Jupiter Quiz Review

Jupiter is the _________ and __________ spinning planet in our solar system.

• smallest/slowest
• largest/fastest 
• prettiest/smartest

What is the 4 moons that Galileo discovered in the 1600's?

• Io, Europa, Ganymede Callisto
• Micky Mouse, Minney mouse, Donald duck, 
• Mo, Europe, Gresnade, Callisto
• fretzwilq, mftiz, quimp, silq

Jupiter is often described as a gas giant; which of the following gases is it composed of?

• All gases from the periodic table
• oxygen, carbon dioxide and trace amounts of other gases
• hydrogen and helium
• none of the above

Why has the planet Jupiter been described as a "failed star?"

• it lacks star status
• lacks enough mass to create nuclear fusion
• lacks enough mass to start nuclear fission
• lacks heavier elements

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which of Jupiter's moons could possibly support life because of the large amount of water located below a layer of ice?

• Io
• Callisto
• Ganymede
• Europa

Which feature of the planet has been described as the largest entity in the solar system?

• The great red spot
• magnetic field
• striations caused by the jet streams on the surface
• none of the above

What is the source of Jupiter's large magnetic field?

• metallic hydrogen swirling in its interior

• charged particles in the atmosphere

• the Great Red Spot

• thermonuclear fusion in Jupiter's core

What causes Io's volcanism?

• tidal forces

• Jupiter's rapid rotation

• Jupiter's magnetosphere

• radioactive decay from the core

How was Jupiter's ring discovered?

• By Voyager I as it passed Jupiter

• radar imaging at Arecibo

• optical telescopes from Earth

• occultation of a star

How does Jupiter's density compare to terrestrial planets?

• Less density than any terrestrial planet

• Higher density than any terrestrial planet

• Denser than the Moon, but less dense than other terrestrial planets

• Its density is less than Mercury, but more than Mars