Chapter 20 Notes: Solar System The Solar System Sun’s Interior
... NOT A SOLID SURFACE Temperature is less than 6000 oC Chromosphere Chromo means color: color sphere Red/Pink Color Seen at the beginning and end of a total solar eclipse Corona Corona means crown Looks like a white halo Only seen during a total solar eclipse extends millions of ...
... NOT A SOLID SURFACE Temperature is less than 6000 oC Chromosphere Chromo means color: color sphere Red/Pink Color Seen at the beginning and end of a total solar eclipse Corona Corona means crown Looks like a white halo Only seen during a total solar eclipse extends millions of ...
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... Mars tilts the same as Earth and allows it to have seasons also. They have volcanoes; however they have not been activated because Mars does not have moving tectonic plates as Earth does. It is believe that water once exited on Mars in a liquid state due to erosion. ...
... Mars tilts the same as Earth and allows it to have seasons also. They have volcanoes; however they have not been activated because Mars does not have moving tectonic plates as Earth does. It is believe that water once exited on Mars in a liquid state due to erosion. ...
THE SEARCH FOR LIFE: ARE WE ALONE
... Already, someone on another world may have picked up faint signals from a distant Earth. And we ourselves are searching the stars for signs of intelligent life – so far, without success. But we’ve barely scratched the surface in our quest for other planets, for other life, and for intelligence in th ...
... Already, someone on another world may have picked up faint signals from a distant Earth. And we ourselves are searching the stars for signs of intelligent life – so far, without success. But we’ve barely scratched the surface in our quest for other planets, for other life, and for intelligence in th ...
Student Exploration Sheet: Growing Plants
... 1. List all of the planets you can think of in our solar system. Try to list them in order from closest to farthest from the Sun. [1 mark] _________________________________________________________________________ ...
... 1. List all of the planets you can think of in our solar system. Try to list them in order from closest to farthest from the Sun. [1 mark] _________________________________________________________________________ ...
Space_Explore_Sept_07 (PPTmin)
... based on the Athena Rover design that was originally considered for the Mars 2001 mission. The rovers will be landed using an airbag system similar to that used on Mars Pathfinder but without the stationary lander. The rover, Spirit landed 4 January 2004 and the Opportunity will land 20 days later o ...
... based on the Athena Rover design that was originally considered for the Mars 2001 mission. The rovers will be landed using an airbag system similar to that used on Mars Pathfinder but without the stationary lander. The rover, Spirit landed 4 January 2004 and the Opportunity will land 20 days later o ...
Chapter 3 Case Studies and Study Guide: The Solar System and the
... The universe contains a large number of galaxies that in turn contain a large number of solar systems. Our Solar System has a sun, eight planets, five dwarf planets, asteroids, comets and other celestial bodies. The universe is about 14 billion years old, while Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. ...
... The universe contains a large number of galaxies that in turn contain a large number of solar systems. Our Solar System has a sun, eight planets, five dwarf planets, asteroids, comets and other celestial bodies. The universe is about 14 billion years old, while Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. ...
D) It depends on the star
... 2. Print your name and section # on your answer sheet where appropriate. 3. Use a pencil, make your marks dark and neat, and erase thoroughly 4. There is only one correct answer to each question. Choose the best answer. 5. You may use this test sheet for scratch paper ...
... 2. Print your name and section # on your answer sheet where appropriate. 3. Use a pencil, make your marks dark and neat, and erase thoroughly 4. There is only one correct answer to each question. Choose the best answer. 5. You may use this test sheet for scratch paper ...
Slide 1
... ◦ It is a massive storm over three hundred years old, bigger than the Earth with super hurricane force winds ...
... ◦ It is a massive storm over three hundred years old, bigger than the Earth with super hurricane force winds ...
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... • Evidence liquid water existed on Mars – highlands runoff channels • from ancient rainstorms? • older than 3.9 million yrs ...
... • Evidence liquid water existed on Mars – highlands runoff channels • from ancient rainstorms? • older than 3.9 million yrs ...
Structure & Formation of the Solar System
... Hydrogen and Helium gas and traces of many other elements. • The Sun spins on its axis counter-clockwise. ...
... Hydrogen and Helium gas and traces of many other elements. • The Sun spins on its axis counter-clockwise. ...
Day 12 - Ch. 5 - Mercury and Venus
... rotation, even though it may have liquid iron in the core. Venus has no measurable magnetic field, probably due to its very slow rotation rate. Mars has a magnetic field weaker than Mercury, meaning that its core is either not liquid or not metallic. ...
... rotation, even though it may have liquid iron in the core. Venus has no measurable magnetic field, probably due to its very slow rotation rate. Mars has a magnetic field weaker than Mercury, meaning that its core is either not liquid or not metallic. ...
Glaciopanspermia
... We consider the possibility that within the next decade life may be detected on other planetary bodies. Both Mars and Venus hold some promise: While life may be present as lithoautotrophs in the Martian deep subsurface, it may also have adapted to the Martian surface environment by developing an ant ...
... We consider the possibility that within the next decade life may be detected on other planetary bodies. Both Mars and Venus hold some promise: While life may be present as lithoautotrophs in the Martian deep subsurface, it may also have adapted to the Martian surface environment by developing an ant ...
Acquaintance with solar system. By Edgaras Montvila 6D
... Uranus is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus, the father of Cronus (Saturn ) and grandfather of Zeus( Jupiter). Surface temperature varies from –197.2 °C to ? °C. Uranus has a ring system. The planet system has a unique configuration among those of the planets because its axis of ...
... Uranus is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus, the father of Cronus (Saturn ) and grandfather of Zeus( Jupiter). Surface temperature varies from –197.2 °C to ? °C. Uranus has a ring system. The planet system has a unique configuration among those of the planets because its axis of ...
Solar System Distance Model - www .alexandria .k12 .mn .us
... Background info: Instead of the actual mileage to each planet, scientists came up another way of expressing distances in the solar system, the astronomical unit. One A.U. is the distance that Earth is from the Sun (93 million miles). All other planetary distances are fractions or multiples of Earth’ ...
... Background info: Instead of the actual mileage to each planet, scientists came up another way of expressing distances in the solar system, the astronomical unit. One A.U. is the distance that Earth is from the Sun (93 million miles). All other planetary distances are fractions or multiples of Earth’ ...
Solar System Bead Distance Activity
... 1. Vary the bead sizes and shapes to distinguish between the planets. 2. Talk your students through the tour of the solar system – have their fellow students play “tour guide” and describe which planet they are touching, what it looks like and where they will be heading next. This might also be a go ...
... 1. Vary the bead sizes and shapes to distinguish between the planets. 2. Talk your students through the tour of the solar system – have their fellow students play “tour guide” and describe which planet they are touching, what it looks like and where they will be heading next. This might also be a go ...
The Dead Guys 06
... • His discoveries proved the Copernican system which states that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun. (Heliocentric) ...
... • His discoveries proved the Copernican system which states that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun. (Heliocentric) ...
Strong
... ago. SwRI space researchers traced this impact back to a large breakup event in the main asteroid belt, a region of small bodies between Mars and Jupiter. Approximately 160 million years ago, the 170-kilometer-wide asteroid Baptistina was disrupted when it was struck by another large asteroid. This ...
... ago. SwRI space researchers traced this impact back to a large breakup event in the main asteroid belt, a region of small bodies between Mars and Jupiter. Approximately 160 million years ago, the 170-kilometer-wide asteroid Baptistina was disrupted when it was struck by another large asteroid. This ...
Planet Longitudes
... Mercury can also be a morning or evening “star” but its position in the sky changes much more rapidly than does the position of Venus. Mars or Jupiter can sometimes be seen as the evening sky grows dark. Mars has a reddish appearance. Jupiter is quite majestic and changes its position in the sky qui ...
... Mercury can also be a morning or evening “star” but its position in the sky changes much more rapidly than does the position of Venus. Mars or Jupiter can sometimes be seen as the evening sky grows dark. Mars has a reddish appearance. Jupiter is quite majestic and changes its position in the sky qui ...
Planet Locations for the - Warren Astronomical Society
... viewed M-2 and M-15, both globular clusters. M-15 I have viewed on two occasions. It is a small globular cluster in Pegasus. The first night I observed M-15 was a smoggy one with a full moon hanging in the southeastern sky. I used my trusty 4½‖ reflecting telescope at 45x. Through it I saw a miniatu ...
... viewed M-2 and M-15, both globular clusters. M-15 I have viewed on two occasions. It is a small globular cluster in Pegasus. The first night I observed M-15 was a smoggy one with a full moon hanging in the southeastern sky. I used my trusty 4½‖ reflecting telescope at 45x. Through it I saw a miniatu ...
Activity Designed by
... make up the solar system are largely beyond the reach of direct personal examination by which most children begin their learning process about the world. Fortunately, a combination of telescopes, interplanetary space craft and the development of internet resources accessible to public education affo ...
... make up the solar system are largely beyond the reach of direct personal examination by which most children begin their learning process about the world. Fortunately, a combination of telescopes, interplanetary space craft and the development of internet resources accessible to public education affo ...