Earth and Space Sciences 9 - UCLA
... b) If Io’s eccentricity decreased, what would happen to the amount of heating it experiences? (1 point) It would decrease c) Why does Io’s eccentricity not decrease over time? (4 points) Because it is in a Laplace resonance with Europa and Ganymede and so its eccentricity is continuously pumped up b ...
... b) If Io’s eccentricity decreased, what would happen to the amount of heating it experiences? (1 point) It would decrease c) Why does Io’s eccentricity not decrease over time? (4 points) Because it is in a Laplace resonance with Europa and Ganymede and so its eccentricity is continuously pumped up b ...
How Was the Solar System Formed?
... forming larger and larger bodies. Eventually they formed the rocky inner planets. These include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. They are the closest planets to the sun. Farther from the Sun, the temperature was very cold. Water froze into ice. Chunks of ice bumped into each other. Gas and dust were ...
... forming larger and larger bodies. Eventually they formed the rocky inner planets. These include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. They are the closest planets to the sun. Farther from the Sun, the temperature was very cold. Water froze into ice. Chunks of ice bumped into each other. Gas and dust were ...
How Was the Solar System Formed? Questions
... Eventually they formed the rocky inner planets. These include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. They are the closest planets to the ...
... Eventually they formed the rocky inner planets. These include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. They are the closest planets to the ...
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 ...
Moons of the Outer Solar System
... Io and Europa Jupiter’s Io Is the most volcanic object in the Solar System due to Tidal heating caused by the gravitational tug of war it experiences from Jupiter and its sister Galilean satellites. Jupiter’s Europa Has similar but weaker tidal heating, Has a young cracked water ice crust pe ...
... Io and Europa Jupiter’s Io Is the most volcanic object in the Solar System due to Tidal heating caused by the gravitational tug of war it experiences from Jupiter and its sister Galilean satellites. Jupiter’s Europa Has similar but weaker tidal heating, Has a young cracked water ice crust pe ...
Other solar system objects
... • Size = less than ½ diameter of Mercury • Distance from Sun: Why’s an inner planet out there? ...
... • Size = less than ½ diameter of Mercury • Distance from Sun: Why’s an inner planet out there? ...
Outer Planets!
... clouds of gases moving at high speeds in the atmosphere. The surface temperature of the highest clouds is approximately -153°C. Jupiter's atmosphere is composed of about 90% hydrogen and 10 % ...
... clouds of gases moving at high speeds in the atmosphere. The surface temperature of the highest clouds is approximately -153°C. Jupiter's atmosphere is composed of about 90% hydrogen and 10 % ...
14. 1 A Travel Guide to the Outer Planets 14.2 Jupiter 14.3 Saturn
... but, because Saturn is further from the sun and colder, the cloud layers are deeper in the hydrogen atmosphere below a layer of methane haze. ...
... but, because Saturn is further from the sun and colder, the cloud layers are deeper in the hydrogen atmosphere below a layer of methane haze. ...
The Planets
... – 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 and other gases. – The atmosphere protects Earth from harmful radiation and high- ...
... – 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 and other gases. – The atmosphere protects Earth from harmful radiation and high- ...
The Other Distant Giants Are Kindred Planets with Individual Quirks
... so much farther from the Sun that its orbit takes nearly 30 Earth years to complete, but its day is a whirlwind eleven hours. Haze high in its atmosphere masks its bands of jet streams that are similar to Jupiter’s. Liquid metallic hydrogen surrounding Saturn’s core is responsible for its magnetic ...
... so much farther from the Sun that its orbit takes nearly 30 Earth years to complete, but its day is a whirlwind eleven hours. Haze high in its atmosphere masks its bands of jet streams that are similar to Jupiter’s. Liquid metallic hydrogen surrounding Saturn’s core is responsible for its magnetic ...
The Solar System: JUPITER by - Etiwanda E
... 1610. These moons are known as the Galilean moons: Io, Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa. This was important evidence that the earth was not the center of the solar ...
... 1610. These moons are known as the Galilean moons: Io, Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa. This was important evidence that the earth was not the center of the solar ...
CHAPTER 9.3: The Outer Planets
... cycle vs. a water cycle!! 33. _________________________ is the seventh planet from the Sun. 34. The last Cme it was visited by a probe was in ______________ when Voyager 2 flew by. 35. Uranus, like ...
... cycle vs. a water cycle!! 33. _________________________ is the seventh planet from the Sun. 34. The last Cme it was visited by a probe was in ______________ when Voyager 2 flew by. 35. Uranus, like ...
PLANETS
... part of the activity in their mouth (unless the teacher gives permission at the very end of the activity). 3) Designate a student to distribute a teaspoon of cake frosting to each participant. The frosting is placed on the waxed paper. 4) Using the knife, put some frosting "glue" on one side of the ...
... part of the activity in their mouth (unless the teacher gives permission at the very end of the activity). 3) Designate a student to distribute a teaspoon of cake frosting to each participant. The frosting is placed on the waxed paper. 4) Using the knife, put some frosting "glue" on one side of the ...
The Modern Solar System
... Greatest Elongation - the largest separation of the planet from the Sun in our sky, either to the East, or to the West ...
... Greatest Elongation - the largest separation of the planet from the Sun in our sky, either to the East, or to the West ...
The Planets - Giants video questions
... pieces stuck together resulting in the surface Voyager observed. Perhaps it was just such a collision that knocked Uranus over on its ________________ during the early days of the Solar System. 34) Neptune is 3 billion miles from Earth. The challenge with Neptune was that the scientists had to know ...
... pieces stuck together resulting in the surface Voyager observed. Perhaps it was just such a collision that knocked Uranus over on its ________________ during the early days of the Solar System. 34) Neptune is 3 billion miles from Earth. The challenge with Neptune was that the scientists had to know ...
The Outer Planets
... List 4 ways the Jovian planets are different than the inner planets? For one of the differences above, explain why they have this difference List 1 similarity between the outer and inner planets ...
... List 4 ways the Jovian planets are different than the inner planets? For one of the differences above, explain why they have this difference List 1 similarity between the outer and inner planets ...
PPT
... made of ice, hundreds of kilometers across. (The “Kuiper Belt” lies beyond the orbit of Neptune.) ...
... made of ice, hundreds of kilometers across. (The “Kuiper Belt” lies beyond the orbit of Neptune.) ...
ASTRONOMY 161
... made of ice, hundreds of kilometers across. (The “Kuiper Belt” lies beyond the orbit of Neptune.) ...
... made of ice, hundreds of kilometers across. (The “Kuiper Belt” lies beyond the orbit of Neptune.) ...
Solar System Formation
... Describe something you have already learned in this course that you did not know previously. 1. clathrates are ices with molecules inserted into ice structure 2. storm on Neptune is a downwelling compared to Jupiter’s GRS upwelling 3. Titan has magic islands on its mare that appear/disappear 4. spac ...
... Describe something you have already learned in this course that you did not know previously. 1. clathrates are ices with molecules inserted into ice structure 2. storm on Neptune is a downwelling compared to Jupiter’s GRS upwelling 3. Titan has magic islands on its mare that appear/disappear 4. spac ...
Week 6 Notes The Outer Planets
... e. __GRAVITY__ keeps the gases from __ESCAPING__ f. Gas Giants are made up of __LIQUID__ for of the gas due to the enormous __PRESSURE__ g. All of the gas giants have many __MOONS__ and a set of __RINGS__ ...
... e. __GRAVITY__ keeps the gases from __ESCAPING__ f. Gas Giants are made up of __LIQUID__ for of the gas due to the enormous __PRESSURE__ g. All of the gas giants have many __MOONS__ and a set of __RINGS__ ...
