Brandon Gas Giants

Choose the statements that are true about the gas giants.

• Deep, massive atmospheres

• Hard, rocky surface

• Very large

• Average in size

Choose the 2 elements that Jupiter and Saturn are mostly made of.

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

• Methane

• Helium

• Water Vapor

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which gas giants have rings? Choose all that apply.

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Pluto

Which statements are true of Jupiter's core?

• Made of solid iron.

• Made of liquid metal

• Cool enough for rock to be solid

• Very hot

• Smaller than the moon

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The ​ (a)   is a storm system that is over ​ (b)   years old and is ​ (c)   the size of Earth.

• Great Red Spot
• 400
• 3 times
• 500
• 2 times
• Big Red Swirl

The ​ (a)   spacecraft reached Jupiter in ​ (b)   and sent back information about Jupiter's ​ (c)   .

• Galileo
• 1995
• composition, temperature and pressure
• Viking
• 1985
• mass, volume and density

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which gas giant has the largest, easiest to see rings?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

Saturn's rings are thought to be pieces of...? Choose all that apply ​

• Comets

• Other planets

• Asteroids

• Pieces of the Big Bang

• Shattered Moons

Saturn's rings are made of pieces that broke up before reaching the planet, they were torn apart by Saturn's powerful ​ (a)   . They are made of billions of chunks of ​ (b)  

coated with another material, such as ​ (c)   .

• Mass

• Volume
• gravity
• ice and rock
• dust
• hydrogen and helium
• water

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Which two gases mostly make up the planets Uranus and Neptune?

• Hydrogen

• Methane

• Helium

• Water Vapor

• Oxygen