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Worksheet – Chapter 19.3
Name:_____________________________
Date:_______________ Class__________
1. What is the name of this section?
2. What did you learn about before?
3. What will you learn about in this section?
4. What are the two vocabulary words for this section?
5. What are the four giant planets and where are they located?
6. How do scientists know so much about Jupiter?
7. Complete the sentences:
a. “The atmosphere of a ____________ planet is very ____________. Imagine traveling into one.
At first, the ________________ is thin and very _________. There may be a _________ of
gases.”
b. “A little lower is a layer of _____________ that reflect ____________, just like clouds on
________________. There are strong ____________ and other _____________ patterns.
c. “Lower down, it is _________________ and there are layers of _______________ of different
______________. As you go farther, the ________________ gradually becomes
______________ enough to call a _______________. It also gets _______________ of degrees
hotter as you get closer to the _____________ of the planet.
8. Complete the chart:
Jupiter’s Mass
Jupiter’s Diameter
Jupiter’s distance from the Sun
Jupiter’s orbit around the Sun
Jupiter’s rotation on its axis
9. How much bigger is Jupiter than Earth (both in diameter and in mass)?
10. What are the white stripes on Jupiter made of (what shape and what chemical)?
11. Why does Jupiter have such great storms?
12. Complete the sentences:
a. “The sixth planet from the Sun is ____________. __________ is only a little smaller than
____________, but is mass is less than ___________ that of Jupiter. Because there is less
_________, the gravitational pull is ___________, so the gas particles can _________ out more.”
b. “A planetary ____________is a wide, flat zone of small __________________ that orbit a
planet. All four gas giants have _____________ around their ______________. Saturn’s rings
are made of chunks of _________ ice the size of a ____________ or smaller. Larger chunks,
considered to be tiny ___________, orbit within the rings.”
13. What is the angle of rotation for Saturn?
14. Complete the chart:
Saturn’s Mass
Saturn’s Diameter
Saturn’s distance from the Sun
Saturn’s orbit around the Sun
Saturn’s rotation on its axis
15. Describe the main contents of Uranus and Neptune?
16. Complete the chart:
Uranus’s Mass
Uranus’s Diameter
Uranus’s distance from the Sun
Uranus’s orbit around the Sun
Uranus’s rotation on its axis
17. Complete the sentences:
a. “Like the other gas giants, ____________ has a system of rings and moons around its
__________. The ring ____________ and moons orbit Uranus in the _________ direction as the
planet’s _________. Unlike the other planets, Uranus ahs an ______ of ________ that is almost
in the planet of its _________. As a result, Uranus seems to __________ on its _________.
b. “However, _____________ has about the same outside _______________ as Uranus because it
is ___________ inside.”
c. “Uranus is usually one _________ color, but _______ and dark areas often appear on
____________. Clouds of _____________ ice __________ can form high enough in the
_________________ of Neptune to look ________________.”
18. What is the Great Dark Spot and how was it discovered?
19. Complete the chart:
Neptune’s Mass
Neptune’s Diameter
Neptune’s distance from the Sun
Neptune’s orbit around the Sun
Neptune’s rotation on its axis
20. Why do Jupiter and Saturn show a lot of white, while Uranus and Neptune are more blue in color?