What are Saturn's rings primarily composed of?

Saturn and Uranus Ring Systems

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Tiny particles ranging from small rocks to large boulders
Gas clouds
Solid metal sheets
Liquid water
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How do the particles in Saturn's rings move?
They orbit Saturn following Kepler's third law
They are stationary
They move randomly without any pattern
They move in a straight line away from Saturn
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What causes the gaps in Saturn's rings?
The presence of small moons within the rings
The absence of particles in those regions
The rings are incomplete
The gravitational pull of the Sun
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What is the role of shepherd moons in Saturn's rings?
They have no effect on the rings
They help maintain the structure of the rings
They destroy the rings
They create new rings
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How was the ring system around Uranus discovered?
By direct observation through a telescope
By sending a spacecraft to Uranus
By observing periodic dips in starlight during stellar occultation
By analyzing the gravitational pull on nearby objects
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What is the Roche limit?
The distance at which a planet's gravity is negligible
The minimum size of a planet to have rings
The distance within which tidal forces can tear apart objects
The maximum distance a moon can be from a planet
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What happens to objects that enter the Roche limit of a planet?
They remain intact and orbit the planet
They become moons
They are ejected into space
They are torn apart by tidal forces
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