Planets and Comets

How many planets are called the Terrestrial planets?

• 3

• 4

• 5

Which are the Jovian planets?

• Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus

• Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune

• Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus

What is a difference between the Terrestrial and the Jovian planets?

• The Terrestrial planets are rocky and the Jovian planets are gas

• The Terrestrial planets are the larger planets and the Jovian planets are the smaller planets

• The Terrestrial planets all have moons and the Jovian planets do not all have moons

The planet Jupiter has a forever storm raging on it.

• True

• False

Where are comets formed?

• The Kuiper Cloud

• The Oort Cloud

• The Milky Way

What happened to Jupiter in 1994?

• A few pieces of an exploded comet crashed into it

• It changes its spinning direction

• It had a change in color

A comet orbits the sun in an elliptical manner.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is it about the giant planets that helps protect earth?

• Their strong gravity

• Their enormous size

• Their rings

What forms the tail of a comet?

• Dust and gases

• Dust and light energy

• Gases and light energy

How are comets named?

• By the person who discovered it

• By its size

• By its color