giant?
Venus
Mars
Earth
Uranus
12
How are Jupiter and Saturn similar?
They have many satellites.
They are mostly carbon dioxide gas.
They are close to the sun.
They have the same density.
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When calculating diameter, which gas giants are closest in size ?
Jupiter and Saturn
Neptune and Uranus
Uranus and Jupiter
Saturn and Neptune
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Which gas giant is about one-third the density of Earth?
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
Saturn
