Outer Planets Characteristics

Outer Planets

​Outer Planets

• ​The JOVIAN planets

• Numbers 5 through 8 in the solar system

• ​Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

​Test what you know!

​Answer the following questions to check your knowledge already

Multiple Choice

Which planet is number 5?

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Multiple Choice

Which planet is number 8?

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Saturn

• Jupiter

Multiple Choice

Which of the Jovian planets rotates on its side?

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Saturn

Multiple Choice

Jupiter has at least how many moons?

• 100

• 6

• 600

• 66

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the storm that is currently happening on Jupiter?

• The Great Red Spot

• Hurricane Dorian

• Hurricane Harvey

• The Red Planet

​The Great Red Spot

​A giant storm that works its way around Jupiter.

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​As a gas giant, Jupiter is mostly made of atmosphere-like material so the storm can be three times the size of Earth!

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Multiple Choice

Being the second largest planet but with the lowest density, Saturn is actually really WHAT for its size?

• Light

• Heavy

​Saturn is light!

​Being a gas giant, Saturn is already not very dense.

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BUT the fact that it's made up of a lot of helium (think about party balloons) makes it even less dense than some of the other gas giants.

Multiple Choice

The best way to remember Saturn is by is:

• Size

• It's a gas giant

• Its rings

Multiple Choice

The blueish-green color of Uranus is caused by:

• Helium in the atmophere

• Methane in the atmosphere

• It's icy

Multiple Choice

How is Uranus unique with its orbital motion?

• It travels in a zig-zag path around the sun

• It rotates on it's side, like a car wheel

• It can change orbits every few years

• It isn't unique

Multiple Choice

Which fact about Neptune is NOT true?

• Farthest planet from the Sun

• Closest to the asteroid belt

• Number 8 planet

Poll

Which planet do you least understand?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune