Question 1

Who discovered Neptune in the late 19th century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Galileo 
B)  Herschel 
C)  Galle 
D)  Le Verrier and Adams 
E)  Tombaugh and Lowell 
A)  Galileo 
B)  Herschel 
C)  Galle 
D)  Le Verrier and Adams 
E)  Tombaugh and Lowell D

Question 2

Uranus rotates _______________ degrees from the _______________ to its orbit.

Accepted Answer

97.8; perpendicular

Question 3

What did Le Verrier and Adams do differently than Herschel when they discovered Neptune?

Accepted Answer

A)  found the planet by scanning thousands of photographic plates 
B)  found the planet by accident by simply searching the sky 
C)  applied the basic laws of physics to discover Neptune's position 
D)  applied a newly modified telescope to find the position of Neptune 
E)  witnessed the parallax of Neptune and calculated its position 
A)  found the planet by scanning thousands of photographic plates 
B)  found the planet by accident by simply searching the sky 
C)  applied the basic laws of physics to discover Neptune's position 
D)  applied a newly modified telescope to find the position of Neptune 
E)  witnessed the parallax of Neptune and calculated its position C

Question 4

Neptune's blue-green color is caused by _______________ in its hydrogen-rich atmosphere absorbing red light.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Neptune's blue-green color is caused by _______________...

Question 5

What are the two largest moons of Neptune and what makes them peculiar objects in our Solar System?

Accepted Answer

The two largest moons, Triton and Nereid

Question 6

The rapid rotation of Uranus and its high inclination give the magnetosphere and its long extension a(n) _______________ shape.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The rapid rotation of Uranus and its...

Question 7

What is the latest hypothesis for the creation of the ovoids on the surface of Miranda?

Accepted Answer

A)  A secondary bombardment episode occurred near the Kuiper belt 
B)  Nitrogen ices warmed by the Sun melt and refreeze 
C)  Gravitation pulled together fragments of an earlier shattered moon 
D)  Tectonic plate movement at various subduction zones in its oceans 
E)  internal heat driving large and slow convection currents in the icy mantle 
A)  A secondary bombardment episode occurred near the Kuiper belt 
B)  Nitrogen ices warmed by the Sun melt and refreeze 
C)  Gravitation pulled together fragments of an earlier shattered moon 
D)  Tectonic plate movement at various subduction zones in its oceans 
E)  internal heat driving large and slow convection currents in the icy mantle

Question 8

Spectra show that the moons of Uranus contain frozen water, although their surfaces are _______________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Spectra show that the moons of Uranus...

Question 9

Who discovered Uranus?

Accepted Answer

A)  Galileo Galilei 
B)  William Herschel 
C)  John Couch Adams 
D)  Urbain Le Verrier 
E)  Clyde Tombaugh 
A)  Galileo Galilei 
B)  William Herschel 
C)  John Couch Adams 
D)  Urbain Le Verrier 
E)  Clyde Tombaugh

Question 10

The moons of Uranus orbit within the planet's ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  belt-zone circulation 
B)  occultation 
C)  elliptic 
D)  ecliptic 
E)  radiation belts 
A)  belt-zone circulation 
B)  occultation 
C)  elliptic 
D)  ecliptic 
E)  radiation belts

Question 11

What does it mean for a Kuiper Belt Object to be considered a plutino?

Accepted Answer

They are objects cau

Question 12

Which statement best describes the smaller moons of Uranus?

Accepted Answer

A)  bright, spherical bodies 
B)  bright, highly grooved surfaces 
C)  dark, icy worlds 
D)  dark, rocky worlds 
E)  dark, highly active worlds 
A)  bright, spherical bodies 
B)  bright, highly grooved surfaces 
C)  dark, icy worlds 
D)  dark, rocky worlds 
E)  dark, highly active worlds

Question 13

What makes Neptune's moon Triton stand out from all the other large satellites in the Solar System?

Accepted Answer

A)  originated as a comet 
B)  the most geologically active 
C)  the most reflective satellite 
D)  largest satellite in the Solar System 
E)  the only large satellite with a backward orbit 
A)  originated as a comet 
B)  the most geologically active 
C)  the most reflective satellite 
D)  largest satellite in the Solar System 
E)  the only large satellite with a backward orbit

Question 14

How are dwarf planets different from planets?

Accepted Answer

According to the International Astronomi

Question 15

Which is a characteristic of dwarf planets?

Accepted Answer

A)  They possess an asymmetrical or irregular shape. 
B)  Their orbit is highly elliptical and far from the Sun. 
C)  They must reside within the Kuiper belt or Oort cloud. 
D)  They have insufficient gravitational pull to clear their neighborhood. 
E)  They cross the orbit of other planets during its own revolution. 
A)  They possess an asymmetrical or irregular shape. 
B)  Their orbit is highly elliptical and far from the Sun. 
C)  They must reside within the Kuiper belt or Oort cloud. 
D)  They have insufficient gravitational pull to clear their neighborhood. 
E)  They cross the orbit of other planets during its own revolution.

Question 16

Who discovered Pluto?

Accepted Answer

A)  Galileo Galilei 
B)  William Herschel 
C)  John Couch Adams 
D)  Percival Lowell 
E)  Clyde Tombaugh 
A)  Galileo Galilei 
B)  William Herschel 
C)  John Couch Adams 
D)  Percival Lowell 
E)  Clyde Tombaugh

Question 17

Dwarf planets grew large in the solar nebula but never became large enough to capture or eject other objects orbiting nearby.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Belt-zone circulation on Uranus is dominated by the rotation of the planet and not by the direction of sunlight.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

One of Neptune's moons produces _______________ in the outermost ring.

Accepted Answer

The answer of One of Neptune's moons produces _______________ in...

Question 20

Pluto was discovered by Percival Lowell in 1930.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 24: Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt

Who discovered Neptune in the late 19th century?

Uranus rotates _______________ degrees from the _______________ to its orbit.

What did Le Verrier and Adams do differently than Herschel when they discovered Neptune?

Neptune's blue-green color is caused by _______________ in its hydrogen-rich atmosphere absorbing red light.

What are the two largest moons of Neptune and what makes them peculiar objects in our Solar System?

The rapid rotation of Uranus and its high inclination give the magnetosphere and its long extension a(n) _______________ shape.

What is the latest hypothesis for the creation of the ovoids on the surface of Miranda?

Spectra show that the moons of Uranus contain frozen water, although their surfaces are _______________.

Who discovered Uranus?

The moons of Uranus orbit within the planet's ____.

What does it mean for a Kuiper Belt Object to be considered a plutino?

Which statement best describes the smaller moons of Uranus?

What makes Neptune's moon Triton stand out from all the other large satellites in the Solar System?

How are dwarf planets different from planets?

Which is a characteristic of dwarf planets?

Who discovered Pluto?

Dwarf planets grew large in the solar nebula but never became large enough to capture or eject other objects orbiting nearby.

Belt-zone circulation on Uranus is dominated by the rotation of the planet and not by the direction of sunlight.

One of Neptune's moons produces _______________ in the outermost ring.

Pluto was discovered by Percival Lowell in 1930.

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