Traveler s Guide to the Planets Uranus & Neptune 1. These worlds are the ice giants. (There are two or more answers to this a. Jupiter c. Saturn b. Neptune d. Uranus 2. Uranus is the th planet in the Solar System. (Enter a number.) 3. Uranus is mostly made of a. gas. b. rock. 4. Uranus is made of the following gases (There are two or more answers to this a. helium. d. octane. b. hydrogen. e. xenon. c. methane. 5. Uranus is the rd largest planet. (Enter a number.) 6. Uranus s rings are and. (There are two or more answers to this a. dark c. thick b light d. thin 7. Uranus has moons. (Enter a number.) 8. Uranus is not the only planet that orbits on its side. 9. The north polar area is entering sunlight for the first time in decades. (Enter a number.) 10. Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in. (Enter a number.) 11. Herschel wanted to name the new planet a. George. c. Richard. b. Harold. d. William.
12. The only spacecraft that studied Uranus was a. New Horizons c. Vanguard b. Pioneer d. Voyager 13. Uranus is times larger than Earth. (Enter a number.) 14. A year on Uranus lasts Earth years. (Enter a number.) 15. The temperature of the atmosphere is o F. (Enter a number) 16. It took Voyager years to get to Uranus. (Enter a number). 17. This moon of Uranus has spectacular ice cliffs. a. Juliet c. Oberon b. Miranda d. Pan 18. If you jumped off a cliff, it would take minutes to hit the surface. 19. From Neptune the Sun looks like a glimmering point of light. 20. A day on Neptune lasts about Earth hours. (Enter a number.) 21. It takes Neptune Earth years to revolve around the Sun once. (Enter a number.) 22. Neptune s are the fastest in the Solar System. a. clouds c. storms b. winds d. tornadoes 23. Water has been found on Neptune, but no one knows what form it s found. 24. One of the main features on Triton is active a. storms. c. geysers. b. moonquakes. d. All of the above. 25. Triton has a very atmosphere. a. thin b. thick
Traveler s Guide to the Planets Uranus & Neptune Key 1. These worlds are the ice giants. (There are two or more answers to this b. Neptune; d. Uranus 2. Uranus is the th planet in the Solar System. (Enter a number.) 7 3. Uranus is mostly made of a. gas 4. Uranus is made of the following gases (There are two or more answers to this a. helium, b. hydrogen, c. methane 5. Uranus is the rd largest planet. (Enter a number.) 3 6. Uranus s rings are and. (There are two or more answers to this a. dark; d. thin 7. Uranus has moons. (Enter a number.) 27 8. Uranus is not the only planet that orbits on its side. b. False
9. The north polar area is entering sunlight for the first time in decades. (Enter a number.) 2 10. Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in. (Enter a number.) 1781 11. Herschel wanted to name the new planet a. George. 12. The only spacecraft that studied Uranus was d. Voyager 13. Uranus is times larger than Earth. (Enter a number.) 63 14. A year on Uranus lasts Earth years. (Enter a number.) 84 15. The temperature of the atmosphere is o F. (Enter a number) 355 16. It took Voyager years to get to Uranus. (Enter a number). 10 17. This moon of Uranus has spectacular ice cliffs. b. Miranda
18. If you jumped off a cliff, it would take minutes to hit the surface. a. True 19. From Neptune the Sun looks like a glimmering point of light. a. True 20. A day on Neptune lasts about Earth hours. (Enter a number.) 16 21. It takes Neptune Earth years to revolve around the Sun once. (Enter a number.) 165 22. Neptune s are the fastest in the Solar System. b. winds 23. Water has been found on Neptune, but no one knows what form it s found. a. True 24. One of the main features on Triton is active c. geysers. 25. Triton has a very atmosphere. a. thin
Traveler s Guide to the Planets Uranus & Neptune Scoring Guide 1. b, d 2. 7 3. a (2 choices) 4. a, b, c (5 choices) 5. 3 6. a, d 7. 27 8. b (2 choices) 9. 2 10. 1781 11. a 12. d 13. 63 14. 84 15. 355 16. 10 17. b 18. a (2 choices) 19. a (2 choices) 20. 16 21. 165 22. b 23. a (2 choices) 24. c 25. a (2 choices) Scoring Guide 23-25 4 20-22 3.5 17-19 3 15-16 2.5 11-14 2 8-10 1.5 5-7 1 1-4.5