Quiz - 22.13 Jupiter

Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The density of Jupiter is higher than other terrestrial planets.

• True

• False

Jupiter is mainly composed of gaseous and liquid matter.

• True

• False

The Galilean moons

• Are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto

• Are larger than the dwarf planet Pluto

• Were discovered by Galileo through his telescope in 1610

• All of these

How do scientists know the minimum length of time the Great Red Spot has been on Jupiter?

• It has been at least 300 years since it was seen through a telescope

• They have done calculations and they know a feature of that type would last at least 750 years

• It was first seen through the naked eye and recorded more than 400 years ago

• None of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the Great Red Spot found on Jupiter?

• A mark left over from reactions of hydrogen, helium, and ammonia

• A band of red rocks

• A giant storm in the atmosphere

• Iron-oxide dust blowing in a giant storm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Jupiter is 5.2 times as from the Sun as the Earth is.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The Galilean moons of Jupiter are smaller than the dwarf planets Pluto, Ceres, and Eris.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Jupiter has

• Some evidence for a small rocky core

• At least 63 moons

• A faint ring system

• All of these

The Galilean moons are the smallest of all the moons of Jupiter.

• True

• False