Multiple Choice Questions

It has a different composition than Saturn, including a higher proportion of hydrogen compounds and rocks
  • Why is Neptune denser than Saturn?
  • Why are Saturn's rings so thin?
  • Why is Jupiter denser than Saturn?
  • Why does Jupiter have several distinct cloud layers?
composed of a large number of individual particles that orbit their planet in accord with Kepler's third law. nearer to their planet than any of the planet's large moons. known to exist for all of the jovian planets. orbiting in the equatorial plane of their planet. all of the above
  • Planetary rings are
  • Why is Neptune denser than Saturn?
  • Why are Saturn's rings so thin?
  • Why do the jovian planet interiors differ?
hills, valleys and rivers
  • What did the Huygens probe photograph as it landed on Titan?
  • Which of the following statements about Titan is not true?
  • What is the Cassini division of Saturn's rings?
  • Which of the following is not due to tidal forces?
Any particle in the ring with an orbital tilt would collide with other ring particles, flattening its orbit.
  • Why are Saturn's rings so thin?
  • Why are there no impact craters on the surface of Io?
  • Why is Neptune denser than Saturn?
  • Why is Jupiter denser than Saturn?
100 million
  • How thick are Saturn's rings from top to bottom?
  • What did the Huygens probe photograph as it landed on Titan?
  • How many more times is the atmospheric pressure in Jupiter's core greater than the atmospheric pressure at Earth's surface?
  • What is the most important reason why an icy moon is more likely to be geologically active than a rocky moon of the same size?
Different layers represent clouds made of gases that condense at different temperatures.
  • Why does Jupiter have several distinct cloud layers?
  • Why are there no impact craters on the surface of Io?
  • Why is Jupiter denser than Saturn?
  • Why is Saturn almost as big as Jupiter, despite its smaller mass?
Io did have impact craters but they have all been buried in lava flows.
  • Why are there no impact craters on the surface of Io?
  • Why does Jupiter have several distinct cloud layers?
  • What is the Cassini division of Saturn's rings?
  • Which of the following statements about Titan is not true?
by contracting, changing gravitational potential energy into thermal energy
  • How do the jovian planet interiors differ?
  • Why is Saturn almost as big as Jupiter, despite its smaller mass?
  • How do astronomers think Jupiter generates its internal heat?
  • How do the size and mass of Jupiter's core compare to the size and mass of Earth?
All have cores of about the same mass, but differ in the amount of surrounding hydrogen and helium.
  • What is the Cassini division of Saturn's rings?
  • Which of the following is not due to tidal forces?
  • Why do the jovian planet interiors differ?
  • How do the jovian planet interiors differ?
It is the coldest moon in the solar system.
  • Why are there no impact craters on the surface of Io?
  • Which of the following statements about Titan is not true?
  • How do the size and mass of Jupiter's core compare to the size and mass of Earth?
  • Which of the following is not due to tidal forces?
The extra mass of Jupiter compresses its interior to a greater extent than that of Saturn.
  • Why is Neptune denser than Saturn?
  • Why is Jupiter denser than Saturn?
  • Why does Jupiter have several distinct cloud layers?
  • Why are Saturn's rings so thin?
Ice has a lower melting point than rock.
  • What did the Huygens probe photograph as it landed on Titan?
  • Which of the following statements about Titan is not true?
  • What is the Cassini division of Saturn's rings?
  • What is the most important reason why an icy moon is more likely to be geologically active than a rocky moon of the same size?
the retrograde orbit of Triton (a moon of Neptune)
  • Which of the following statements about Titan is not true?
  • Which of the following is not due to tidal forces?
  • What is the Cassini division of Saturn's rings?
  • Why are there no impact craters on the surface of Io?
Accretion took longer further from the Sun, so the more distant planets formed their cores later and captured less gas from the solar nebula than the closer jovian planets.
  • Which of the following is not due to tidal forces?
  • How do the jovian planet interiors differ?
  • What is the Cassini division of Saturn's rings?
  • Why do the jovian planet interiors differ?
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