Uranus is unique in that?(Select All the answers that are correct)Group of answer choicesIt has the lowest average density of the planets, lower than that of waterIts poles point nearly toward the Sun at some timesIt is the most distant of the Jovian planetsIt is the only Jovian planet that appears blueIt is the only Jovian planet with no rings
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Uranus is unique in that?(Select All the answers that are correct)Group of answer choicesIt has the lowest average density of the planets, lower than that of waterIts poles point nearly toward the Sun at some timesIt is the most distant of the Jovian planetsIt is the only Jovian planet that appears blueIt is the only Jovian planet with no rings
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Uranus is unique in that:
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Its poles point nearly toward the Sun at some times: This is true. Unlike other planets, Uranus's axis of rotation is tilted sideways, nearly into the plane of its solar orbit. This means that its poles are almost pointing towards the Sun at some times.
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It is the most distant of the Jovian planets: This is false. Uranus is not the most distant of the Jovian planets. That would be Neptune.
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It is the only Jovian planet that appears blue: This is true. Uranus gets its blue-green color from methane gas in the atmosphere. Sunlight passes through the atmosphere and is reflected back out by Uranus' cloud tops. Methane gas absorbs the red portion of the light, resulting in a blue-green color.
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It is the only Jovian planet with no rings: This is false. All of the Jovian planets, including Uranus, have ring systems.
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It has the lowest average density of the planets, lower than that of water: This is false. Saturn, not Uranus, has the lowest average density of all the planets in our solar system, and it is lower than that of water.
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Which planets have densities higher than Jupiter?(Select All the answers that are correct)Group of answer choicesMercuryVenusEarthMarsSaturnUranusNeptune
Compared to Jovian planets, Terrestrial planets have a (Select All the answers that are correct)Group of answer choicesrocky crustlower densitylarger sizethicker atmospheremore moonshigher densitylower massslower spinfaster orbit
The jovian (giant) planetsGroup of answer choiceshave satellite systems with less than 4 moons.are all much more dense than any of the terrestrials planets.all have rings around their equators.all spin slower than the earth.all lie less than 5 AU from the Sun.
The gaseous planet with thin, dark rings and a blue-green color from methane is (Neptune, Uranus).
Compared to the size of Earth, the jovian planets areGroup of answer choiceslarger.more dense.mixture of larger and smaller.smaller.
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