Unit A, “Processes of Living Things”
... The sun is Earth’s ______local star______________, which means … It is the star at the center of the solar system ...
... The sun is Earth’s ______local star______________, which means … It is the star at the center of the solar system ...
50 FACTS about SPACE
... 3. What is the study of the universe called? __________________________. 4. A person who studies astronomy is called an ______________________________. 5. The sun along with the planets is known as the ___________________ ____________________. 6. A hot ball of plasma is known as a __________________ ...
... 3. What is the study of the universe called? __________________________. 4. A person who studies astronomy is called an ______________________________. 5. The sun along with the planets is known as the ___________________ ____________________. 6. A hot ball of plasma is known as a __________________ ...
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 ...
The Sun and the Stars
... • Gases near a sunspot that suddenly brighten, shooting gas outward at high speeds, are called solar flares ...
... • Gases near a sunspot that suddenly brighten, shooting gas outward at high speeds, are called solar flares ...
Our place in the Universe
... You have to imagine that this is our entire 3-dimensional view of the sky flattened into a map. EVERY 3-dimensional direction we look we see CBR (cosmic ...
... You have to imagine that this is our entire 3-dimensional view of the sky flattened into a map. EVERY 3-dimensional direction we look we see CBR (cosmic ...
Powers of ten notation
... the pieces would have the same angular momentum as the original cloud? How must the solar system have changed since the time of its formation that this is no longer the case? ...
... the pieces would have the same angular momentum as the original cloud? How must the solar system have changed since the time of its formation that this is no longer the case? ...
Homework problems for Quiz 2: AY5 Spring 2013
... 2. The Sun will eventually go through which of the following phases? planetary nebula Red Giant Branch SNII White dwarf 3. In the fusion of four protons into helium, 4.7 × 10−26 grams of matter is turned into energy. How much energy does this amount of matter produce? ...
... 2. The Sun will eventually go through which of the following phases? planetary nebula Red Giant Branch SNII White dwarf 3. In the fusion of four protons into helium, 4.7 × 10−26 grams of matter is turned into energy. How much energy does this amount of matter produce? ...
94263_Solar_Sys_Halfs
... 6. * Take your measure for each planet (in cm) and divide it by what you measured for Earth’s distance from the Sun. Fill in Table above. Analysis 1. Examine the data above, your measures (in cm), the Actual distances in AU to the planets, and Bode’s Law predictions. How close are Bode’s Law predict ...
... 6. * Take your measure for each planet (in cm) and divide it by what you measured for Earth’s distance from the Sun. Fill in Table above. Analysis 1. Examine the data above, your measures (in cm), the Actual distances in AU to the planets, and Bode’s Law predictions. How close are Bode’s Law predict ...
Final Exam Practice Part I
... 4. What caused its shape to become a disk? 5. Today’s planets formed from dust and gases that clumped together. What caused this clumping into actual planets? 6. The inner planets of our solar system are rocky, while the outer planets are “gas giants.” Why are the inner and outer planets different? ...
... 4. What caused its shape to become a disk? 5. Today’s planets formed from dust and gases that clumped together. What caused this clumping into actual planets? 6. The inner planets of our solar system are rocky, while the outer planets are “gas giants.” Why are the inner and outer planets different? ...
the earth and other planets
... Diameter =142.8X103km ~5.2AU from the sun Orbit =11.9 earth years 1 day =0.41 earth days ~61 moons; Ganymede is larger than Mercury; thin ring • Density =1.3g/ml • Gas giant planet mainly of Composite image of Jupiter by the Cassini probe. The black dot is the hydrogen and helium. shadow of Europa. ...
... Diameter =142.8X103km ~5.2AU from the sun Orbit =11.9 earth years 1 day =0.41 earth days ~61 moons; Ganymede is larger than Mercury; thin ring • Density =1.3g/ml • Gas giant planet mainly of Composite image of Jupiter by the Cassini probe. The black dot is the hydrogen and helium. shadow of Europa. ...
Astro 10: Introductory Astronomy
... 1. Mg 26 is uniformly distributed throughout the solar system and throughout studied meteorites. 2. CAI’s (calcium rich inclusions) within meteorites have a very narrow (~1600K) temperature range within which they solidify, and this corresponds to a very narrow time range when they could incorporate ...
... 1. Mg 26 is uniformly distributed throughout the solar system and throughout studied meteorites. 2. CAI’s (calcium rich inclusions) within meteorites have a very narrow (~1600K) temperature range within which they solidify, and this corresponds to a very narrow time range when they could incorporate ...
Astronomy Vocabulary File
... bringing the sun’s energy to the surface Radiative zone—a very dense region of the sun in which the atoms are so closely packed that light can take millions of years to pass through Core—the center of the sun where the sun’s energy is produced Nuclear fusion—the process by which two or more nuclei w ...
... bringing the sun’s energy to the surface Radiative zone—a very dense region of the sun in which the atoms are so closely packed that light can take millions of years to pass through Core—the center of the sun where the sun’s energy is produced Nuclear fusion—the process by which two or more nuclei w ...
Six Weeks: 3rd ALLEN Subject: Science Grade: 3 TEKS Covering
... What is the center of our Solar System? What are the planets that make up our Solar System (8) Earth and space. The student knows that there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among the Sun, Earth, and Moon system. The student is expected to: (A) differentiate between weather and cli ...
... What is the center of our Solar System? What are the planets that make up our Solar System (8) Earth and space. The student knows that there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among the Sun, Earth, and Moon system. The student is expected to: (A) differentiate between weather and cli ...
part2
... was where most of the silicates in the solar nebula were located. b) silicates could only condense close to the Sun. c) it was too hot for the large protoplanets forming here to capture any significant amounts of hydrogen or helium. d) there was no hydrogen or helium in the inner solar nebula where ...
... was where most of the silicates in the solar nebula were located. b) silicates could only condense close to the Sun. c) it was too hot for the large protoplanets forming here to capture any significant amounts of hydrogen or helium. d) there was no hydrogen or helium in the inner solar nebula where ...
Name: _ Period: _______ Date: _______ Astronomy Vocabulary To
... 2. Heliocentric Model- The ancient model of the earth, first created by Copernicus, that stated our planets revolved around the sun. 3. Geocentric Model- The ancient model of the universe, first created by Ptolemy, that stated the earth was the center of the universe and all other object (including ...
... 2. Heliocentric Model- The ancient model of the earth, first created by Copernicus, that stated our planets revolved around the sun. 3. Geocentric Model- The ancient model of the universe, first created by Ptolemy, that stated the earth was the center of the universe and all other object (including ...
Scale Model of the Solar System
... – Late collisions between planetesimals thought to cause unusual tilts of Venus, Uranus, and possibly Pluto – Formation of the Moon is thought to be the result of a collision between Earth and a very large planetesimal – Mercury may have lost much of its outer portion due to a collision – Many crate ...
... – Late collisions between planetesimals thought to cause unusual tilts of Venus, Uranus, and possibly Pluto – Formation of the Moon is thought to be the result of a collision between Earth and a very large planetesimal – Mercury may have lost much of its outer portion due to a collision – Many crate ...
2- Origin of the Universe
... • Contain thousands of icy and rocky objects • Kuiper Belt – Neptune to about 30 to 55 AU • Oort Cloud – from 5000 AU to 100000 AU Pluto and Eris are the best known dwarf planets found in Kuiper belt Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in ...
... • Contain thousands of icy and rocky objects • Kuiper Belt – Neptune to about 30 to 55 AU • Oort Cloud – from 5000 AU to 100000 AU Pluto and Eris are the best known dwarf planets found in Kuiper belt Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in ...
Outer Space - The Reading Connection
... constellation is outlined in glitter, shining like it's made of stars. Kids in Orbit ...
... constellation is outlined in glitter, shining like it's made of stars. Kids in Orbit ...
Regents Earth Science – Unit 5: Astronomy
... planet and the faster the planet will move in orbit ...
... planet and the faster the planet will move in orbit ...
NAME
... A, and at midnight it was at point C. Michael concluded that he was observing a/an ____________. A. B. C. D. ...
... A, and at midnight it was at point C. Michael concluded that he was observing a/an ____________. A. B. C. D. ...
Science Journals * 3-18-13
... and that the Sun is many thousands of times closer to the earth than any other star. ...
... and that the Sun is many thousands of times closer to the earth than any other star. ...
Unit 1
... • a. in a circle with the Sun at the center • b. in an elliptical orbit, with the Sun at the center of the ellipse • c. in an elliptical orbit, with the Earth at the center of the ellipse • d. in an elliptical orbit, with the Sun at one focus ...
... • a. in a circle with the Sun at the center • b. in an elliptical orbit, with the Sun at the center of the ellipse • c. in an elliptical orbit, with the Earth at the center of the ellipse • d. in an elliptical orbit, with the Sun at one focus ...
Review for Astronomy Exam 1
... the Universe is made of Water Heraclitus: the Universe is made of Fire Empedocles: the Universe is made of Water, Air, Fire, Earth Aristotle: the Universe has 8 crystalline spheres (Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Stars) he added a fifth element “quintessence” to his cosmological s ...
... the Universe is made of Water Heraclitus: the Universe is made of Fire Empedocles: the Universe is made of Water, Air, Fire, Earth Aristotle: the Universe has 8 crystalline spheres (Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Stars) he added a fifth element “quintessence” to his cosmological s ...
ASTRONOMY TEST THE SUN
... brightness does not ever change 6._____ The solar corona is much cooler than the sun’s surface 7._____ The solar corona produces a lot more x-ray than it does light 8._____ The sun’s density is about the same as Saturn’s 9._____ The tops of convection zones appear as spicules on the sun 10._____The ...
... brightness does not ever change 6._____ The solar corona is much cooler than the sun’s surface 7._____ The solar corona produces a lot more x-ray than it does light 8._____ The sun’s density is about the same as Saturn’s 9._____ The tops of convection zones appear as spicules on the sun 10._____The ...
Solar System
The Solar System comprises the Sun and the planetary system that orbits it, either directly or indirectly. Of those objects that orbit the Sun directly, the largest eight are the planets, with the remainder being significantly smaller objects, such as dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies such as comets and asteroids. Of those that orbit the Sun indirectly, two are larger than the smallest planet.The Solar System formed 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a giant interstellar molecular cloud. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun, with most of the remaining mass contained in Jupiter. The four smaller inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, are terrestrial planets, being primarily composed of rock and metal. The four outer planets are giant planets, being substantially more massive than the terrestrials. The two largest, Jupiter and Saturn, are gas giants, being composed mainly of hydrogen and helium; the two outermost planets, Uranus and Neptune, are ice giants, being composed largely of substances with relatively high melting points compared with hydrogen and helium, called ices, such as water, ammonia and methane. All planets have almost circular orbits that lie within a nearly flat disc called the ecliptic.The Solar System also contains smaller objects. The asteroid belt, which lies between Mars and Jupiter, mostly contains objects composed, like the terrestrial planets, of rock and metal. Beyond Neptune's orbit lie the Kuiper belt and scattered disc, populations of trans-Neptunian objects composed mostly of ices, and beyond them a newly discovered population of sednoids. Within these populations are several dozen to possibly tens of thousands of objects large enough to have been rounded by their own gravity. Such objects are categorized as dwarf planets. Identified dwarf planets include the asteroid Ceres and the trans-Neptunian objects Pluto and Eris. In addition to these two regions, various other small-body populations, including comets, centaurs and interplanetary dust, freely travel between regions. Six of the planets, at least three of the dwarf planets, and many of the smaller bodies are orbited by natural satellites, usually termed ""moons"" after the Moon. Each of the outer planets is encircled by planetary rings of dust and other small objects.The solar wind, a stream of charged particles flowing outwards from the Sun, creates a bubble-like region in the interstellar medium known as the heliosphere. The heliopause is the point at which pressure from the solar wind is equal to the opposing pressure of interstellar wind; it extends out to the edge of the scattered disc. The Oort cloud, which is believed to be the source for long-period comets, may also exist at a distance roughly a thousand times further than the heliosphere. The Solar System is located in the Orion Arm, 26,000 light-years from the center of the Milky Way.