FREE SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ASTRONOMY

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FREE SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ASTRONOMY

CHP 9 EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Which Galilean satellites is the most cratered?

Answer:

Callisto Question 2: What causes the Cassini division in Saturn's ring system: electrical charges, tidal forces, pull from Mimas, dust particles didn't accrete

Answer:

repeated pull from Mimas Question 3: Which is a property of the Ganymede satellite? orbits backwards, large radius, might have water, active volcanoes, huge cliffs

Answer:

large radius

Question 4: Which planet has a nearly featureless appearance?

Answer:

uranus

Question 5: What evidence supports the hypothesis that Jupiter heated its satellites?

Answer:

density of satellites decreases with distance from Jupiter Question 6: Which is the largest satellite in the solar system? io, tritan, nereid, europa, ganymede

Answer:

ganymede Question 7: Which satellite has apparent ice floes on its surface? titan, eruopa, io, miranda

Answer:

europa

Question 8: Which has more mass, Uranus or Neptune

Answer:

Neptune Question 9: Which is a property of the Miranda satellite? orbits backwards, large radius, might have water, active volcanoes, huge cliffs

Answer:

huge cliffs Question 10: Which satellite is suspected to have liquid water under its surface? io, triton, nereid, europa, ganymede

Answer:

europa Question 11: Which Galilean satellite has the highest density? titan, eruopa, io, miranda

Answer:

Io

Question 12: lowest density of all the planets in the solar system.

Answer:

saturn

Question 13: Which planet has ammonia crystals?

Answer:

saturn

Question 14: The rings of Saturn consist primarily of _____.

Answer:

water ice

Question 15: composition of Jupiter's clouds

Answer:

water, ice and ammonia

Question 16: Which planet has the Mimas satellite?

Answer:

saturn Question 17: Which satellite has long surface cracks? titan, eruopa, io, miranda

Answer:

Europa Question 18: Saturn emits more energy than it receives from the Sun. What is the origin of Saturn's excess energy?

Answer:

energy released by helium droplets condensing in the atsmosphere & falling

Question 19: Which planet has the Callisto satellite?

Answer:

jupiter

Question 20: how do we know that the rings of saturn are thin

Answer:

can see stars through the rings

Question 21: The discovery of Charon was significant because it allowed astronomers to

determine: distance, age, mass, and/or radius of Pluto

Answer:

mass and radius of Pluto Question 22: Which satellite has active volcanoes? io, tritan, nereid, europa, ganymede

Answer:

io Question 23: The colors of Jupiter's clouds suggest the presence of (organic molecules, H & He, CO2, red-shifted colors, iron)

Answer:

organic molecules

Question 24: Which Galilean satellites is closest to Jupiter?

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Io Question 25: Which satellite has atmosphere? io, tritan, nereid, europa, ganymede

Answer:

triton

Question 26: What is the origin of the ring material of the Jovian planets?

Answer:

tidal breakup of object that came too close to the planet

Question 27: Which satellite has atmosphere? titan, eruopa, io, miranda

Answer:

titan

Question 28: Which plant has the lowest density?

Answer:

jupiter