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- 1. Multiple Choice
In our solar system, Saturn is the _____largest planetsecond largest planetthird largest planetfourth largest planet - 2. Multiple ChoiceSaturn's atmosphere, hundreds of kilometers deep, is composed mostly of _____hydrogenmethaneammoniahelium
- 3. Multiple ChoiceSaturn's density is about _____ that of water1/22/33/44/5
- 4. Multiple ChoiceSaturn spins really quickly, completing a day in just _____three hoursfive and a half hourseight hoursten and a half hours
- 5. Multiple ChoiceSaturn is really oblate, or squished; it’s _____ through the Equator than through the poles5% narrower5% wider10% wider15% wider
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhen we look at Saturn, we only see its cloud tops, which are mostly _____ammoniamethanehydrogenhelium
- 7. Multiple ChoiceIn 2010, what was seen in Saturn’s northern hemisphere?a huge storma meteor impactvolcanic activitydistinct bands
- 8. Multiple ChoiceOn Saturn, where is the huge, hexagonal vortex located?on the equatorthe location changesthe north polethe south pole
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWind speeds at the center of the hexagonal vortex have been clocked at _____5 kilometers per hour50 kilometers per hour500 kilometers per hour5000 kilometers per hour
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWho correctly interpreted the appearance of the rings surrounding Saturn?GalileoHuygensNewtonCopernicus
- 11. Multiple ChoiceSaturn's rings are composed of _____solid rockwater icegas and dustmethane gas
- 12. Multiple ChoiceOn average, what is the thickness of Saturn's rings?about ten millimeters thickabout ten centimeters thickabout ten meters thickabout ten kilometers thick
- 13. Multiple ChoiceIf Saturn was the size of a piece of paper, that paper would be _____ thicker than the rings.ten timesa hundred timesa thousand timesten thousand times
- 14. Multiple ChoiceHow many main rings does Saturn have?threefourfivesix
- 15. Multiple ChoiceSaturn's rings are given lettered names in order of _____their thicknesstheir widththeir distance from the planettheir discovery
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe gap between the A and B rings is called _____the Galileo Dividethe Cassini Divisionthe Huygens Partitionthe Ring Separation
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich icy moon, responsible for the Cassini Division, has a single huge crater?TitanTethysMimasEnceladus
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich of Saturn's moons is bigger than Mercury?TitanTethysMimasEnceladus
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich spacecraft has been orbiting Saturn since 2004, and mapped the surface of Titan?CassiniHuygensMagellanRosetta
- 20. Multiple ChoiceTitan has hints of cryovolcanoes that spew _____liquid waterliquid nitrogendry icehydrocarbon grains
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat liquid has been found, residing in lakes, on Titan’s north and south poles?watermethaneammoniahydrogen
- 22. Multiple ChoiceEnceladus erupts water from a series of cracks nicknamed _____Huygens striationsCassini Divisionsbands and beltstiger stripes
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