Solar System Exam: Name:
... ____31. A couple features in the solar system are named “The Great Red Spot” or “The Dark Spot?” A. These are large, long-lived “hurricane” storm systems. B. These are anomalies in the belts and zones of the planet. C. These are methane and ammonia gas eruption zones from a hotspot region. D. These ...
... ____31. A couple features in the solar system are named “The Great Red Spot” or “The Dark Spot?” A. These are large, long-lived “hurricane” storm systems. B. These are anomalies in the belts and zones of the planet. C. These are methane and ammonia gas eruption zones from a hotspot region. D. These ...
DIRECTIONS - Cloverleaf Local
... 15.What is an asteroid? • A) a minor cellestial body • B) a rock form that orbits the sun • C) a combination of rock,metal,light and ...
... 15.What is an asteroid? • A) a minor cellestial body • B) a rock form that orbits the sun • C) a combination of rock,metal,light and ...
Life in the Solar System
... greenhouse effect. (This was covered when we discussed the limits of the “habitable zone.”) However the time for the water to disappear is extremely uncertain. If longer, Venus could have had oceans before the greenhouse effect had heated the planet to inhabitability. Could life have begun during ...
... greenhouse effect. (This was covered when we discussed the limits of the “habitable zone.”) However the time for the water to disappear is extremely uncertain. If longer, Venus could have had oceans before the greenhouse effect had heated the planet to inhabitability. Could life have begun during ...
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... Answer Keys (Skipping some obvious one’s) 27 days Moon Umbra (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars), Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune) For some planets, temperature correlates with distance from the Sun: the closer to the Sun, the hotter the planet. This is not always the case, because a planet's tem ...
... Answer Keys (Skipping some obvious one’s) 27 days Moon Umbra (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars), Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune) For some planets, temperature correlates with distance from the Sun: the closer to the Sun, the hotter the planet. This is not always the case, because a planet's tem ...
Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics Introduction to
... o Lecturer: o Prof. Peter Gallagher o Head of Solar Physics and Space Weather Research Group o Director of Astrophysics Degree o Email: peter.gallagher@tcd.ie o Assessment: o Examination – written paper: 70% o Online tutorials (3): ...
... o Lecturer: o Prof. Peter Gallagher o Head of Solar Physics and Space Weather Research Group o Director of Astrophysics Degree o Email: peter.gallagher@tcd.ie o Assessment: o Examination – written paper: 70% o Online tutorials (3): ...
The Planet Hike - City of Dripping Springs
... Burrr! Saturn is so cold that the air you breathe on Earth would be a cold liquid at -321°F! Saturn may not be as large as Jupiter, but it’s a lightweight. Saturn is so light if you put it in a gigantic bathtub of water it would float! The beautiful rings of Saturn are made up of tiny particles of d ...
... Burrr! Saturn is so cold that the air you breathe on Earth would be a cold liquid at -321°F! Saturn may not be as large as Jupiter, but it’s a lightweight. Saturn is so light if you put it in a gigantic bathtub of water it would float! The beautiful rings of Saturn are made up of tiny particles of d ...
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... solar system. Saturn has the most extensive rings in the solar system. The Saturnian rings are made mostly of chunks of ice. The rings stretch out more than 120,700 km from the planet, but are amazingly thin: only about 20 ...
... solar system. Saturn has the most extensive rings in the solar system. The Saturnian rings are made mostly of chunks of ice. The rings stretch out more than 120,700 km from the planet, but are amazingly thin: only about 20 ...
CHAPTER 23 – SOLAR SYSTEM
... • Interplanetary debris that was not accumulated into a planet when the solar system was forming • Material from asteroid belt • Solid remains of comets – Most are the size of sand grains & vaporize within Earth’s atmosphere = Meteors ...
... • Interplanetary debris that was not accumulated into a planet when the solar system was forming • Material from asteroid belt • Solid remains of comets – Most are the size of sand grains & vaporize within Earth’s atmosphere = Meteors ...
KNOWLEDGE THE PLANETS
... 1. Would you be prepared to go on a mission to Mars? Test how prepared you are to join a mission by reading the text below. How long does it take to get there? Sometimes Mars is very far from us and sometimes it is closer, but the average distance between the two planets is 225 million km. The journ ...
... 1. Would you be prepared to go on a mission to Mars? Test how prepared you are to join a mission by reading the text below. How long does it take to get there? Sometimes Mars is very far from us and sometimes it is closer, but the average distance between the two planets is 225 million km. The journ ...
Instruction for making planet booklet
... Instruction for making planet booklet This book has been designed to be printed out double sided, but you can make two separate booklets, one of the rock planets and one of the gas planets. For the double sided booklet, Select page 2,3 and print double sided. ...
... Instruction for making planet booklet This book has been designed to be printed out double sided, but you can make two separate booklets, one of the rock planets and one of the gas planets. For the double sided booklet, Select page 2,3 and print double sided. ...
Quiz Bowl Major Space Explorations 2
... Destination: Jupiter and Saturn. Launched: Aug. 20 (Voyager 2) and Sept. 5 (Voyager 1), 1977. Mission: To explore Jupiter and the other outer planets. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 passed Jupiter in 1979 and sent back surprising color TV images of that planet and its moons. Voyager 1 pas ...
... Destination: Jupiter and Saturn. Launched: Aug. 20 (Voyager 2) and Sept. 5 (Voyager 1), 1977. Mission: To explore Jupiter and the other outer planets. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 passed Jupiter in 1979 and sent back surprising color TV images of that planet and its moons. Voyager 1 pas ...
Lecture Five (Powerpoint format)
... Mars is much smaller than the Earth, with a radius about half that of Earth, and a mass of about a tenth the Earth’s. The surface temperature today is far below the freezing point of water. Even if one could warm water ice on Mars today, it would go directly into a gaseous state without becomi ...
... Mars is much smaller than the Earth, with a radius about half that of Earth, and a mass of about a tenth the Earth’s. The surface temperature today is far below the freezing point of water. Even if one could warm water ice on Mars today, it would go directly into a gaseous state without becomi ...
Earth and Other Planets
... • Different densities of the planets are explained by condensation temperatures • Nebular dust temperature increases to center of nebula ...
... • Different densities of the planets are explained by condensation temperatures • Nebular dust temperature increases to center of nebula ...
The Planets
... The Inner Planets, continued • Earth has ideal conditions for living creatures. – Earth is the only planet known to harbor life. • hydrosphere: the portion of Earth that is water • The atmosphere protects Earth from radiation. – Earth’s atmosphere is 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% carbon dioxide a ...
... The Inner Planets, continued • Earth has ideal conditions for living creatures. – Earth is the only planet known to harbor life. • hydrosphere: the portion of Earth that is water • The atmosphere protects Earth from radiation. – Earth’s atmosphere is 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% carbon dioxide a ...
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... d. all of the above e. none of the above 18. When the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, it is called a a. crescent moon b. full moon c. gibbous moon d. new moon 19. A moon that is larger than a semi-circle but not a complete circle of light, it is a a. crescent moon b. new moon c. three-q ...
... d. all of the above e. none of the above 18. When the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, it is called a a. crescent moon b. full moon c. gibbous moon d. new moon 19. A moon that is larger than a semi-circle but not a complete circle of light, it is a a. crescent moon b. new moon c. three-q ...
NRC Planetary Science Decadal Survey
... (New) priorities for Mars and Earth’s Moon to be integrated with the rest of the Solar System. (New) assessment and cost modeling of flight concepts. (New) Astrobiology included in sub panels rather than separate sub-panel. ...
... (New) priorities for Mars and Earth’s Moon to be integrated with the rest of the Solar System. (New) assessment and cost modeling of flight concepts. (New) Astrobiology included in sub panels rather than separate sub-panel. ...
Is There Life Beyond Earth?
... d) We have found organisms that can survive in conditions without _______________, in extreme ______________, extreme ______________, and extreme _____________________. 9) Life on Mars? a) Spacecraft have found regions on the surface of Mars that look like ___________________with crisscrossing paths ...
... d) We have found organisms that can survive in conditions without _______________, in extreme ______________, extreme ______________, and extreme _____________________. 9) Life on Mars? a) Spacecraft have found regions on the surface of Mars that look like ___________________with crisscrossing paths ...
5 - 12.4 CYU Suggested Answers - Tse
... the place where the Sun’s physical and gravitational influence ends and is described as a spherical swarm of icy bodies. 15. Student answers will vary but should reflect distances on Figure 11. Uranus is twice as far from the Sun as Saturn. Uranus is 19 times farther from the Sun than Earth. Jupiter ...
... the place where the Sun’s physical and gravitational influence ends and is described as a spherical swarm of icy bodies. 15. Student answers will vary but should reflect distances on Figure 11. Uranus is twice as far from the Sun as Saturn. Uranus is 19 times farther from the Sun than Earth. Jupiter ...
day 1 lesson plan - University of Chicago
... Opener (5 min): Name all of the planets in our solar system. We know that on the moon we would have a different weight than we do here on earth. Would you have different weights on the other planets? If so, on which planet do you think you weigh the least? the most? Go over opener (5min) Introduce t ...
... Opener (5 min): Name all of the planets in our solar system. We know that on the moon we would have a different weight than we do here on earth. Would you have different weights on the other planets? If so, on which planet do you think you weigh the least? the most? Go over opener (5min) Introduce t ...
Test#2
... a) Earth crosses the orbit of a comet, and this orbit is littered with debris. b) Earth intercepts a stray swarm of asteroids. c) Earth encounters the asteroid belt. d) A small constellation of dying stars disintegrates. 13. The Oort Cloud is thought to be: a) The cloud of gas and dust from which ou ...
... a) Earth crosses the orbit of a comet, and this orbit is littered with debris. b) Earth intercepts a stray swarm of asteroids. c) Earth encounters the asteroid belt. d) A small constellation of dying stars disintegrates. 13. The Oort Cloud is thought to be: a) The cloud of gas and dust from which ou ...
The Seven Planets of our Solar System
... Number of moons is 8+ Facts: 1: About the same size as Uranus 2: Has clearly visible cloud patterns 3: Clouds are made of methane ice crystals 4: Bluish color comes from the methane in the atmosphere 5: Has Large storms in its atmosphere ...
... Number of moons is 8+ Facts: 1: About the same size as Uranus 2: Has clearly visible cloud patterns 3: Clouds are made of methane ice crystals 4: Bluish color comes from the methane in the atmosphere 5: Has Large storms in its atmosphere ...