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#SpaceTrivia - Jupiter and its moons

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the person to discover the first moons around Jupiter?

a)

Johannes Kepler

b)

Edwin Hubble

c)

Nicolaus Copernicus

d)

Galileo Galilei

e)

Isaac Newton

2.

Jupiter is the __ planet from the Sun.

a)

3rd

b)

4th

c)

5th

d)

6th

e)

7th

3.

A day on Jupiter is how long (In Earth time)?

a)

9.9 hours

b)

48 hours

c)

0.8 days

d)

11 days

e)

11.8 years

4.

Jupiter has clouds.

a)

true

b)

false

c)

Impossible to tell

5.

Jupiter's diameter is ___ times wider than Earth's diameter.

a)

5

b)

11

c)

2

d)

53

e)

1/8

6.

We now know of how many moons around Jupiter?

a)

79

b)

88

c)

65

d)

26

e)

102

7.

Does Jupiter have rings around it?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Impossible to tell...

8.

How long does it take Jupiter to make a complete orbit around the sun (a Jovian year) in Earth time?

a)

687 days

b)

11.86 years

c)

2.5 years

d)

24.6 years

e)

2280 days

9.

Jupiter was named after a Roman god. The Greek equivalent of Jupiter is ____.

a)

Hera

b)

Apollo

c)

Artemis

d)

Zeus

e)

Hades

10.

There is currently a spacecraft orbiting Jupiter called __

a)

Voyager 1

b)

Juno

c)

Artemis

d)

MESSENGER

e)

New Horizons

11.

About how many Earths could fit inside Jupiter's Great Red Spot?

a)

about 3

b)

about 0.5

c)

about 1.3

d)

12

e)

20

12.

Which of the following is NOT one of Jupiter's Galilean moons?

a)

Io

b)

Europa

c)

Autonoe

d)

Callisto

e)

Ganymede

13.

How many of Jupiter's moons are named?

a)

79

b)

82

c)

65

d)

26

e)

57

14.

How many Galilean moons does Jupiter have?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

e)

5