Solar System Quiz (Unit 3)

Name 4 characteristics that all the Gas Giants share.

• Moons, rings, greater mass, gas
• greater density, less mass, moons, rings

• moons, rings, mass, less density

• no moons, rings, greater mass, gas

Identify which planet is the largest in the solar system.

(a)  

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Identify which planet is known as the “Ringed” planet.

(a)  

Identify which planet has retrograde rotation (rotates backwards).

(a)  

Identify which planet besides the Earth has polar ice caps.

(a)  

Identify which planet contains a giant hurricane-like storm called the “Great Red Spot”.

(a)  

Identify which planet has no atmosphere of its own.

(a)  

Explain what makes Neptune a deep blue color.

(a)  

Identify the shape of a planet’s orbit around the Sun (use the technical name).

• Ellipse (Kepler’s 1st law)
• Ellipse (Kepler's 2nd law)

• Ellipse (Kepler's 3rd law)

• Ellipse (Kepler's 4th law)

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Identify what happens to orbital speed when a planet gets closer to the Sun in its orbit or farther from the Sun in its orbit.

• Increases as you get closer to the Sun (Kepler’s 2nd law)

• Decreases as you get closer to the Sun (Kepler's 2nd law)

• Stays the same as you get closer to the Sun (Kepler's 2nd law)

• Increases as you get further from the Sun (Kepler's 2nd law)

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