Homework 7
... Homework 7 Due Friday, November 22, 2013 at 5 p.m., either electronically or on paper. 1. How does solar nebula theory explain the dramatic density difference between the terrestrial and Jovian planets? ...
... Homework 7 Due Friday, November 22, 2013 at 5 p.m., either electronically or on paper. 1. How does solar nebula theory explain the dramatic density difference between the terrestrial and Jovian planets? ...
ISP 205 Review Questions, Week 10
... Why don’t all of the pieces just pull themselves together into an infinitesimally small clump at the center? Gas pressure holds the Sun up. The individual atoms inside the sun are flying around in random directions and constantly bouncing off each other in new random directions. This keeps them from ...
... Why don’t all of the pieces just pull themselves together into an infinitesimally small clump at the center? Gas pressure holds the Sun up. The individual atoms inside the sun are flying around in random directions and constantly bouncing off each other in new random directions. This keeps them from ...
astronomy 2 review sheet - Hicksville Public Schools
... 18. Describe a meteor, meteoroid and a meteorite. METEOR- STREAK OF LIGHT AS A METE0ROID BURNS UP IN THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE. METEOROID- A CHUNK OF ROCK OR DUST IN SPACE. METEORITE- A METEOROID THAT HITS THE EARTH’S SURFACE. 19. What force pulls together matter in stars? GRAVITY 20. If you look at an ...
... 18. Describe a meteor, meteoroid and a meteorite. METEOR- STREAK OF LIGHT AS A METE0ROID BURNS UP IN THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE. METEOROID- A CHUNK OF ROCK OR DUST IN SPACE. METEORITE- A METEOROID THAT HITS THE EARTH’S SURFACE. 19. What force pulls together matter in stars? GRAVITY 20. If you look at an ...
Chapter 7 Vocabulary212
... 1. Spectroscope- used to study star’s characteristics by spreading light into different wavelengths 2. Nuclear fusion- nuclei of several atoms combine to form on large nucleus 3. astronomical unit- average distance between Earth and Sun (150 million km) 4. light year- distance light travels in 1 yea ...
... 1. Spectroscope- used to study star’s characteristics by spreading light into different wavelengths 2. Nuclear fusion- nuclei of several atoms combine to form on large nucleus 3. astronomical unit- average distance between Earth and Sun (150 million km) 4. light year- distance light travels in 1 yea ...