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Jupiter's Moons
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Question 1
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Q. How many confirmed moons does Jupiter have?
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27
67
270
670
27
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67
270
670
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Question 2
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Q. In what year did Galileo discover moons orbiting Jupiter?
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1610
1640
1670
1710
1610
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1640
1670
1710
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Q. How many of Jupiter's moons are referred to as "Galilean moons"?
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two
three
four
five
two
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three
four
five
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Question 4
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Q. The biggest of Jupiter's moons is _____
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Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Io
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Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
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Q. Ganymede, the largest moon in our solar system, is even bigger than the planet _____
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Mercury
Venus
Mars
Earth
Mercury
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Venus
Mars
Earth
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Q. Ganymede is mostly rock and ice, but it probably has a liquid _____ core
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iron
hydrogen
helium
nickel
iron
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hydrogen
helium
nickel
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Q. Ganymede is crisscrossed with large _____
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grooves
mountain ranges
craters
canals
grooves
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mountain ranges
craters
canals
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Question 8
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Q. The second biggest of Jupiter's moons is _____
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Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Io
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Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
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Question 9
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Q. The surface of Callisto is mostly _____
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ice
dust
iron oxide
volcanoes
ice
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dust
iron oxide
volcanoes
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Question 10
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Q. How does Io, Jupiter's third biggest moon, compare in size to our own moon?
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Io is much smaller
Io is slightly smaller
Io is slightly bigger
Io is much bigger
Io is much smaller
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Io is slightly smaller
Io is slightly bigger
Io is much bigger
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Question 11
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Q. Which moon is the most volcanic object in the entire solar system?
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Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Io
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Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
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Question 12
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Q. Which moon is the smallest of the Gailean moons?
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Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Io
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Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
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Q. How does Europa, Jupiter's fourth biggest moon, compare in size to our own moon?
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Europa is much smaller
Europa is slightly smaller
Europa is slightly bigger
Europa is much bigger
Europa is much smaller
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Europa is slightly smaller
Europa is slightly bigger
Europa is much bigger
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Question 14
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Q. Which moon has an entire ocean of water sealed up under a solid crust of ice?
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Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Io
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Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
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Q. The interiors of Ganymede, Io, and Europa are kept warm by _____
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nuclear fision
nuclear fusion
tidal flexing
volcanic activity
nuclear fision
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nuclear fusion
tidal flexing
volcanic activity
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Q. Which moon likely has everything it needs to spawn life?
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Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Io
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Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
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Q. What is the name for "scientists who study the possibility of life in space"?
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cosmologists
exophysiologists
astrobiologists
paleontologists
cosmologists
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exophysiologists
astrobiologists
paleontologists
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Question 18
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Q. The distance from a star where liquid water can exist on a planet's surface is called the _____
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aqua-region
life area
habitable zone
bio-space
aqua-region
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life area
habitable zone
bio-space
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Question 19
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Q. All of Jupiter's moons _____
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are tidally locked to Jupiter
have liquid water
are covered partially in ice
have volcanic activity
are tidally locked to Jupiter
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have liquid water
are covered partially in ice
have volcanic activity
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Question 20
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Q. When a moon orbits the planet backwards relative to the others, it's called a _____
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retrograde orbit
heliocentric orbit
geosynchronous orbit
prograde orbit
retrograde orbit
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heliocentric orbit
geosynchronous orbit
prograde orbit
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