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Jupiter is imaged with the Stockholm Infrared Camera (SIRCA) in the H2O band. Credit: M. Gålfalk, G. Olofsson and H.-G. Florén, Nordic Observatory Telescope (NOT).

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Quiz

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1 Complete the text:

When imaged in visible light Jupiter appears like a gas

rather than a

planet.

2 True or False, Pallas is the only minor planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

TRUE
FALSE

3 Complete the text:

Match up the object viewed in the ultraviolet with its image:
Sun's chromosphere- L
calcite - M
Venus - N
Jupiter's aurora - O
Jupiter - P
Io - Q
Saturn - R
Betelgeuse - S
Mira - T
LAB-1 - U
Messier 101 - V

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4 True or False, Ceres is a former asteroid now in orbit around Jupiter.

TRUE
FALSE

5 Which of the following is not associated with Ceres?

Pallas
asteroid belt
Vesta
Carina
Apophis
between Mars and Jupiter

6 True or False, Jupiter is a gaseous astronomical object in orbit around the Moon.

TRUE
FALSE

7 The first astronomical X-ray source in the asteroid belt is likely to be which of the following?

Vesta
Mars
Jupiter
Ceres
Titan

8 A cosmic ray may originate from what astronomical source?

Jupiter
the solar wind
the diffuse X-ray background
Mount Redoubt in Alaska
the asteroid belt
an active galactic nucleus

9 Complete the text:

The majority of known asteroids orbit the Sun between the orbits of

and

.

10 A natural rocky source of chemicals from the sky to the ground may originate from what astronomical source?

Jupiter
the solar wind
the diffuse X-ray background
Mount Redoubt in Alaska
the asteroid belt
the International Space Station

11 Meteorites found on Earth may be from which of the following?

Saturn
Mercury
the Moon
the asteroid belt
Jupiter
Mars


Hypotheses

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Main resource: Hypotheses
  1. Questions about natural satellites in orbit around Jupiter may add to testing knowledge of Jupiter.

See also

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