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Objective – Watching a DVD, I can identify properties of Jupiter.
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Traveler’s Guide to the Planets – Jupiter Video Worksheet
1. What is Jupiter named after?
a. Greek god of war.
b. Roman god of beauty.
c. Greek king of the gods.
d. Roman king of the gods.
2. Jupiter could swallow every planet and moon in the Solar System.
a. True
b. False
3. About ____________ Earths could be placed inside Jupiter. (Enter a number.)
4. Jupiter is made of which gases? (There are two or more answers to this
question.)
a. Helium
b. Hydrogen
c. Methane
d. Nitrogen
5. A day on Jupiter less than ____________ hours. (Enter a number)
6. At last count, Jupiter had ____________ moons. (Enter a number)
7. It would take a 747 ____________ weeks to fly around Jupiter once. (Enter a
number.)
8. Jupiter has a surface.
a. True
b. False
9. How far away is Jupiter from Earth?
a. One-quarter of a billion miles.
b. One-half of a billion miles.
c. Three-quarters of a billion miles.
d. One billion miles.
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Objective – Watching a DVD, I can identify properties of Jupiter.
10. Lighting on Jupiter is ____________ times more powerful than on Earth. (Enter
a number)
11. It is easier to predict weather on Jupiter easier than on Earth.
a. True
b. False
12. The Great Red Spot on Jupiter has lasted for ____________years. (Enter a
number)
13. If you could smell them, Jupiter’s clouds would stink.
a. True
b. False
14. As you go deeper into the atmosphere of Jupiter, it is pressed into a…
a. solid.
b. liquid.
c. b. gas.
15. This moon is called volcano central.
a. Callisto
b. Europa
c. Ganymede
d. Io
16. This moon has snow made of sulfur.
a. Callisto
b. Europa
c. Ganymede
d. Io
17. This moon is the largest moon in the Solar System.
a. Callisto
b. Europa
c. Ganymede
d. Io
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Objective – Watching a DVD, I can identify properties of Jupiter.
18. Pieces of the comet collided with Jupiter in July 1994.
a. Comet Halley
b. Comet Hyakutake
c. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 7
d. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
19. Life would still be possible on Earth without Jupiter.
a. True
b. False
20. The moon has a frozen icy shell that floats above a vast ocean of salty water.
a. Callisto
b. Europa
c. Ganymede
d. Io
21. There may be more water on Europa than on Earth.
a. Yes
b. No
22. With water comes the possibility of life.
a. True
b. False
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Objective – Watching a DVD, I can identify properties of Jupiter.
Traveler’s Guide to the Planets – Jupiter Video Worksheet – Key
1. What is Jupiter named after?
d. Roman king of the gods.
2. Jupiter could swallow every planet and moon in the Solar System.
a. True
3. About ____________ Earths could be placed inside Jupiter. (Enter a number.)
1000
4. Jupiter is made of which gases? (There are two or more answers to this
question.)
a. Helium; b. Hydrogen
5. A day on Jupiter less than ____________ hours. (Enter a number)
10
6. At last count, Jupiter had ____________ moons. (Enter a number)
62
7. How long would it take a 747 to fly around Jupiter once?
3
8. Jupiter has a surface.
b. False
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Objective – Watching a DVD, I can identify properties of Jupiter.
9. How far away is Jupiter from Earth?
b. One-half of a billion miles.
10. Lighting on Jupiter is ____________ times more powerful than on Earth. (Enter
a number)
10
11. It is easier to predict weather on Jupiter easier than on Earth.
a. True
12. The Great Red Spot on Jupiter has lasted for ____________years. (Enter a
number)
400
13. If you could smell them, Jupiter’s clouds would stink.
a. True
14. As you go deeper into the atmosphere of Jupiter, it is pressed into a…
b. liquid.
15. This moon is called volcano central.
d. Io
16. This moon has snow made of sulfur.
d. Io
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Objective – Watching a DVD, I can identify properties of Jupiter.
17. This moon is the largest moon in the Solar System.
c. Ganymede
18. Pieces of the comet collided with Jupiter in July 1994.
d. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
19. Life would still be possible on Earth without Jupiter.
b. False
20. The moon has a frozen icy shell that floats above a vast ocean of salty water.
b. Europa
21. There may be more water on Europa than on Earth.
a. Yes
22. With water comes the possibility of life.
a. True
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Objective – Watching a DVD, I can identify properties of Jupiter.
Traveler’s Guide to the Planets – Jupiter Video Worksheet –
Scoring Guide
1. d
2. a (2 choices)
3. 1000
4. a, b
5. 10
6. 62
7. 3
8. b (2 choices)
9. b
10. 10
11. a (2 choices)
12. 400
13. a (2 choices)
14. b (3 choices)
15. d
16. d
17. c
18. d
19. b (2 choices)
20. b
21. a (2 choices)
22. a (2 choices)
Scoring Guide
20-22 – 3
18-19 – 2.5
15-16 – 2
13-14 – 1.5
1-12 – .5
0–0
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