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Jupiter, the Wood Star Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz on the gas planet Jupiter. Wood Star is its Japanese name.

A multiple-choice quiz by jonthomas. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
jonthomas

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
355,874

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
333

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Question 1 of 10

1. Jupiter generates more heat than it receives from the Sun, partially due to its high mass. What is one of the causes of this? Hint

Jupiter is shrinking

It has so many moons, that they cause much of this heat

It's simply too far from the Sun

It is theorized that Jupiter was once a star

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Question 2 of 10

2. The Great Red Spot is a very well known hurricane on Jupiter. It is about the same diameter as Earth itself! Which of these is another storm on Jupiter? Hint

Scooter

Dragon Storm

Great White Spot

Oval BA

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Question 3 of 10

3. The four largest moons of Jupiter are known as the Galilean moons. Which of these is not one of them? Hint

Callisto

Ganymede

Amalthea

Europa

4. Before they were officially named, the Galilean moons, then thought of as planets in their own right, were given temporary designations that showed they orbited Jupiter. One example is "The Saturn of Jupiter". Which of these was not one of the temporary names for the Galilean moons? Hint

The Jupiter of Jupiter

The Uranus of Jupiter

The Venus of Jupiter

The Mercury of Jupiter

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Question 5 of 10

5. Besides the Sun and the Moon, Jupiter is the brightest object in the night sky.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Many centuries ago, a civilization called the Akkadians, like the Greeks and Romans after them, noticed that some "stars" were not stars at all, but were planets. They came up with names for each of the ones they could identify. What is Jupiter's Akkadian name? Hint

Zeus

Salbatanu

Dilibatt

Nibiru

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is unique, compared to other gas giants, about the way Jupiter orbits the Sun? Hint

The time it takes for one full orbit does not make sense given its distance from the Sun

It orbits in the opposite direction of the other planets

It has a highly inclined orbit

Its gravity is strong enough to pull the orbital barycenter outside of the Sun's surface

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Question 8 of 10

8. Two of Jupiter's average-sized moons, Adrastrea and Metis, are thought to have contributed material to what part of the Jovian system? Hint

Some of the helium in Jupiter's atmosphere

Jupiter's rings

Moons -- that is, they broke apart into more moons

Jupiter's magnetic field

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 2007, the New Horizons space probe used the gravity of Jupiter to speed it up through space. Where was this space probe's destination? Hint

Pluto

Neptune

Eris

Sedna

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Question 10 of 10

10. On August 5th, 2011, a probe was launched to Jupiter to study what is below its atmosphere. What is the name of this probe?

Answer: (One Word, shares the name of an asteroid)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Jupiter generates more heat than it receives from the Sun, partially due to its high mass. What is one of the causes of this?

Answer: Jupiter is shrinking

Jupiter, being the most massive planet in the Solar System, is the closest to being a star, in terms of mass, that is. Were it about 75 times more massive, it would begin fusing hydrogen. At its present mass, however, it generates a high amount of heat as it shrinks under gravity. Jupiter is known to have been shrinking since it was formed. It is unknown when Jupiter will stop shrinking.

2. The Great Red Spot is a very well known hurricane on Jupiter. It is about the same diameter as Earth itself! Which of these is another storm on Jupiter?

Answer: Oval BA

Oval BA is the smaller hurricane-like storm to the lower left of the Great Red Spot. Scooter is the name of a cyclone on Neptune, and the Great White Spot and the Dragon Storm are both storms on Saturn.

3. The four largest moons of Jupiter are known as the Galilean moons. Which of these is not one of them?

Answer: Amalthea

Amalthea was the first Jovian satellite to be discovered after the Galilean moons. The fourth Galilean moon is called Io.

Answer: The Uranus of Jupiter

The Galilean moons were discovered in the year 1610, and the planet Uranus was not discovered until 1789. Many years would pass until the four moons were given their present-day names.

5. Besides the Sun and the Moon, Jupiter is the brightest object in the night sky.

Answer: False

This distinction belongs to Venus, which has a maximum magnitude of -4.9. Jupiter is, however, the second-brightest object in the night sky, shining with a magnitude of -2.94. Remember, with magnitudes, smaller numbers mean a brighter object.

Answer: Nibiru

Many people confuse the name "Nibiru" to mean a far away planet in the Solar System with an eccentric orbit that could potentially destroy Earth. This is, however, a great misconception. Nibiru was an Akkadian deity, and they named the planet after it.

7. What is unique, compared to other gas giants, about the way Jupiter orbits the Sun?

Answer: Its gravity is strong enough to pull the orbital barycenter outside of the Sun's surface

An orbital barycenter is defined as the area around which two objects orbit. For example, the Earth-Moon barycenter is within Earth itself. The barycenter for all planets except Jupiter lies in the body of the Sun. Jupiter's gravity is so strong, however, that it pulls the barycenter outside of the Sun, so they, in effect, orbit each other.

8. Two of Jupiter's average-sized moons, Adrastrea and Metis, are thought to have contributed material to what part of the Jovian system?

Answer: Jupiter's rings

Though not nearly as noticeable as the rings of Saturn, Jupiter does have rings. There are only three sections compared to Saturn's twenty-three, and they are very thin and faint.

9. In 2007, the New Horizons space probe used the gravity of Jupiter to speed it up through space. Where was this space probe's destination?

Answer: Pluto

Launched in 2006, the New Horizons probe was sent to fly by Pluto, sending us our first up-close pictures of the small planet. In 2007, it flew by Jupiter, capturing some pictures of cryo-volcanic activity on Io. Using Jupiter's gravity as a sling-shot effect, New Horizons became the fastest unmanned spacecraft since Voyager 1.

10. On August 5th, 2011, a probe was launched to Jupiter to study what is below its atmosphere. What is the name of this probe?

Answer: Juno

Juno is also the name of one of the largest known asteroids. Both the space probe and the celestial body are named after the wife of Jupiter.

Source: Author jonthomas

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