Gas Giants Quiz

The planets in the solar system have a wide range of temperatures. Earth’s temperatures range from about –89 °C to about 58 °C. How do the temperatures on Neptune compare to Earth’s temperatures?

• much hotter

• much colder

• slightly cooler

• slightly warmer

This planet is named after the Roman god of agriculture.

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Saturn

Which planet (or planets) have at least 60 moons?

• Jupiter only

• Jupiter and Saturn only

• Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune only

• Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus

The bar graph below shows the diameter of the gas giant planets. Which gas giant is labeled planet 1?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What property of the gas giant planets would account for their having more moons than the number of moons that orbit Earth?

• Gas giants rotate more rapidly than Earth, so they eject more material that could form natural satellites.

• Gas giants are less dense than Earth, so they contain less material that could form natural satellites.

• Gas giants are more massive than Earth and thus have greater gravitational forces, so they could attract more objects.

• Gas giants are farther from the sun than Earth, so there are fewer objects in that part of space to attract into orbits.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

This planet is named after the king of all Roman gods.

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Saturn

What is a gas giant?

• a large, red supergiant star

• a cloud in space made of gas and dust

• a planet that has a deep, massive atmosphere

• a rock from space that reaches Earth’s surface without burning up

This planet is named after the Roman god of the sea.

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Saturn

This planet has a huge storm that has been raging for over 300 years.

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Saturn

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This planet is surrounded by multiple ring.

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Saturn