Astronomy Assignment 9

Front 1

Of the planets, ________ is the least dense, and could float on water

Back 1

Saturns

Front 2

The great _____ spot of neptune was striking in 1989, but gone by 1995

Back 2

Dark

Front 3

Because it has a higher percentage of ___________, Neptune appears even bluer than Uranus

Back 3

Methane

Front 4

At which planet can the pole remain in darkness for 42 yearsm then have 42 years of sunlight

Back 4

Uranus

Front 5

The magnetic field tilts of which two bodies are the most unusual

Back 5

Uranus and Neptune

Front 6

Essentially, the great red spot is

Back 6

A large cyclonic storm (hurricane)

Front 7

Jupiter puts back into space twice the energy it gets from the Sun

Back 7

True

Front 8

Why does Saturn radiate even more excess heat than Jupiter?

Back 8

Helium rain falling inward generated heat as it descends

Front 9

Differential rotation is when a planet's equatorial and polar regions rotate at different rates

Back 9

True

Front 10

Of the jovian planets, which generates the least internal heat?

Back 10

Uranus

Front 11

A gravitational assist, or slingshot, can be used to either speed up or slow down a spacecraft

Back 11

True

Front 12

Much of the water on Mars

Back 12

Is thoughts to be in a layer of permafrost just below the surface

Front 13

Mars appears red due to __________ on its surface

Back 13

Iron oxide

Front 14

Like the discovery of Uranus, the finding of Neptune was accidental

Back 14

False

Front 15

Compared ot the terrestrial planets, the Jovian planets have _______________ average densities

Back 15

Low

Front 16

Compared to Jupiter, the element ______________ is notably less common in Saturn's atmosphere, perhaps condensing to fall toward the core as rain

Back 16

Helium

Front 17

Jupiter's atmosphere looks uniform and calm, with no visible detail

Back 17

FALSE MOTHEFUCKER

Front 18

Alternating zones of rising and sining gas in Jupiter's atmosphere

Back 18

Create light and dark bands

Front 19

Cometary impacts with Jupiter

Back 19

Have been observed from Earth at least twice

Front 20

What is true of Jupiter's magnetosphere?

Back 20

It has a tail that extends at least to Saturns orbit

Front 21

Small deviations in a planet's orbital motion

Back 21

Imply the nearby presence of a massive body

Front 22

The only probe into the atmospheres of any jovian planet was launched by

Back 22

Galileo into Jupiter's equatorial zone

Front 23

Like Jupiter, Saturn's rotation is fast and differential, with the __________ rotating fastest

Back 23

Equator