Post Quiz: Our Solar System

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Post Quiz: Our Solar System

Okay, this isn't fair. Galaxy Babe will know all the answers. The rest of you, pay attention to local affairs.

Short answers.

  1. Why do we see those 250-mile-high plumes coming from Jupiter's moon Io?
  2. Can you find water on other planets in our solar system?
  3. Have we visited all the planets in our solar system?
  4. Are all the planets stable tectonically? (Except for Earth, of course.)
  5. What is Jupiter's Red Spot?
  6. What does our solar system have roughly 3100 of?
  7. What is the Oort Cloud?
  8. How did Ann Hodges form a particularly close relationship with the solar system in 1954?
  9. Why are asteroids lumpy and funny-shaped, and not nice and round like planets?
  10. What is the Saros Cycle, and do we need to tell Starfleet about it?

Harder than you thought? Click the picture for answers.

Io, the moon nearest Jupiter.
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