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Gas Giant Planets

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which planet has the fastest rotation?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

2.

Which planet takes 84 years to make 1 revolution around the sun?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

3.

Which planet has a ring system made up of icy particles?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

4.

Which planet has 27 moons?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

5.

Which planet has a warm interior?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

6.

Which planet has high surface gravity and wind speeds?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

7.

Which planet has a blue-green tint due to the absorption of red light by methane gas?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

8.

Which planet has a blue tint due to the absorption of red light by methane gas?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

9.

Which planet spins on its side while orbiting the sun?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

10.

Which planet has long winters and summers?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

11.

Which planet is the largest in the solar system?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

12.

Which planet’s moon has water geysers?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

13.

Which planet has the strongest winds?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

14.

These planets have deep, massive atmospheres, made up mostly of hydrogen and helium.

a)

Terrestrial

b)

Gas Giants

15.

These planets are small and dense rocky bodies.

a)

Terrestrial

b)

Gas Giants

16.

Jupiter is the ________ planet in the solar system.

a)

smallest

b)

largest

17.

Jupiter has the ____________ surface gravity in the solar system.

a)

lowest

b)

highest

18.

Jupiter rotates the __________ of the Gas Giants.

a)

fastest

b)

slowest

19.

What is the name of the most well known storm on Jupiter?

a)

Great Brown Spot

b)

The Great Spot

c)

Jupiter's Spot

d)

Great Red Spot

20.

How many moons orbit Jupiter?

a)

27

b)

400

c)

60 +

d)

6

21.

Which planet has the moon Io, the most volcanically active place in the solar system?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

22.

Which is special about Jupiter's moon, Europa?

a)

liquid water may lie beneath it's surface

b)

evidence indicates species may reside there

c)

it is the largest moon in the solar system

23.

Which planet has rings composed of icy particles?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

24.

Planetary ring

a)

disk of materials that circles a planet and consists of orbiting particles

b)

characteristic of Saturn

c)

characteristic of Uranus

d)

may have moons between the bands

25.

Enceladus

a)

a moon of Uranus

b)

a moon of Saturn

c)

has the largest geysers in the solar system

d)

has the largest volcanoes in the solar system

26.

Saturn's southern pole is home to

a)

an aurora of dancing, glowing light

b)

geysers

c)

volcanoes

27.

What is characteristic of Uranus?

a)

a blue-green color

b)

a blue color

c)

rings

d)

the most moons

28.

How many moons orbit Uranus?

a)

60 +

b)

400

c)

27

d)

6

29.

How long does a season last on Uranus?

a)

20 years

b)

21 years

c)

27 years

d)

21 minutes

30.

Which planet is furthest from the sun?

a)

Saturn

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mercury

d)

Neptune

31.

Neptune

a)

is a Gas Giant

b)

has a blue-green color

c)

has a blue color

d)

is closest to the sun

e)

is furthest from the sun

32.

Twin to planet Neptune

a)

Uranus

b)

Jupiter

c)

Venus

d)

Saturn

33.

Near-twin to planet Saturn

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mars

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

34.

Gas Giants

a)
b)
35.

Jupiter

a)
b)
c)
d)
36.

Saturn

a)
b)
c)
d)
37.

Uranus

a)
b)
c)
d)
38.

Neptune

a)
b)
c)
d)
39.
a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

40.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

41.
a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

42.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune