Astronomy Practice

What is the largest Jovian planet?

• Saturn

• Earth

• Neptune

• Jupiter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which are larger, Jovian or Terrestrial planets?

• Jovian

• Terrestrial

• They are the same sizes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the nebular hypothesis?

• Rotating clouds of dust and gas formed the Solar System

• A giant vortex of gas and debris

• Rotating stars

• Galaxies intertwining

Which two planets exhibit the greenhouse effect?

• Earth

• Mars

• Mercury

• Venus

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Where is the largest volcano in the Solar System located?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which is not one of the four "Galilean" moons?

• Io

• Ganymede

• Europa

• Titan

Why are Neptune and Uranus blue?

• Cold temperatures

• Methane gas

• Constant rain

• They aren't, you're lying to us

Cryovolcanism describes that volcanoes spew what instead of molten rock(lava)?

• Ice

• Sulfur

• Basalt

• Leaves

What Jovian planet does not have rings?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Don't they all have rings?

A comet is visible because...?

• They are very large

• They emit a "tail" or gas and dust that glows

• It boils and we can see the steam

• We can't see them