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Planet Questions Web sites http://nineplanets.org http://kids.nineplanets.org http://www.nasa.gov http://spaceweather.com/ http://www.windows2universe.org/ Questions to ponder __________________1. The main component of the atmosphere of Venus is ? __________________2. The longest day is on the planet ? __________________3. The mean distance from the earth to the sun is called a ? __________________4. The longest year is on the planet ? __________________5. The largest planet is ? __________________6. The orbital plane of the earth is called the ? __________________7. The atmosphere of Jupiter is mainly ___ and ___. __________________8. The deviation of each planet’s orbit from a circle is given by the ___ of its orbit. __________________9. Which planets turn on their axis opposite to all the others? __________________10. What type of motion is described in #9? __________________11. Viewed from space above the north pole of the earth, the planets appear to travel in a __________ direction around the sun. __________________12. Which planet is the most dense? __________________13. Which planet has the most elliptical orbit? __________________14. Which planets do not have satellites? r2 c:\users\robertsonr\google drive\files\courses\1710\spr13\stars&planets.docx 1 17. Classify the planets by Terrestrial Jovian 18. Classify the planets by small giant 19. Classify the planets by inner outer 20. Classify the planets by inferior to earth superior to earth Star Stuff and Cosmology Web sites http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/ http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/intro/cosmo-frame.html http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/stars.html (see teachers corner at this site) Questions to ponder 1. Trace the lifetime of our star, the sun, through its stages. 2. What types of stars produce the elements above carbon in their interiors? When in a star’s lifetime would these elements be produced? 3. Can you sketch the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram? What does it show us? 3. Summarize the Big Bang theory of cosmology. r2 c:\users\robertsonr\google drive\files\courses\1710\spr13\stars&planets.docx 2