Pluto's Nitrogen Heartbeat

What shape does the Sputnik Planitia basin resemble?

• Circle

• Square

• Heart

• Triangle

The basin on Pluto is called ________.

• Olympus Mons

• Valles Marineris

• Sputnik Planitia

• Mare Imbrium

The nickname for the Sputnik Planitia basin is the ________.

• "Eye"

• "Heart"

• "Star"

• "Circle"

Who conducted the research on Pluto?

• NASA's Voyager team

• NASA's New Horizons team

• ESA's Rosetta team

• SpaceX

What is the chemical element that covers the basin on Pluto?

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

• Nitrogen

• Helium

What causes the nitrogen gas to form on Pluto during the day?

• Sunlight

• Wind

• Rain

• Volcanoes

Before New Horizons, Pluto was thought to be a netball. What does this mean?

• Completely flat

• Full of craters

• Covered in water

• Very colorful

How does Pluto's atmosphere compare to Earth's?

• 10 times thinner

• 100 times thicker

• 100,000 times thinner

• Same thickness.

Which moon in our solar system has a similar atmospheric phenomenon to Pluto?

• Europa

• Triton

• Ganymede

• Titan

Pluto's atmosphere is a new opportunity for researching how ______ behave in general.

• oceans

• atmospheres

• mountains

• glaciers