MAP SCALING - PLANETS 4 144,000,000 486,000,000 13.5 77.5
... Our solar system is huge. If we shrunk it down to fit on this piece of paper it would kind of look like this. It is so big that only one small line on this page would equal 36 million miles in the real solar system. Use the scale to determine the approximate distance each planet is from the sun. Est ...
... Our solar system is huge. If we shrunk it down to fit on this piece of paper it would kind of look like this. It is so big that only one small line on this page would equal 36 million miles in the real solar system. Use the scale to determine the approximate distance each planet is from the sun. Est ...
Terrestrial Planets - Physics & Astronomy | SFASU
... Collisional Accretion (Giant Impact) Mars-sized body collided with the Earth. The collision spun off part of the mass which became the Moon. ...
... Collisional Accretion (Giant Impact) Mars-sized body collided with the Earth. The collision spun off part of the mass which became the Moon. ...
Study Guide Answers
... 13. Why is Uranus different than most other planets? It is rotated 90° on its side. 14. Neptune is very similar in size and color to Uranus. 15. The hypothesis that Mars may once have had the conditions needed to support life is based in part on evidence that liquid water was once present. 16. What ...
... 13. Why is Uranus different than most other planets? It is rotated 90° on its side. 14. Neptune is very similar in size and color to Uranus. 15. The hypothesis that Mars may once have had the conditions needed to support life is based in part on evidence that liquid water was once present. 16. What ...
Deep Dark Space
... It is the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter is a giant ball of gases with a rocky ...
... It is the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter is a giant ball of gases with a rocky ...
Ch. 25.3 The Inner Solar System (pages 803 – 809)
... 14. Describe Earth’s atmosphere (Gases and %s)? Nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (21%); 1% other gases (carbon dioxide etc.) 15. What happens on Earth to remove some carbon dioxide, so that it does not accumulate (like Venus)? Photosynthesis by plants. ...
... 14. Describe Earth’s atmosphere (Gases and %s)? Nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (21%); 1% other gases (carbon dioxide etc.) 15. What happens on Earth to remove some carbon dioxide, so that it does not accumulate (like Venus)? Photosynthesis by plants. ...
Planets - Classifying
... Planets - Classifying We can differentiate the planets several ways: By composition the planets are divided into: ...
... Planets - Classifying We can differentiate the planets several ways: By composition the planets are divided into: ...
Chapter 8 Lesson 3 The Solar System
... other countries to build the International Space Station, which can stay in space for a long time. ...
... other countries to build the International Space Station, which can stay in space for a long time. ...
The Terrestrial Planets
... Venus is covered in thick clouds that visible light cannot penetrate, instead we use radar to view topography Basaltic volcanism and tectonic activity shape Venus’s surface Based on the low density of impact craters, these forces must have been very active during the recent geologic past On ...
... Venus is covered in thick clouds that visible light cannot penetrate, instead we use radar to view topography Basaltic volcanism and tectonic activity shape Venus’s surface Based on the low density of impact craters, these forces must have been very active during the recent geologic past On ...
Intro to the Solar System Note 15 Solar System Components: * Sun
... (AKA inner planets) * includes Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars * small, dense & rocky - Mercury and Mars have a lot of craters - Earth & Venus don't (Why?) * low escape velocities (easier to leave planet because gravity tends to be less powerful due to their smaller sizes) ...
... (AKA inner planets) * includes Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars * small, dense & rocky - Mercury and Mars have a lot of craters - Earth & Venus don't (Why?) * low escape velocities (easier to leave planet because gravity tends to be less powerful due to their smaller sizes) ...
The Inner Planets
... Clouds are made of droplets of sulfuric acid Greenhouse effect traps the heat from the sun in making Venus the hottest planet ...
... Clouds are made of droplets of sulfuric acid Greenhouse effect traps the heat from the sun in making Venus the hottest planet ...
The Inner planets
... Seen from earth just after sunset in the west. Also known as the evening star. So close to the size of the earth that it is called “Earth’s Twin” Venus rotates on its axis so slowly its day is longer than a its year Very hostile atmosphere. The atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than ours. Venu ...
... Seen from earth just after sunset in the west. Also known as the evening star. So close to the size of the earth that it is called “Earth’s Twin” Venus rotates on its axis so slowly its day is longer than a its year Very hostile atmosphere. The atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than ours. Venu ...
Facts about Planets Answer Key File
... 1. _____Mercury___________ atmosphere is so thin that it is barely detectable. 2. Mercury is only _____0.38 x________ the diameter of the Earth. 3. Venus rotates in a ______Retrograde (backward)_________ direction. 4. Mars is sometimes referred to as the _______Red_________ planet. 5. Venus has a th ...
... 1. _____Mercury___________ atmosphere is so thin that it is barely detectable. 2. Mercury is only _____0.38 x________ the diameter of the Earth. 3. Venus rotates in a ______Retrograde (backward)_________ direction. 4. Mars is sometimes referred to as the _______Red_________ planet. 5. Venus has a th ...
Planets Worksheet
... 7. Saturn is about 95 times more massive than the Earth. Would a person weigh 95 times more there than on Earth?_______________________ ...
... 7. Saturn is about 95 times more massive than the Earth. Would a person weigh 95 times more there than on Earth?_______________________ ...