Outer Planets & Space Junk

Pluto and Neptune are in 3:2 resonance with each other.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Dwarf planets don't have moons.

• True
• False

Uranus orbits on its side.

• True
• False

The seasons on Uranus are 21 years in length.

• True
• False

Uranus and Neptune likely formed closer to the Sun than they are presently located.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Although it is blue like Uranus, Neptune is different in that it has clouds that move across the atmosphere.

• True
• False

The banded pattern on the surface of Saturn is known as belt-zone circulation.

• True
• False

Rings of planets are created and controlled by the moons of the planets.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The particles in the rings in Saturn are the size of a car, and would hurt an astronaut caught in them.

• True
• False

Iron meteorites are dense and heavy.

• True
• False