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WorksheetsT1: Outer Planets
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The planet Jupiter is referred to as a _____
a)
gas giant
b)
liquid behemoth
c)
vapor mammoth
d)
rocky colossus
2.
How many Earths could fit inside Jupiter?
a)
about 20
b)
about 100
c)
about 500
d)
about 1000
3.
Jupiter has a mass over _____ that of Earth
a)
30 times
b)
80 times
c)
300 times
d)
800 times
4.
Despite its bulk, Jupiter rotates extremely rapidly: One day on Jupiter is a mere _____
a)
50 minutes long
b)
1 hour long
c)
10 hours long
d)
15 hours long
5.
Who discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter?
a)
Newton
b)
Hooke
c)
Galileo
d)
Copernicus
6.
The light and dark-colored stripes, in Jupiter's clouds, are called _____
a)
sections and sashes
b)
tracts and straps
c)
zones and belts
d)
realms and ribbons
7.
The light colored zones, in Jupiter's atmosphere, are formed from _____
a)
ammonia clouds
b)
sulfuric acid clouds
c)
carbon dioxide clouds
d)
water vapor
8.
The colossal hurricane on Jupiter is dubbed _____
a)
the Great Red Spot
b)
the Eye of the Storm
c)
the Vast Dark Spot
d)
the Hooke Squall
9.
How deep is Jupiter's atmosphere?
a)
several kilometers
b)
several dozen kilometers
c)
several hundred kilometers
d)
several thousand kilometers
10.
The air on Jupiter is mostly _____
a)
ammonia and methane
b)
carbon dioxide and hydrogen
c)
helium and ammonia
d)
hydrogen and helium
11.
Instead of a mantle, Jupiter has a huge region made up of liquid metallic _____
a)
hydrogen
b)
helium
c)
iron
d)
sodium
12.
Hydrogen fusion starts when a star has roughly _____ of the Sun’s mass
a)
1/20
b)
1/2
c)
1/6
d)
1/12
13.
Jupiter radiates away much of it's heat as _____
a)
infrared light
b)
visible light
c)
ultraviolet light
d)
microwaves
14.
Jupiter's ring is made of _____
a)
gases
b)
hydrogen
c)
dust
d)
large rocks
15.
Jupiter is the ______ planet from the sun.
a)
4th
b)
3rd
c)
5th
d)
6th
16.
How many confirmed moons does Jupiter have?
a)
27
b)
67
c)
270
d)
670
17.
Ganymede, the largest moon in our solar system, is even bigger than the planet _____
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Mars
d)
Earth
18.
All of Jupiter's moons _____
a)
are tidally locked to Jupiter
b)
have liquid water
c)
are covered partially in ice
d)
have volcanic activity
19.
When a moon orbits the planet backwards relative to the others, it's called a _____
a)
retrograde orbit
b)
heliocentric orbit
c)
geosynchronous orbit
d)
prograde orbit
20.
Saturn's atmosphere, hundreds of kilometers deep, is composed mostly of _____
a)
hydrogen
b)
methane
c)
ammonia
d)
helium
21.
Saturn spins really quickly, completing a day in just _____
a)
three hours
b)
five and a half hours
c)
eight hours
d)
ten and a half hours
22.
When we look at Saturn, we only see its cloud tops, which are mostly _____
a)
ammonia
b)
methane
c)
hydrogen
d)
helium
23.
Wind speeds at the center of the hexagonal vortex have been clocked at _____
a)
5 kilometers per hour
b)
50 kilometers per hour
c)
500 kilometers per hour
d)
5000 kilometers per hour
24.
Saturn's rings are composed of _____
a)
solid rock
b)
water ice
c)
gas and dust
d)
methane gas
25.
How many main rings does Saturn have?
a)
three
b)
four
c)
five
d)
six
26.
Saturn is the_____ planet from the sun.
a)
5th
b)
6th
c)
7th
d)
8th
27.
Under ordinary conditions, how many planets can you see in the sky without a telescope?
a)
four
b)
five
c)
six
d)
seven
28.
Originally named after a king, Uranus is now named after _____
a)
a Roman god
b)
a Greek god
c)
a Norse god
d)
an Egyptian god
29.
To distinguish it from the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus is called _____
a)
an ice giant
b)
a frosty dwarf
c)
a gas dwarf
d)
a snow giant
30.
The atmosphere of Uranus has a temperature of _____
a)
-220 °C
b)
-120 °C
c)
-170 °C
d)
-270 °C
31.
Which spacecraft has been the only one to visit Uranus?
a)
Voyager 2, in 1986
b)
Magellan, in 1990
c)
Cassini, in 1998
d)
Viking 2, in 1978
32.
The moons of Uranus are named after _____
a)
classical poets
b)
Impressionist painters
c)
characters in Shakespeare plays
d)
Greek mythological figures
33.
Discovered in 1997, how many known rings does Uranus have?
a)
7
b)
9
c)
11
d)
13
34.
Neptune's color is described as a deep rich _____
a)
azure
b)
teal
c)
aquamarine
d)
cyan
35.
Voyager saw a huge storm marring Neptune’s face, called _____
a)
the Great Red Spot
b)
the Great Dark Spot
c)
the Great Blue Spot
d)
the Great Azure Spot
36.
Neptune has over a dozen known moons, the largest of these is ____
a)
Triton
b)
Proteus
c)
Nereid
d)
Larissa
37.
Uranus is the ______ planet from the sun.
a)
9th
b)
8th
c)
7th
d)
6th
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