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Name: ___________________________ Notes – #30 Jupiter and Its Amazing Moons 1. Jupiter is _____ times the diameter of Earth and ________ times its mass. 2. Jupiter is ______ AU from the Sun and it takes ______ years to complete one orbit. 3. Jupiter is ______ times more massive than all of the other planets put together. 4. Jupiter rotates about its axis in ________ hours. 5. Jupiter consists mostly of ________________ and _________________. 6. True or False: Jupiter has a strong magnetic field. 7. The outer planets retained so much more hydrogen and helium largely because the temperature was much ______________ in the outer solar system. 8. The Great Spot is ______________ times the size of the Earth. It is a high-pressure storm that has existed for over 300 years. 9. Cassini on its way to Saturn got as boost from Jupiter’s ____________ to give it additional speed and a change in direction. 10. True or False: Some of Jupiter’s bands move from West to East and some move from East to West. 11. Rapid rotation and continued contraction inside Jupiter leads to a stormy ____________________. 12. ________ volcanoes have been spotted on the Galilean moon __________. 13. Europa has a smooth icy surface. We can tell its surface is relatively young because there are very few ____________ on the surface. 14: True or False: Jupiter has a faint ring system.