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NAME: ____________________________________ PERIOD: _____ DUE: __________ Reading Guide – Chapter 27 The Planets and the Solar System Before you read each section, look over the questions that you are to answer. Then, once you know what you are reading for, begin to read the section. As you are reading, answer the questions. 27.1 The Inner Planets 1) List the two key main ideas for this section? 2) What are the inner planets? 3) What do all inner planets have? 4) What separates the inner and outer planets? 5) What are the outer planets? 6) Explain the Jovian planets? Mercury 7) Where is Mercury located in the solar system? 8) What is Mercury’s surface like? 9) Give two reasons why Mercury does not have an atmosphere? 10) What causes the extreme temperature difference on Mercury’s surface? Venus 11) What property does Venus have that is unlike any other planet? 12) Explain the length of one day and one year on Venus? 13) What do we know about Venus’s surface? 14) What do we know about Venus’s atmosphere and how did we get that information? 15) Why is Venus’s surface very hot? Mars 16) How is Mars similar to Earth? 17) What makes up the polar ice caps on Mars? 18) Explain the terrain of Mars? 27.2 The Outer Planets The Jovian Planets 19) What three reasons are given as to the difference between the Jovian planets and the terrestrial planets? 20) What two things do all Jovian planets have? 21) What are the three common properties of the Jovian planets ring system? Jupiter 22) How fast does Jupiter rotate? 23) List three facts about Jupiter? Saturn 24) How is Saturn similar to Jupiter? 25) Write two facts about Saturn. Uranus 26) What is the average temperature of Uranus? 27) Explain Uranus’s rotation. 28) For what reason do scientist think Uranus rotates this way? 29) What did the Voyager 2 discover about Uranus in 1986? Neptune, Pluto, and Charon 30) How was Neptune’s presence first discovered? 31) Why is Neptune sometimes the 9th planet? 32) Does Pluto have a moon? 33) What might make up the ‘planet’ of Pluto? 27.3 Planetary Satellites 34) What is a satellite? 35) What are the names of Mars’s moons? 36) How many moons does Jupiter have? 37) Io is volcanically active. It shows no sign of impact craters. Why? 38) Explain the make up of Europa. 39) What is the largest moon in the solar system? 40) How many moons does Saturn have? What is the name of the largest? 41) Explain the make up of Titan. 27.4 Solar-System Debris 42) What is comet? 43) Where do most comets orbit? 44) What does TNO stand for? 45) What is a coma? 46) What are asteroids? 47) Why do scientist think asteroids are around today? 48) Where are most asteroids found? 49) What is a meteor? 50) How many meteoroids enter the atmosphere of Earth every day? 51) What is a meteorite? 52) What are the three main types of meteorites? 53) What is an impact crater? 54) Why are impact craters rare on the Earth’s surface? 55) What is one of the best known craters in the U.S.?