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- 1. Multiple Choice
Jupiter is referred to as a _____gas giantliquid behemothvapor mammothrocky colossus - 2. Multiple ChoiceHow many Earths could fit inside Jupiter?about 20about 100about 500about 1000
- 3. Multiple ChoiceJupiter has a mass over _____ that of Earth30 times80 times300 times800 times
- 4. Multiple ChoiceDespite its bulk, Jupiter rotates extremely rapidly: One day on Jupiter is a mere _____50 minutes long1 hour long10 hours long15 hours long
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWho discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter?NewtonHookeGalileoCopernicus
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe light and dark-colored stripes, in Jupiter's clouds, are called _____sections and sashestracts and strapszones and beltsrealms and ribbons
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe light colored zones, in Jupiter's atmosphere, are formed from _____ammonia cloudssulfuric acid cloudscarbon dioxide cloudswater vapor
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe colossal hurricane on Jupiter is dubbed _____the Great Red Spotthe Eye of the Stormthe Vast Dark Spotthe Hooke Squall
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe large hurricane on Jupiter was first noticed _____three decades agoeight decades agothree centuries agoeight centuries ago
- 10. Multiple ChoiceHow deep is Jupiter's atmosphere?several kilometersseveral dozen kilometersseveral hundred kilometersseveral thousand kilometers
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe air on Jupiter is mostly _____ammonia and methanecarbon dioxide and hydrogenhelium and ammoniahydrogen and helium
- 12. Multiple ChoiceInstead of a mantle, Jupiter has a huge region made up of liquid metallic _____hydrogenheliumironsodium
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe solar system formed from gas and dust, in the shape of _____a flat diska ballan oblong spherea spindle
- 14. Multiple ChoiceDuring formation, small planets are referred to as _____baby planetsprotoplanetsmicroplanetsplanetoids
- 15. Multiple ChoiceJupiter is wider at the equator than through the poles by about _____6%10%14%2%
- 16. Multiple ChoiceHydrogen fusion starts when a star has roughly _____ of the Sun’s mass1/201/21/61/12
- 17. Multiple ChoiceFor Jupiter to form a star, you'd need the mass of _____20 more Jupiters40 more Jupiters60 more Jupiters80 more Jupiters
- 18. Multiple ChoiceJupiter radiates away much of it's heat as _____infrared lightvisible lightultraviolet lightmicrowaves
- 19. Multiple ChoiceHow long ago did Jupiter form?4.5 million years ago45 million years ago4.5 billion years ago45 billion years ago
- 20. Multiple ChoiceJupiter's ring is made of _____gaseshydrogendustlarge rocks
- 21. Multiple ChoiceIn 1994, which comet impacted Jupiter?Comet Hale-BoppComet Swift-TuttleComet Shoemaker-Levy 9Comet Halley
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