STUDY GUIDE Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best
... How might a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere on the moon affect the range of temperatures on the moon? a. An atmosphere might hold heat in, making the moon very hot. b. An atmosphere might block heat radiating from the sun, making the moon very cold. c. An atmosphere might moderate temperatures, making th ...
... How might a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere on the moon affect the range of temperatures on the moon? a. An atmosphere might hold heat in, making the moon very hot. b. An atmosphere might block heat radiating from the sun, making the moon very cold. c. An atmosphere might moderate temperatures, making th ...
SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR GEOLOGY 103, TEST 2 3. Which of the
... B. CO2, carbon dioxide C. He, helium D. O2, oxygen 23. Which chemical reaction explains the origin of the earth's modern atmosphere? A. C02 + 4H2 = CH4 + 2H20 B. 12H2S + 6CO2 = C6H1206 + 6H2O + 12S C. 6H20 + 6CO2 = C6H12O6 + 6O2 24. In addition to an oxygenated atmosphere, eukaryotes needed protecti ...
... B. CO2, carbon dioxide C. He, helium D. O2, oxygen 23. Which chemical reaction explains the origin of the earth's modern atmosphere? A. C02 + 4H2 = CH4 + 2H20 B. 12H2S + 6CO2 = C6H1206 + 6H2O + 12S C. 6H20 + 6CO2 = C6H12O6 + 6O2 24. In addition to an oxygenated atmosphere, eukaryotes needed protecti ...
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... B. The pursuit of knowledge; discovering the unknown. C. Humility: Finding out that we are not the only ones, that life is just one possibility of existence. D. Understanding the connections between everything out there and everything here on Earth. E. We get to play with cool toys like telescopes a ...
... B. The pursuit of knowledge; discovering the unknown. C. Humility: Finding out that we are not the only ones, that life is just one possibility of existence. D. Understanding the connections between everything out there and everything here on Earth. E. We get to play with cool toys like telescopes a ...
Comparing Earth, Sun and Jupiter
... Slight wobble due to eccentricity of orbit Rilles found all over moon’s surface: may be evidence of liquid lava flow at earlier time Mars Red surface, due to high iron content Polar caps clearly visible: indicate water content Change with seasons Atmosphere very thin and dry; planet is too small t ...
... Slight wobble due to eccentricity of orbit Rilles found all over moon’s surface: may be evidence of liquid lava flow at earlier time Mars Red surface, due to high iron content Polar caps clearly visible: indicate water content Change with seasons Atmosphere very thin and dry; planet is too small t ...
Final Exam Review
... 3. ___ are violent windstorms that take the form of a rotating column of air. 4. _____ can be replenished over fairly ...
... 3. ___ are violent windstorms that take the form of a rotating column of air. 4. _____ can be replenished over fairly ...
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... Maximum activity. Coma formed from jets of vapor from surface vents. Tails of ions and dust particles carried off with the gas are formed. Ion tail points directly away from Sun, while dust tail is distributed more along orbit. Nucleus surface continues to lose volatiles. 37. NASA is currently devot ...
... Maximum activity. Coma formed from jets of vapor from surface vents. Tails of ions and dust particles carried off with the gas are formed. Ion tail points directly away from Sun, while dust tail is distributed more along orbit. Nucleus surface continues to lose volatiles. 37. NASA is currently devot ...
planet - Groups
... has many implications. In a way it is an assumption, but one that results in specific predictions, which we can test and confirm or refute. It has become a commonly used word as a result of the success of Thomas Kuhn's 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Examples of scientific paradig ...
... has many implications. In a way it is an assumption, but one that results in specific predictions, which we can test and confirm or refute. It has become a commonly used word as a result of the success of Thomas Kuhn's 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Examples of scientific paradig ...
title of lesson plan - Discovery Education
... system as they move around the board. The path from START to STOP could spiral out with stops on each planet. On each planet they could be asked a space science question. Each student or group can decide on specific rules of play. ...
... system as they move around the board. The path from START to STOP could spiral out with stops on each planet. On each planet they could be asked a space science question. Each student or group can decide on specific rules of play. ...
Quiz Maker - Geneva 304
... 78. Do planets that have no atmospheres have extensive wind erosion? Do we see wind erosion on Mars? 79. What causes an earthquake? 80. Atmospheres play a role in determining a planet’s _____. In an atmosphere, _____ air rises and _____ air sinks causing a circulation pattern known as wind. Clouds f ...
... 78. Do planets that have no atmospheres have extensive wind erosion? Do we see wind erosion on Mars? 79. What causes an earthquake? 80. Atmospheres play a role in determining a planet’s _____. In an atmosphere, _____ air rises and _____ air sinks causing a circulation pattern known as wind. Clouds f ...
Ch. 28 Sec. 1
... rotating disk of dust and gas. When concentrated matter in the center acquired enough mass, the Sun formed in the center and the ...
... rotating disk of dust and gas. When concentrated matter in the center acquired enough mass, the Sun formed in the center and the ...
Gr9_unit1_ch10_notes-2015
... He observed: Craters on the Moon, spots on the Sun and four “stars” orbiting Jupiter (called the Galilean Moons) ...
... He observed: Craters on the Moon, spots on the Sun and four “stars” orbiting Jupiter (called the Galilean Moons) ...
Nicolaus Copernicus Describes What Is Seen in
... except the earth and what is around it. However, if you grant that the heavens have no part in this motion but that the earth rotates from west to east, upon earnest consideration you will find that this is the actual situation concerning the apparent rising and setting of the sun, moon, stars, and ...
... except the earth and what is around it. However, if you grant that the heavens have no part in this motion but that the earth rotates from west to east, upon earnest consideration you will find that this is the actual situation concerning the apparent rising and setting of the sun, moon, stars, and ...
Topic E: Astrophysics
... were more common in the past than they are today. So maybe yesterday's spirals are todays ellipticals. This is an active research area. One problem is that if most of ...
... were more common in the past than they are today. So maybe yesterday's spirals are todays ellipticals. This is an active research area. One problem is that if most of ...
The Solar System
... What did you learn about the planets? Tell me about the Sun. Which planet is the Red Planet? Which planet is the largest? Which planet is the smallest? Which planet is the hottest? ...
... What did you learn about the planets? Tell me about the Sun. Which planet is the Red Planet? Which planet is the largest? Which planet is the smallest? Which planet is the hottest? ...
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... • A small solar system body that orbits the Sun. • Comets are made of ice, dust and small rocky particles. • When close enough to the Sun they display a visible coma (a fuzzy outline or atmosphere due to solar radiation) and sometimes a tail. ...
... • A small solar system body that orbits the Sun. • Comets are made of ice, dust and small rocky particles. • When close enough to the Sun they display a visible coma (a fuzzy outline or atmosphere due to solar radiation) and sometimes a tail. ...
Space and planets
... is a gas giant with mass slightly less than one thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times more massive than all of the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Together, these four planets are sometimes refer ...
... is a gas giant with mass slightly less than one thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times more massive than all of the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Together, these four planets are sometimes refer ...
Solar system topics
... the largest asteroid. Other asteroids were discovered in 1802, 1804, 1807, plus any others since. Many of these objects are situated between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. If we could put all of them together, they would not make a planet as big as our Moon. Still, their existence was “predicted” b ...
... the largest asteroid. Other asteroids were discovered in 1802, 1804, 1807, plus any others since. Many of these objects are situated between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. If we could put all of them together, they would not make a planet as big as our Moon. Still, their existence was “predicted” b ...
4.3 – Earth`s Revolution
... • Evidence the Earth is revolving around the sun • Stars seem to change position throughout the course of the year – look closer or father away • ACTUALLY!! Earth is moving – not the star ...
... • Evidence the Earth is revolving around the sun • Stars seem to change position throughout the course of the year – look closer or father away • ACTUALLY!! Earth is moving – not the star ...
Extra Credit
... Comets are a ball of frozen water and gases mixed with solid chunks of rock. There is a vast shell of comets that surrounds the solar system. Something disturbs the comet's orbit -- like the gravity of a passing star -- starting it on a long fall toward the Sun. As a comet approaches the Sun, some o ...
... Comets are a ball of frozen water and gases mixed with solid chunks of rock. There is a vast shell of comets that surrounds the solar system. Something disturbs the comet's orbit -- like the gravity of a passing star -- starting it on a long fall toward the Sun. As a comet approaches the Sun, some o ...
Sun, Moon, and Earth Notes
... universe- Everything that exists anywhere in space. It includes all the galaxies, stars, planets, and other bodies that they may contain. star- A huge ball of glowing gas that appears as a bright point in the night sky. Astronomers think there are more that 200 billion stars in the universe. sun- Th ...
... universe- Everything that exists anywhere in space. It includes all the galaxies, stars, planets, and other bodies that they may contain. star- A huge ball of glowing gas that appears as a bright point in the night sky. Astronomers think there are more that 200 billion stars in the universe. sun- Th ...
Clear Skies - Cowichan Valley Starfinders Society
... cores collapse to form black holes or neutron stars, releasing an intense burst of high-energy gamma rays and ejecting particle jets that rip through space at nearly the speed of light. When the jets plow into surrounding interstellar clouds, they heat the gas to incandescent visibility. It is this ...
... cores collapse to form black holes or neutron stars, releasing an intense burst of high-energy gamma rays and ejecting particle jets that rip through space at nearly the speed of light. When the jets plow into surrounding interstellar clouds, they heat the gas to incandescent visibility. It is this ...
Astrobiology
Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe: extraterrestrial life and life on Earth. This interdisciplinary field encompasses the search for habitable environments in our Solar System and habitable planets outside our Solar System, the search for evidence of prebiotic chemistry, laboratory and field research into the origins and early evolution of life on Earth, and studies of the potential for life to adapt to challenges on Earth and in outer space. Astrobiology addresses the question of whether life exists beyond Earth, and how humans can detect it if it does. (The term exobiology is similar but more specific—it covers the search for life beyond Earth, and the effects of extraterrestrial environments on living things.)Astrobiology makes use of physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology, molecular biology, ecology, planetary science, geography, and geology to investigate the possibility of life on other worlds and help recognize biospheres that might be different from the biosphere on Earth. The origin and early evolution of life is an inseparable part of the discipline of astrobiology. Astrobiology concerns itself with interpretation of existing scientific data; given more detailed and reliable data from other parts of the universe, the roots of astrobiology itself—physics, chemistry and biology—may have their theoretical bases challenged. Although speculation is entertained to give context, astrobiology concerns itself primarily with hypotheses that fit firmly into existing scientific theories.The chemistry of life may have begun shortly after the Big Bang, 13.8 billion years ago, during a habitable epoch when the Universe was only 10–17 million years old. According to the panspermia hypothesis, microscopic life—distributed by meteoroids, asteroids and other small Solar System bodies—may exist throughout the universe. According to research published in August 2015, very large galaxies may be more favorable to the creation and development of habitable planets than smaller galaxies, like the Milky Way galaxy. Nonetheless, Earth is the only place in the universe known to harbor life. Estimates of habitable zones around other stars, along with the discovery of hundreds of extrasolar planets and new insights into the extreme habitats here on Earth, suggest that there may be many more habitable places in the universe than considered possible until very recently.Current studies on the planet Mars by the Curiosity and Opportunity rovers are now searching for evidence of ancient life as well as plains related to ancient rivers or lakes that may have been habitable. The search for evidence of habitability, taphonomy (related to fossils), and organic molecules on the planet Mars is now a primary NASA objective on Mars.