Question 1

What evidence is there that Titania underwent an active geological phase?

Accepted Answer

A)  It has no large craters on its surface and a network of faults. 
B)  It currently has active volcanoes on its surface. 
C)  It is covered in methane ice. 
D)  It has a very smooth and highly reflective surface. 
E)  It has a large rocky core surrounded by an icy mantle. 
A)  It has no large craters on its surface and a network of faults. 
B)  It currently has active volcanoes on its surface. 
C)  It is covered in methane ice. 
D)  It has a very smooth and highly reflective surface. 
E)  It has a large rocky core surrounded by an icy mantle. A

Question 2

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 E

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

They are objects caught in a 3:2 resonance with Neptune.

Question 4

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 5

The _______________ on Uranus passes very near the planet's celestial poles.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The _______________ on Uranus passes very near...

Question 6

How are dwarf planets different from planets?

Accepted Answer

According to the International Astronomi

Question 7

What kind of activity does the surface of Triton experience?

Accepted Answer

A)  nitrogen geysers 
B)  sulfur-based volcanoes 
C)  carbon dioxide geysers 
D)  methane ice tectonics 
E)  liquid nitrogen lava flows 
A)  nitrogen geysers 
B)  sulfur-based volcanoes 
C)  carbon dioxide geysers 
D)  methane ice tectonics 
E)  liquid nitrogen lava flows

Question 8

Uranus rotates on an axis that is inclined 98.0° from the perpendicular to its orbit.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What is unique about Pluto's orbit?

Accepted Answer

A)  high eccentricity 
B)  its length shifts over time 
C)  the longest orbital period 
D)  eccentricity is zero 
E)  overlaps the orbit of Uranus 
A)  high eccentricity 
B)  its length shifts over time 
C)  the longest orbital period 
D)  eccentricity is zero 
E)  overlaps the orbit of Uranus

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

How are Neptune's rings different from the rings of Uranus?

Accepted Answer

The rings of Neptune are bright in forwa

Question 12

How many moons have so far been discovered orbiting Uranus?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 
B)  5 
C)  10 
D)  15 
E)  30+ 
A)  1 
B)  5 
C)  10 
D)  15 
E)  30+

Question 13

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 14

What characteristic of Uranus makes it stand out from all the other Jovian planets?

Accepted Answer

A)  the farthest planet from the Sun 
B)  r otates on its side 
C)  has the longest orbital period 
D)  Its moon is the same size as the planet 
E)  atmosphere contains methane 
A)  the farthest planet from the Sun 
B)  r otates on its side 
C)  has the longest orbital period 
D)  Its moon is the same size as the planet 
E)  atmosphere contains methane

Question 15

Are the ring particles of Uranus primordial?  Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The ring particles of Uranus do not last

Question 16

Pluto and Neptune orbit in _______________ with each other so they never come close together.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Pluto and Neptune orbit in _______________ with...

Question 17

What spacecraft will visit Pluto in 2015?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cassini 
B)  Galileo 
C)  Voyager 
D)  Voyager 2 
E)  New Horizons 
A)  Cassini 
B)  Galileo 
C)  Voyager 
D)  Voyager 2 
E)  New Horizons

Question 18

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

Question 19

Neptune's magnetic field is likely generated by a conducting fluid mantle rather than its core.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Exam 24: Uranus Neptune Pluto and the Kuiper Belt

What evidence is there that Titania underwent an active geological phase?

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

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

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

The _______________ on Uranus passes very near the planet's celestial poles.

How are dwarf planets different from planets?

What kind of activity does the surface of Triton experience?

Uranus rotates on an axis that is inclined 98.0° from the perpendicular to its orbit.

What is unique about Pluto's orbit?

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

How are Neptune's rings different from the rings of Uranus?

How many moons have so far been discovered orbiting Uranus?

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

What characteristic of Uranus makes it stand out from all the other Jovian planets?

Are the ring particles of Uranus primordial? Why or why not?

Pluto and Neptune orbit in _______________ with each other so they never come close together.

What spacecraft will visit Pluto in 2015?

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

Neptune's magnetic field is likely generated by a conducting fluid mantle rather than its core.

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

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