Quiz 13 (Exam 2) – Flashcards
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The gas giants are composed primarily of:
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Hydrogen
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The compositions of Uranus and Neptune differ primarily from that of Jupiter and Saturn in that the outer two planets contain:
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Water ice
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Why are Jupiter and Saturn not perfectly spherical?
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They rotate rapidly.
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Which of the giant planets was predicted to exist mathematically before it was ever seen through a telescope?
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Neptune
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If you could find a large enough ocean, which one of these planets would float in it?
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Saturn
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As a group, the giant planets all rotate _________ terrestrial planets.
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Faster than
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All the giant planets except _______ experience seasons.
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Jupiter
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A planet will have bands in its atmosphere like Jupiter and Saturn if:
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The wind speeds vary greatly with latitude
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The Great Red Spot, Jupiter's most prominent storm system, has a diameter that is ________ times the Earth's diameter.
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2
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The inner core of each of the giant planets is made up of rocky material that is __________ times the mass of the Earth.
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5 to 10
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Despite the high temperatures deep in the interior of the giant planets, their cores remain liquid because:
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They are under very high pressures.
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The strongest magnetic fields in the Solar System are found on which planet?
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Jupiter
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Jupiter's rings are made of material from:
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Its largest, innermost moons
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Rings of giant planets are very thin compared to their diameters mainly because:
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Of collision between ring particles.
