Chapter 7 Study notes
... You should know the definition of the following: (Make Flashcards) 1. star 2. solar system 3. ellipse 4. planet 5. satellite 6. asteroid 7. comet 8. gravity _____________________________________________________ You should remember that: 1. The more mass an object has the more gravity that it has 2. ...
... You should know the definition of the following: (Make Flashcards) 1. star 2. solar system 3. ellipse 4. planet 5. satellite 6. asteroid 7. comet 8. gravity _____________________________________________________ You should remember that: 1. The more mass an object has the more gravity that it has 2. ...
Chapter 30 Section 2
... vehicles that people use as toys on Earth. Describe features or special equipment you would include if you designed a rover to travel to Mars or another planet. Accept all reasonable responses. Cameras to take photographs of surface features, drills or cutting tools to obtain samples of rocks or oth ...
... vehicles that people use as toys on Earth. Describe features or special equipment you would include if you designed a rover to travel to Mars or another planet. Accept all reasonable responses. Cameras to take photographs of surface features, drills or cutting tools to obtain samples of rocks or oth ...
What can we learn by comparing the planets to one another?
... • What does the solar system look like? – Planets orbit Sun in the same direction and in nearly the same plane. • What can we learn by comparing the planets to one another? – Comparative planetology looks for patterns among the planets. – Those patterns give us insight into the general ...
... • What does the solar system look like? – Planets orbit Sun in the same direction and in nearly the same plane. • What can we learn by comparing the planets to one another? – Comparative planetology looks for patterns among the planets. – Those patterns give us insight into the general ...
Chapter 7 Our Planetary System
... • What does the solar system look like? – Planets orbit Sun in the same direction and in nearly the same plane. • What can we learn by comparing the planets to one another? – Comparative planetology looks for patterns among the planets. – Those patterns give us insight into the general ...
... • What does the solar system look like? – Planets orbit Sun in the same direction and in nearly the same plane. • What can we learn by comparing the planets to one another? – Comparative planetology looks for patterns among the planets. – Those patterns give us insight into the general ...
Chapter 11 Slide Show
... Pluto is now considered a Dwarf Planet – a celestial body orbiting the Sun that is generally smaller than a planet but massive enough for its own gravity to give it a round shape. However they are not strong enough to clear their orbit of debris There are many other “dwarf planets” some are bigger a ...
... Pluto is now considered a Dwarf Planet – a celestial body orbiting the Sun that is generally smaller than a planet but massive enough for its own gravity to give it a round shape. However they are not strong enough to clear their orbit of debris There are many other “dwarf planets” some are bigger a ...
The Solar System - Academic Resources at Missouri Western
... Highly eccentric orbits Head or Coma & a tail Tail always points away from the Sun ...
... Highly eccentric orbits Head or Coma & a tail Tail always points away from the Sun ...
SCIENCE 9
... STAGED ROCKET- a rocket with more than one stage; a stage is a section of rocket that drops off once its fuel is used up BALLISTIC MISSILE- a rocket with a bomb as a payload, launched in a trajectory that sends it up in to space and down onto its target COSMONAUT- the Russian term for astronaut GRAV ...
... STAGED ROCKET- a rocket with more than one stage; a stage is a section of rocket that drops off once its fuel is used up BALLISTIC MISSILE- a rocket with a bomb as a payload, launched in a trajectory that sends it up in to space and down onto its target COSMONAUT- the Russian term for astronaut GRAV ...
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... Other Objects • Meteoroids are pieces of rock moving though space - Believed to be pieces of asteroids and planets • When meteoroids collide with Earth’s atmosphere they burn up due to atmospheric friction forming meteors • When Earth passes through an area where there is a lot of excess material ( ...
... Other Objects • Meteoroids are pieces of rock moving though space - Believed to be pieces of asteroids and planets • When meteoroids collide with Earth’s atmosphere they burn up due to atmospheric friction forming meteors • When Earth passes through an area where there is a lot of excess material ( ...
Rendezvous with Rosetta
... • Size: Completely surrounding Solar System! • Material & Shape: The Oort Cloud is not disk-shaped like the Kuiper Belt; it’s round like a ball,It completely envelops the sun and the rest of our solar system. Billions of icy bodies pass through this enormous celestial ballroom as they weakly orbit o ...
... • Size: Completely surrounding Solar System! • Material & Shape: The Oort Cloud is not disk-shaped like the Kuiper Belt; it’s round like a ball,It completely envelops the sun and the rest of our solar system. Billions of icy bodies pass through this enormous celestial ballroom as they weakly orbit o ...
Asteroids
... As comets approach the Sun they develop enormous tails of luminous material that extend for millions of kilometers away from the Sun. When far from the Sun, the center is very cold and its material is frozen solid. In this state comets are sometimes referred to as a "dirty snowball," since over half ...
... As comets approach the Sun they develop enormous tails of luminous material that extend for millions of kilometers away from the Sun. When far from the Sun, the center is very cold and its material is frozen solid. In this state comets are sometimes referred to as a "dirty snowball," since over half ...
Our Solar System!
... • Scientists think Mars experienced huge floods 3.5 billion years ago. • Mars got it’s name after the Roman god of war called Ares since the planet is the color red. • Mars does not currently have any oceans. ...
... • Scientists think Mars experienced huge floods 3.5 billion years ago. • Mars got it’s name after the Roman god of war called Ares since the planet is the color red. • Mars does not currently have any oceans. ...
Getting to Mars Routes and travel time
... planets. Smaller spacecraft could then taxi astronauts between Earth and the space station and between the space station and Mars. This situation would allow many more frequent trips for many more travelers back and forth between the planets. ...
... planets. Smaller spacecraft could then taxi astronauts between Earth and the space station and between the space station and Mars. This situation would allow many more frequent trips for many more travelers back and forth between the planets. ...
Document
... Mars has two Moons and it’s about hafe the size of earth and it’s the moons name are called Phobos and Deimos Mars has canyons that may have once been rivers and mars may at one point in time have life Mars is named after the god of war after it red like color. ...
... Mars has two Moons and it’s about hafe the size of earth and it’s the moons name are called Phobos and Deimos Mars has canyons that may have once been rivers and mars may at one point in time have life Mars is named after the god of war after it red like color. ...
Terrestrial planet formation In the inner Solar System, think dust (no
... Formation of the giant planets Most popular theory for giant planet formation: core accretion. Cores of the giant planets (M ~ 10-20 Earth masses) form just as the terrestrial planets, but faster because of the additional surface density of icy materials beyond the snowline. Cores then capture envel ...
... Formation of the giant planets Most popular theory for giant planet formation: core accretion. Cores of the giant planets (M ~ 10-20 Earth masses) form just as the terrestrial planets, but faster because of the additional surface density of icy materials beyond the snowline. Cores then capture envel ...
Facilitator Information – Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites, Asteroids
... Large impacts are rare now, but were much more common during the early history of our solar system when the space debris was being swept up. The surfaces of Mercury, the Moon, and Mars are covered with impact craters, most of which scientists believe formed during the first half billion years of sol ...
... Large impacts are rare now, but were much more common during the early history of our solar system when the space debris was being swept up. The surfaces of Mercury, the Moon, and Mars are covered with impact craters, most of which scientists believe formed during the first half billion years of sol ...
Astronomy Meteorology Review Sheet
... Cause of moon phases, DIAGRAM of moon phases Causes of Solar and Lunar eclipses How moon formed, no atmosphere on the moon Asteroids found where Meteorites (meteoroids that reach the surface of Earth) tell us the age of the solar system Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet- visible light ...
... Cause of moon phases, DIAGRAM of moon phases Causes of Solar and Lunar eclipses How moon formed, no atmosphere on the moon Asteroids found where Meteorites (meteoroids that reach the surface of Earth) tell us the age of the solar system Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet- visible light ...
Meteorites
... meteorites are stony, but these can be broken down into smaller categories as described later. If there was a witness to the meteorite, it is called a fall. If there are no witnesses, so that the time of impact is unknown or must be inferred by other methods, it is known as a find. Large meteorites ...
... meteorites are stony, but these can be broken down into smaller categories as described later. If there was a witness to the meteorite, it is called a fall. If there are no witnesses, so that the time of impact is unknown or must be inferred by other methods, it is known as a find. Large meteorites ...
Meteorites
... meteorites are stony, but these can be broken down into smaller categories as described later. If there was a witness to the meteorite, it is called a fall. If there are no witnesses, so that the time of impact is unknown or must be inferred by other methods, it is known as a find. Large meteorites ...
... meteorites are stony, but these can be broken down into smaller categories as described later. If there was a witness to the meteorite, it is called a fall. If there are no witnesses, so that the time of impact is unknown or must be inferred by other methods, it is known as a find. Large meteorites ...
Solar System Diagnostic
... school to jot down your thoughts on the following questions. Even if you only know a little about something but it may not make full sense please jot it down. This paper will not be graded, but I will read it to better understand your knowledge coming into this topic. It will help me to know which a ...
... school to jot down your thoughts on the following questions. Even if you only know a little about something but it may not make full sense please jot it down. This paper will not be graded, but I will read it to better understand your knowledge coming into this topic. It will help me to know which a ...
Vermillion Middle School Solar System Webquest 8th Grade Earth
... Use your data table from above, answer the following questions. ...
... Use your data table from above, answer the following questions. ...
The planets
... The Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have flown by Uranus. This happened in 1986 and it flew past the planet at a distance of around 81,500 km. This mission returned the very first close-up images of the planet, its ring system and its orbiting moons. ...
... The Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have flown by Uranus. This happened in 1986 and it flew past the planet at a distance of around 81,500 km. This mission returned the very first close-up images of the planet, its ring system and its orbiting moons. ...
6.8
... In order to meet this standard, it is expected that students will describe the planets and their relative positions from the sun. (B2) compare the characteristics of Pluto to the planets and explain its designation as a dwarf planet. (B2) design and interpret a scale model of the solar system. (A sc ...
... In order to meet this standard, it is expected that students will describe the planets and their relative positions from the sun. (B2) compare the characteristics of Pluto to the planets and explain its designation as a dwarf planet. (B2) design and interpret a scale model of the solar system. (A sc ...