Chapter 27 Study Guide
... B. a very weak or non-existent magnetic field C. has an extremely old crust with volcanic features D. rotates from west to east instead of east to west ____ 2. The largest known volcano in the solar system is located on A. Earth B. Mars C. Jupiter D. Pluto ____ 3. Which of the following planets has ...
... B. a very weak or non-existent magnetic field C. has an extremely old crust with volcanic features D. rotates from west to east instead of east to west ____ 2. The largest known volcano in the solar system is located on A. Earth B. Mars C. Jupiter D. Pluto ____ 3. Which of the following planets has ...
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... • Can be compared to a “dirty snowball” • Mainly composed of solids that easily change to gases when heated • They are largely ices of substances such as water and methane mixed with rocky or metallic solids • 1-100 km in diameter • When comets get near the sun, their ices turn to gas • Some solids ...
... • Can be compared to a “dirty snowball” • Mainly composed of solids that easily change to gases when heated • They are largely ices of substances such as water and methane mixed with rocky or metallic solids • 1-100 km in diameter • When comets get near the sun, their ices turn to gas • Some solids ...
Astronomy Unit – Part 3: The Planets Terrestrial Planet – the four
... small bodies made mostly of ice. Kuiper Belt Object – any of the minor bodies in the Kuiper Belt Comet – small body of ice, rock, and dust that follows a highly elliptical orbit around the sun Asteroid – small, irregularly shaped, rocky object that orbits the sun. Oort Cloud – a spherical region tha ...
... small bodies made mostly of ice. Kuiper Belt Object – any of the minor bodies in the Kuiper Belt Comet – small body of ice, rock, and dust that follows a highly elliptical orbit around the sun Asteroid – small, irregularly shaped, rocky object that orbits the sun. Oort Cloud – a spherical region tha ...