The White Ovals Seen on Jupiter Appear to Be

question 102

Multiple Choice

The white ovals seen on Jupiter appear to be

• A) vortices (whirlpools)created between regions of oppositely directed winds.
• B) upwelling gas that then descends in the brown ovals.
• C) descending masses of gas within the dark belts.
• D) clouds of ammonia ice crystals that condense when Jupiter's atmosphere flows over fixed obstacles such as mountains.

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