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Science
Planet Quiz -
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Planets are defined as celestial bodies that ______ a star. | Orbit |
| What are the inner planets | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars |
| What are the outer planets | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| The inner planets are? | Terrestrial or Rocky |
| The out planets are? | Jovian or Gas Giants |
| Planets are defined as celestial bodies that orbit a star and form a spherical shape due to its own_______ | Gravity |
| Inner Planets are also known as | Terrestrial |
| Outer Planets are also know as | Jovian |
| What planet is closest to the sun? | Mercury |
| What planet has almost not atmosphere | Mercury |
| What planet day is almost as long as its year | Mercury |
| This planet has a very large temperature range - day 450 degree C and Night -170 degree C | Mercury |
| This planet is know as "Earths twin" because of its similar size | Venus |
| Which planet it the hottest, above 450 degree C, due to an atmosphere mostly of CO2. | Venue |
| Venus atmosphere mostly CO2 causes a severe? | Greenhouse Effect |
| This planets rotation is in the opposite direction than other planets. | Venue |
| Rotation in the opposite direction than other planets is called? | Retrograde Rotation |
| This is the only planet known to have life | Earth |
| This planet has about 70% if the surface covered with liquid water, good life source | Earth |
| This planet's atmosphere is made mostly of nitrogen (78%) and osygen (21%) | Earth |
| This planet has seasons due to its tilt on this axis of rotation | Earth |
| This planet is called the "Red Planet" doe to its rusty iron surface | Mars |
| This planet has water below the surface | Mars |
| What other planet like Earth has seasons due to its tilt on its axis? | Mars |
| No people have been on this planet yet, but several probes and rovers have | Mars |
| What is the biggest planet in the solar system | Jupiter |
| This planet is considered a "failed star" | Jupiter |
| This planet has 4 large moons (60+ overall) | Jupiter |
| Planet with Great Red Spot - a storm many times bigger than Earth, raging for 1000's of years | Jupiter |
| What is the second largest planet which has many moons | Saturn |
| This planet is the most distant planet know to the ancients | Saturn |
| The least dense planet that would float in water | Saturn |
| This planet has distinct rings made of rock and ice orbiting the planet | Saturn |
| This planet was discovered in 1781 | Uranus |
| It takes 84 E.y. to orbit this planet | Uranus |
| Along with Neptune, its known as an ice giant. | Uranus |
| The axis tilt at 90 degrees may be the result of a large object hitting the planet knocking it on its side - which plant am I | Uranus |
| This planet has rings but not as noticeable as Saturn | Uranus |
| This planet Europa is a moon that may have the ingredients for life, such as liquid | Jupiter |
| Which planet is about 30 time further from the Sun than the Earth | Neptune |
| This planet was discovered by mathematical prediction | Neptune |
| For 20 years out of every 248, this planet's orbit is outside of Pluto's | Neptune |
| What are the five outer planets? | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| Which planets are the gas giants? | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| What are the two main differences between Pluto and the gas giants? | Size and gas giants has a rocky core |
| Why doesn't the gas on a gas giant escape into space as it has on Mercury? | Stronger gravitational force, thick atmosphere |
| What object in the solar system has a composition similar to that of the gas giants? | Outer solar system |
| What planet is by far the most massive of all the plants that revolve around the sun? | Jupiter |
| What are Saturn's rings made of | rock and ice |
| Why did astronomers know where to look to discover Neptune? | Uranus did not follow the orbit path. Discovered by mathematical prediction. |
| Why do astronomers sometimes consider Pluto and its moon, Charon to be a double planet? | Share atmosphere |
| What is a gas giant? | A large planet of relatively low density consisting of hydrogen and helium |
| What are terrestrial planets | Relatively small and rocky surfaces |
| What is retrograde rotation | Rotation is in the opposite direction than the other planets |
| What is the greenhouse effect? | A process in which gasses in earth's atmosphere such as water vapor and carbon dioxide allow visible light to pass throughout, absorb reradiated infrared radiation on that warms the lower atmosphere |
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