Outer Solar System and Planets

Question 1

Which outer planet is the first discovered in "modern" times

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Question 2

Which planet protects Earth from being bombarded by meteors?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 3

What does the Asteroid Belt separate?

Accepted Answer

Inner planets from Outer planets

Question 4

Why do we suggest that Uranus is tilted so much?

Accepted Answer

Because of a collision with an Earth-size object

Question 5

Why doesn't the direction of a comet's tail tell us whether it is approaching the sun?

Accepted Answer

It always points away from the sun because of the solar wind

Question 6

This moon of Jupiter is colored by sulfur compounds from its volcanoes

Accepted Answer

Io

Question 7

Which moon is the most volcanically active in the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Io

Question 8

This moon is known for its craters.

Accepted Answer

Callisto

Question 9

The Galilean moons of Jupiter are...

Accepted Answer

Europa, Io, Callisto, and Ganymede

Question 10

This is the largest planet in the solar system

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 11

This planet has the shortest rotation period:

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 12

List the order of the outer planets from the closest to the sun to the furthest away.

Accepted Answer

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Question 13

Comets orbit differently from planets in this way:

Accepted Answer

don't follow the same plane as the planets

Question 14

Where are Saturn's moons located?

Accepted Answer

They are inside and outside the rings

Question 15

Why are the rings of Saturn so easily visible?

Accepted Answer

They are mostly ice and reflect light, They are close to the planet

Question 16

Which moon of Jupiter COULD have life in its ocean?

Accepted Answer

Europa

Question 17

These EPOs leave the Asteroid Belt and orbit the sun.

Accepted Answer

Apollo Amor

Question 18

Which moon has a very old surface?

Accepted Answer

Callisto

Question 19

What gives Uranus and Neptune their blue-green color?

Accepted Answer

The large amount of methane gas in the atmoshpere

Question 20

Why are the cores of the gas planets hot?

Accepted Answer

Heat from gravitational compression

Question 21

Which two planets is the asteroid belt located between?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter and Mars

Question 22

Which moon has a well-developed atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Titan

Question 23

This moon of Saturn spews ice that adds to its ring system

Accepted Answer

Enceladus

Question 24

Which Outer Planet orbits at almost 90 degree axial tilt?

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Question 25

These moons of _________ are called the ____________ moons after the astronomer.

Accepted Answer

Jupiter, Galileo

Question 26

How long is one day on Saturn?

Accepted Answer

10hr 13min

Question 27

Which outer planets have rings?

Accepted Answer

All of them

Question 28

This causes the bands of color on Jupiter and other outer planets

Accepted Answer

Winds at different altitudes

Question 29

This planet is known for its blue color

Accepted Answer

Neptune

Question 30

Saturn's rings are made of __________?

Accepted Answer

Rocks and ice

Question 31

This Jovian moon is covered with ice and may have an ocean

Accepted Answer

Europa

Question 32

Which fact is true about Neptune?

Accepted Answer

Last of the gas giants

Question 33

Where is the dwarf planet Ceres located?

Accepted Answer

Asteroid Belt

Question 34

This is the largest moon in the Solar System

Accepted Answer

Ganymede

Question 35

This causes violent storms in the outer planets:

Accepted Answer

Heat from the core meeting cold atmosphere

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