Why Are Jupiter and Saturn Not Perfectly Spherical

question 1

Multiple Choice

Why are Jupiter and Saturn not perfectly spherical?

• A) They formed from the collision of two large planetesimals.
• B) They rotate rapidly.
• C) They have storms that develop preferentially along their equators.
• D) They have very active aurorae that heat the atmospheres along the poles.
• E) They have so much more gravity that the poles get pulled harder than the equators.

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Definitions:

Selection Differences

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Independent Variable

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Dependent Variable

A variable in an experiment that is expected to change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.

Regression Toward the Mean

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