Use these questions to test your understanding. If you get them wrong, you will be linked back to the relevant part of the notes.
Be sure you study them thoroughly (don't just get a quick fix for your mistake) so your overall understanding is improved.
1. Saturn is most similar to
a. Earth b. Mars c. Jupiter d. Mercury e. Venus
2. Uranus is very similar to
a. Venus b. Jupiter c. Neptune d. Pluto e. all of the above
3. Moons that come too close to a planet
a. will disintegrate b. will heat up c. will have magnetic fields
d. will gain mass e. will sweep up some of the planet's atmosphere
4. Rings around planets
a. are leftover from the planet's formation b. are comprised of gas
c. are due to strong magnetic fields d. are common around terrestrial planets
e. are common around giant planets
5. We have not made a good map of the surface features on Titan because
a. it has a relatively opaque atmosphere b. its surface is liquid
c. it is so far away d. it is so icy e. we can't see it from Earth
6. The densest of Jupiter's large moons are found
a. far from Jupiter b. close to Jupiter c. in retrograde orbits d. in highly elliptical orbits
e. distributed throughout the Jovian moon system
7. This moon of Jupiter has a relatively smooth icy surface suggesting an underlying ocean.
a. Ganymede b. Amalthea c. Europa d. Io e. Callisto
8. Volcanoes may occur on a moon because of
a. tidal heating b. sunlight reflecting off a giant planet c. collisional heating by meteors