How the Universe Works: Jupiter

Jupiter is referred to as a _____

• gas giant
• liquid behemoth
• vapor mammoth
• rocky colossus

How many Earths could fit inside Jupiter?

• about 20
• about 100
• about 500
• about 1000

Jupiter has a mass over _____ that of Earth

• 30 times
• 80 times
• 300 times
• 800 times

Despite its bulk, Jupiter rotates extremely rapidly: One day on Jupiter is a mere _____

• 50 minutes long
• 1 hour long
• 10 hours long
• 15 hours long

Who discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter?

• Newton
• Hooke
• Galileo
• Copernicus

The light and dark-colored stripes, in Jupiter's clouds, are called _____

• sections and sashes
• tracts and straps
• zones and belts
• realms and ribbons

The light colored zones, in Jupiter's atmosphere, are formed from _____

• ammonia clouds
• sulfuric acid clouds
• carbon dioxide clouds
• water vapor

The colossal hurricane on Jupiter is dubbed _____

• the Great Red Spot
• the Eye of the Storm
• the Vast Dark Spot
• the Hooke Squall

The large hurricane on Jupiter was first noticed _____

• three decades ago
• eight decades ago
• three centuries ago
• eight centuries ago

How deep is Jupiter's atmosphere?

• several kilometers
• several dozen kilometers
• several hundred kilometers
• several thousand kilometers