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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.