Test#2
... 16. The Cobb family wants to go to the beach during the highest of tides. When should they go? a) during the first of the month, b) during new or full Moon phase, c) during first or third quarter Moon phase, d) anytime is the same 17. One of the following factors, along with temperature, determines ...
... 16. The Cobb family wants to go to the beach during the highest of tides. When should they go? a) during the first of the month, b) during new or full Moon phase, c) during first or third quarter Moon phase, d) anytime is the same 17. One of the following factors, along with temperature, determines ...
Name Date____________________ Block_________ Astronomy
... a. 1st quarter b. Waxing crescent c. Waning gibbous d. New Moon 3. The model of the solar system with the Sun at the center is called: a. Geocentric b. Heliocentric c. Elliptical centric d. Does not exist 4. Which planet has craters? a. Mars b. Earth c. Venus d. Mercury 5. The distance to a star is ...
... a. 1st quarter b. Waxing crescent c. Waning gibbous d. New Moon 3. The model of the solar system with the Sun at the center is called: a. Geocentric b. Heliocentric c. Elliptical centric d. Does not exist 4. Which planet has craters? a. Mars b. Earth c. Venus d. Mercury 5. The distance to a star is ...
Celestial Events of the Month of May, 2014
... Celestial Events of the Month of May, 2014 May 5, 6 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower: The Eta Aquarids is an above average shower, capable of producing up to 60 meteors per hour at its peak. Most of the activity is seen in the Southern Hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, the rate can reach about 30 ...
... Celestial Events of the Month of May, 2014 May 5, 6 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower: The Eta Aquarids is an above average shower, capable of producing up to 60 meteors per hour at its peak. Most of the activity is seen in the Southern Hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, the rate can reach about 30 ...
Comets, Meteors and Asteroids - 6th Grade Science with Mrs. Voris
... Imagine watching a cosmic collision! That’s exactly what happened in July 1994. The year before, Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy discovered a comet that had previously broken into pieces near Jupiter. When their orbit passed near Jupiter again, the fragments crashed into Jupiter. On Eart ...
... Imagine watching a cosmic collision! That’s exactly what happened in July 1994. The year before, Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy discovered a comet that had previously broken into pieces near Jupiter. When their orbit passed near Jupiter again, the fragments crashed into Jupiter. On Eart ...
Planet Flash Cards
... 2. Has enough mass to assume a nearly round shape. 3. Has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. 4. Is not a moon. The main distinction between a dwarf planet and a planet is that planets have cleared their path around the sun while dwarf planets tend to orbit in elliptical paths that cross ...
... 2. Has enough mass to assume a nearly round shape. 3. Has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. 4. Is not a moon. The main distinction between a dwarf planet and a planet is that planets have cleared their path around the sun while dwarf planets tend to orbit in elliptical paths that cross ...
Natural Science 9: Test Review-Space Answers 1. pg 434 #2 a – i a
... g. What is a comet? a chunk of frozen matter that travels in an orbit around the sun. How long does it take for Halley’s comet to make one revolution? 76 years h. Give 5 facts about an inner planet. Use your notes to study from i. Give 5 facts about an outer planet. Use your notes to study from j. B ...
... g. What is a comet? a chunk of frozen matter that travels in an orbit around the sun. How long does it take for Halley’s comet to make one revolution? 76 years h. Give 5 facts about an inner planet. Use your notes to study from i. Give 5 facts about an outer planet. Use your notes to study from j. B ...
Meteors - Little Worksheets
... across the sky. Some people believe that seeing a shooting star will bring them good luck. It’s hard to find a shooting star because they disappear fast. The correct name for a shooting star is meteor. Besides very large objects like stars, planets and moons, space has lots of little objects. These ...
... across the sky. Some people believe that seeing a shooting star will bring them good luck. It’s hard to find a shooting star because they disappear fast. The correct name for a shooting star is meteor. Besides very large objects like stars, planets and moons, space has lots of little objects. These ...
Homework #3 Solutions
... at what color snow, or the polar ice caps are), this would result in a very bright, white, Neptune, and not a blue one. One way that you could get liquid water would be if the ocean was buried under enough atmosphere, such that the pressure was high enough to keep it liquid. But if that were true, ...
... at what color snow, or the polar ice caps are), this would result in a very bright, white, Neptune, and not a blue one. One way that you could get liquid water would be if the ocean was buried under enough atmosphere, such that the pressure was high enough to keep it liquid. But if that were true, ...
Quiz 2 Review Answers
... 3. Distinguish between the terms “rotate” and “revolve” in relation to earth’s motion. a. Rotate – to spin on an axis that passes through the center of an object b. Revolve – to circle around a point outside of an object 4. Describe the shape of the earth as it rotates. – It bulges at the equator. 5 ...
... 3. Distinguish between the terms “rotate” and “revolve” in relation to earth’s motion. a. Rotate – to spin on an axis that passes through the center of an object b. Revolve – to circle around a point outside of an object 4. Describe the shape of the earth as it rotates. – It bulges at the equator. 5 ...
Slide 1
... The solar system was born about 4.5 billion years ago, when something disturbed and compressed a vast cloud of cold gas and dust. The disturbance may have been a collision with another cloud, or a shock wave from an exploding star. ...
... The solar system was born about 4.5 billion years ago, when something disturbed and compressed a vast cloud of cold gas and dust. The disturbance may have been a collision with another cloud, or a shock wave from an exploding star. ...
alpha 116. this is the booklet used in class.
... winter was the main killer, perhaps cool climatic conditions prevailed for considerably longer than the few years it would have taken for the dust and sulphate aerosols to settle out of the atmosphere. Fluctuations in the abundance climate indicator fossils, from both land and sea environments aroun ...
... winter was the main killer, perhaps cool climatic conditions prevailed for considerably longer than the few years it would have taken for the dust and sulphate aerosols to settle out of the atmosphere. Fluctuations in the abundance climate indicator fossils, from both land and sea environments aroun ...
Chapter 27 – The Planets and the Solar System
... e. Most famous comet is Haley’s, it appears once every 76 years – last visit 1986 B. Asteroids – solid rocklike masses 1. Uneven surface causes their brightness to change 2. Revolve same direction as planets 3. Most in asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter C. Meteors and Meteoroids 1. Meteoroid – r ...
... e. Most famous comet is Haley’s, it appears once every 76 years – last visit 1986 B. Asteroids – solid rocklike masses 1. Uneven surface causes their brightness to change 2. Revolve same direction as planets 3. Most in asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter C. Meteors and Meteoroids 1. Meteoroid – r ...
Origins of the Earth Video Notes
... years – recycling material – rocks from the material have not survived. Clues – from outer space to tell us about Earth. 100 million miles from earth is the asteroid belt – enormous rocks left over from planet building. Sometimes these fall out of orbit – they are called meteors – that sometimes col ...
... years – recycling material – rocks from the material have not survived. Clues – from outer space to tell us about Earth. 100 million miles from earth is the asteroid belt – enormous rocks left over from planet building. Sometimes these fall out of orbit – they are called meteors – that sometimes col ...
A Short Look at Earth History
... • Formation of core early in earth history as iron sank to the center, and frothy light stuff floated to the surface (continents) • Core formation associated with catastrophic degassing of the early atmosphere (Big Burp) ...
... • Formation of core early in earth history as iron sank to the center, and frothy light stuff floated to the surface (continents) • Core formation associated with catastrophic degassing of the early atmosphere (Big Burp) ...
Our Solar System The Sun
... • Thin atmosphere • Frozen polar caps like Earth • Liquid water once? • 2 Moons: Phobos and ...
... • Thin atmosphere • Frozen polar caps like Earth • Liquid water once? • 2 Moons: Phobos and ...
Neptune and Beyond, Asteroids, Comets
... The good news is that none of these will strike the Earth. The bad news is that we probably have discovered only a fraction of the total number of Earth-crossing asteroids According to estimates there could be over 1500 earth crossing asteroids larger than one kilometer and 135,000 larger than 100 m ...
... The good news is that none of these will strike the Earth. The bad news is that we probably have discovered only a fraction of the total number of Earth-crossing asteroids According to estimates there could be over 1500 earth crossing asteroids larger than one kilometer and 135,000 larger than 100 m ...
ภาพนิ่ง 1 - ILM.COM.PK
... geological activity. However, it is much drier than Earth and its atmosphere is ninety times as dense. Venus has no natural satellites. It is the hottest planet, with surface temperatures over 400 °C, most likely due to the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. No definitive evidence of curr ...
... geological activity. However, it is much drier than Earth and its atmosphere is ninety times as dense. Venus has no natural satellites. It is the hottest planet, with surface temperatures over 400 °C, most likely due to the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. No definitive evidence of curr ...
Astronomy Quiz 2
... 9. The objects people refer to as shooting stars are often meteors burning up in Earth’s atmosphere. If a meteor does not burn up but strikes Earth, it is called a. An asteroid c. A meteoroid b. A meteorite d. A satellite 10. Rocky bodies that orbit between Mars and Jupiter are _______________. a. ...
... 9. The objects people refer to as shooting stars are often meteors burning up in Earth’s atmosphere. If a meteor does not burn up but strikes Earth, it is called a. An asteroid c. A meteoroid b. A meteorite d. A satellite 10. Rocky bodies that orbit between Mars and Jupiter are _______________. a. ...
exam_review_space
... 42. This the largest planet in the Solar System and it has a Great Red Spot:______________________. 43. This planet is the second largest in the Solar System and has several rings: ___________________. 44. This planet is unusual because its axis of rotation is on its side: _________________________. ...
... 42. This the largest planet in the Solar System and it has a Great Red Spot:______________________. 43. This planet is the second largest in the Solar System and has several rings: ___________________. 44. This planet is unusual because its axis of rotation is on its side: _________________________. ...
23.3 The Outer Planets
... • A coma is the fuzzy, gaseous component of a comet’s head. • A small glowing nucleus with a diameter of only a few kilometers can sometimes be detected within a coma. As comets approach the sun, some, but not all, develop a tail that extends for millions off kilometers. ...
... • A coma is the fuzzy, gaseous component of a comet’s head. • A small glowing nucleus with a diameter of only a few kilometers can sometimes be detected within a coma. As comets approach the sun, some, but not all, develop a tail that extends for millions off kilometers. ...
hw1
... What makes a theory “scientific?” Scientific theory starts off with a hypothesis. A hypothesis is a conjecture used to describe and predict some observable phenomenon. Extensive tests are carried out to measure the validity of any hypothesis. When the evidence in favor of the hypothesis is overwhelm ...
... What makes a theory “scientific?” Scientific theory starts off with a hypothesis. A hypothesis is a conjecture used to describe and predict some observable phenomenon. Extensive tests are carried out to measure the validity of any hypothesis. When the evidence in favor of the hypothesis is overwhelm ...
Think and Explain Gravitation
... planets suddenly disappeared, in what kind of paths would they move? ...
... planets suddenly disappeared, in what kind of paths would they move? ...
Astronomy that falls from the sky
... years ago. Its original total mass was over 100 feet wide and weighed about 300,000 tons, with a speed through the atmosphere estimated up to 40,000 miles per hour. It disintegrated from the tremendous force of slamming into the high desert sandstone and driving a shock wave downward into the Arizon ...
... years ago. Its original total mass was over 100 feet wide and weighed about 300,000 tons, with a speed through the atmosphere estimated up to 40,000 miles per hour. It disintegrated from the tremendous force of slamming into the high desert sandstone and driving a shock wave downward into the Arizon ...
Impact event
An impact event is a collision between celestial objects causing measurable effects. Impact events have physical consequences and have been found to regularly occur in planetary systems, though the most frequent involve asteroids, comets or meteoroids and have minimal impact. When large objects impact terrestrial planets like the Earth, there can be significant physical and biospheric consequences, though atmospheres mitigate many surface impacts through atmospheric entry. Impact craters and structures are dominant landforms on many of the Solar System's solid objects and present the strongest empirical evidence for their frequency and scale.Impact events appear to have played a significant role in the evolution of the Solar System since its formation. Major impact events have significantly shaped Earth's history, have been implicated in the formation of the Earth–Moon system, the evolutionary history of life, the origin of water on Earth and several mass extinctions. Notable impact events include the Chicxulub impact, 66 million years ago, believed to be the cause of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.Throughout recorded history, hundreds of Earth impacts (and exploding bolides) have been reported, with some occurrences causing deaths, injuries, property damage, or other significant localised consequences. One of the best-known recorded impacts in modern times was the Tunguska event, which occurred in Siberia, Russia, in 1908. The 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor event is the only known such event to result in a large number of injuries, and the Chelyabinsk meteor is the largest recorded object to have encountered the Earth since the Tunguska event.The most notable non-terrestrial event is the Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 impact, which provided the first direct observation of an extraterrestrial collision of Solar System objects, when the comet broke apart and collided with Jupiter in July 1994. Most of the observed extrasolar impacts are the slow collision of galaxies; however, in 2014, one of the first massive terrestrial impacts observed was detected around the star NGC 2547 ID8 by NASA's Spitzer space telescope and confirmed by ground observations. Impact events have been a plot and background element in science fiction.