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Planet Jupiter

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1) True or false?

Planet Jupiter is so far away you need a telescope to even see it.

True
False


2) Who discovered Jupiter's first 4 biggest satellites ?

Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
The Voyager spacecrafts


3) What is planet Jupiter famous for ?

its red spot
its beautiful rings
its many craters and volcanoes


4) Pick the correct list that contains the names of some of Jupiter's moons:

Titan, Oberon, Charon, Io
Phobos, Deimos, Ganymede
Io, Europa , Ganymede, Callisto
Io, Oberon, Ganymede, Callisto


5) Which Nasa spacecraft missions went to Jupiter?

Pathfinder
Mariner 1 and Mariner 2
Voyager, Galileo, Pioneer 11, Pioneer 10
All these spacecraft went to planet Jupiter


6) Does Jupiter have rings ?

Yes
No, only Saturn has rings
No, only Saturn, Uranus and Neptune has rings


7) When was the first spacecraft sent to the planet Jupiter?

in the 1950's
in the 1970's
in the 1990's


8) Which planet is just farther from the Sun than Jupiter ?

Earth
Mars
Saturn
None of the above is correct


9) Pick the true statement:

Saturn is by far the largest planet.
Neptune is the largest planet.
Jupiter is the largest planet.


10) Pick the correct statement:

Planet Jupiter is further from the Sun than Uranus.
Planet Jupiter is a gas giant, just like planet Saturn.
Planet Jupiter has the most beautiful ring system of all the planets - as seen from Earth.
Most of Jupiters moons consist of gases - just like Jupiter.




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