Name the gas giant with a Great Red Spot and rings made of debris from small moons Amalthea and Thebe.

Name the gas giant with a Great Red Spot and rings made of debris from small moons Amalthea and Thebe.

• A. Saturn
• B. Jupiter
• C. Uranus
• D. Neptune

Answer: (B)

This question tests your knowledge of which gas giant features a long-lived storm called the Great Red Spot and has a faint ring system formed from debris of its small moons Amalthea and Thebe. The Great Red Spot is a colossal anticyclonic storm that has persisted for centuries, a defining feature of the planet's atmosphere. Its rings are faint and made mainly of tiny dust particles produced by micrometeoroid impacts on the inner moons Amalthea and Thebe, rather than being prominent ring structures like Saturn’s. Saturn does have dramatic rings but lacks this storm; Uranus and Neptune have different ring systems and weather patterns. So the gas giant described is Jupiter.

This question tests your knowledge of which gas giant features a long-lived storm called the Great Red Spot and has a faint ring system formed from debris of its small moons Amalthea and Thebe. The Great Red Spot is a colossal anticyclonic storm that has persisted for centuries, a defining feature of the planet's atmosphere. Its rings are faint and made mainly of tiny dust particles produced by micrometeoroid impacts on the inner moons Amalthea and Thebe, rather than being prominent ring structures like Saturn’s. Saturn does have dramatic rings but lacks this storm; Uranus and Neptune have different ring systems and weather patterns. So the gas giant described is Jupiter.