Analyze Data to Compare Properties of Planets

Which of the following is a gas giant?

• Mars

• Venus

• Saturn

• Mercury

Which of the following is not a gas giant?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Mars

Which of the following is a terrestrial planet?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Mars

• Neptune

Analyze the role of gravity in maintaining the orbits of the gas giants and their moons. How does this influence the stability of their systems?

• Gravity only affects the moons, not the planets.

• Gravity keeps the moons in a fixed position relative to the planets.

• Gravity provides the centripetal force necessary for the moons to orbit the planets.

• Gravity causes the moons to drift away from the planets over time.

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Click on all of the gas giants

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Gas giants

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• Both

• Venus

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What is the main difference between inner and outer planets?

• Their orbits

• Their size

• Their composition

• Their distance from the Sun

Early scientists thought this was the only planet with rings, but we now know that all gas giants have rings.

Which pair would most likely be necessary for life to develop on another planet?

• Sulfur and nitrogen

• helium and hydrogen

• liquid water and carbon

• chlorophyll and oxygen

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On which of the following space objects would scientists most likely expect to find life?

• A.
  a planet with no solid surface

• B. a planet with an ocean on its surface

• C. a large planet very far away from the Sun

• D. a small, rocky planet with no atmosphere