Rocket Trivia Quizizz - Jupiter

Which one of these gases is the most prevalent on Jupiter?

• Hydrogen

• Helium

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

Around how many times more massive would Jupiter have to be to start fusing hydrogen and become a star?

• 85

• 75

• 65

• 55

Which of these probes was the closest to Jupiter when the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacted with its surface?

• Juno

• Ulysses

• Galileo

• Voyager 2

Which one of these moons will the JUICE spacecraft NOT mainly explore?

• Ganymede

• Europa

• Callisto

• Io

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Which ancient civilization is attributed to integrating the velocity of Jupiter along the ecliptic?

• Babylon

• Greece

• Persia

• Islamic Caliphate

Who gave the names for the four major moons of Jupiter?

• Galileo Galilei

• Simon Marius

• Giovanni Cassini

• Robert Hooke

In 1982, the fifth discovered moon of Jupiter, Amalthea, was first observed at the Lick Observatory in which U.S. state?

• Colorado

• Hawaii

• California

• Montana

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Jupiter is MATHEMATICALLY usually brighter than which of these objects in the night sky?

• Venus

• The Sun

• The Moon

• Mars

Thermal radiation coming from the Jupiter system emanates from which part of it?

• Jupiter's atmosphere

• Io

• Jupiter's core

• Jupiter's poles

The Grand Tack Hypothesis for Jupiter's formation states that Jupiter could have formed around how many AU (astronomical units) from the Sun?

• 2.5

• 3.5

• 4.5

• 5.5

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4