Uranus and Neptune

Why are Uranus and Neptune blue?

• Trace amounts of methane reflect a blue color

• Rayleigh scattering

• Gravity

• Hydrogen and helium particles reflecting a blue color

Is Uranus or Neptune better?

• both Ice giants are great

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Neither

Which planet has wind speeds over 1,300mph

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Naptune

• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Uranus and Neptune are both _________

• Rock giants

• Gas giants

• Ice giants

• Water Giants

When astronomers refer to ice on outer planets, they mean the material that is made of _______, ________, and ________.

• Rocks, Diamonds, and Water

• Water, Ammonia, and Methane

• Ice, Carbon, and Ethanol

• Water, Rocks, and Gas

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What do astronomers believe rain could be made of on Uranus?

• Diamonds

• Acid

• Rocks

• Lava

Neptune is slightly larger than Uranus. T or F?

• False

• True

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

When a moon or planet spins backwards it is called ________

• Moon problems

• Retrograde

• Spin backs

Uranus's moon, Miranda has the tallest _____ in the solar system.

Why does Uranus appear blue-green to us?

• Its surface is mostly water

• gas in Earth's atmosphere distort our views of Uranus

• gases in the atmosphere absorbs certain colors of light

• Its rings only reflect blue green light