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About how long does it take for the moon to make a complete orbit around the Earth and return to it's starting position?? ---- daysA relatively small natural body in space the revolves around a planet--------------The darkest part of a shadow---------------Name the four terrestrial planets---------------------------Explain the difference between a Meteor, Meteroid and Meteorite-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name the four gas giants---------------------------Name the phases of Moon, Draw illustration of a Waxing crescent.-----------------------------A round depression in the surface of a planet, moon, asteroid, or comet, caused by the impact of a meteoroid.----------------------------Name the Astrologer who discovered the four largest Jovian moons----------------------------Small, rocky solar system bodies, most of which are found orbiting the sun in a region between Mars and Jupiter----------------------------Mercury or Venus, which one is hotter?---------------------Rank the planets from shortest to longest orbital periods---------------------Rank jupiter, mars, earth, and saturn by the most to least amount of moons---------------------Give 2 reasons why Pluto is not considered as a planet.------------------------------------------All planets orbit the Sun in the same direction (counterclockwise as viewed from above Earth's North Pole). True/False?---------------------Which planet gets so bright as to be seen in daylight at times?---------------------Which planet has a longer rotation period than its revolution around the Sun.---------------------The main constituent of the martian atmosphere is---------------------Name the Jovian planets---------------------Blue color of uranus and Neptune is caused by---------------------Name the moons of Jupiter---------------------Largest moon in the solar system---------------------What is unusual about Triton?--------------------------------Who discovered Uranus?--------------------------------The Great Red Spot is?found in this planet--------------------------------Essentially, the Great Red Spot is?--------------------------------Most of ------------ originate from Oort cloud or the kuiper beltName the Galilean moons--------------------------------This planet’s surface experiences the greatest temperature variation of all the planets because it has no atmosphere to retain heat.--------------------------------About ----------- % of the Earth’s surface is covered by salt water oceans.Which one of the following causes seasons on Earth?Earth’s atmospherePhases of MoonEarth’s axial tiltEarth’s magnetic fieldThe reddish appearance of Mars surface is caused by -----------------------------------Carbon dioxide on the atmosphereThick clouds of sulfuric acidHydrogen and Helium gasIron OxideThis planet spins on it’s axis faster than any other planet-------------------------This planet is the least dense of all planets------------------------------This planet is the coldest planet in the solar system------------------------------This is the only dwarf planet located in the inner solar system--------------------------------This dwarf planet is the largest object in the Kuiper beltCeresHaumeaMakemakePlutoEarth’s axial tilt is ------ degreesLargest dwarf planet isCeresHaumeaPlutoErisAnswer Keys (Skipping some obvious one’s)27 daysMoonUmbra(Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars),Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune)For some planets, temperature correlates with distance from the Sun: the closer to the Sun, the hotter the planet. This is not always the case, because a planet's temperature also depends on its reflectivity and on the strength of its greenhouse effect (if any). For example, the greenhouse effect gives Venus a higher average temperature than Mercury, even though Venus is nearly twice as far from the Sun.Recall that the time it takes a planet to orbit the Sun is called its orbital period, and that Kepler's third law tells us that orbital period increases with distance from the Sun. That is why the ranking order for orbital period is the same as the ranking order for distance from the Sun.Jupiter has many moons as a consequence of its formation, in which moons formed in a disk of material surrounding it and its extended atmosphere at the time allowed it to capture numerous small bodies into orbit. Mars has two very small moons that it presumably captured at a time when it, too, had an extended atmosphere. Earth's single but surprisingly large moon is thought to have formed as a result of a giant impact. Mercury (and Venus) have no moons.Answer : Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Earth1.Both Pluto and Eris are smaller than any of the terrestrial planets. 2. Both Pluto and Eris travel in more elliptical orbits than any of the terrestrial or jovian planets. 3.Both Pluto and Eris are less massive than any of the terrestrial or jovian planets. They have not cleared it's orbit (not a dominant gravitational influence)All planets orbit the Sun in the same direction (counterclockwise as viewed from above Earth's North Pole). -- TrueWhich planet gets so bright as to be seen in daylight at times? -- VenusVenus has a longer rotation period than revolutionThe main constituent of the martian atmosphere is Carbon DioxideJovian planets (gas giants) - Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, JupiterBlue color of uranus and Neptune is caused by - MethaneTriton orbits its planet backward.William Herschel was the discoverer of Uranus.Essentially, the Great Red Spot is a large cyclonic storm (hurricane).Most of comets originate from Oort cloud or the kuiper beltThe Galilean moons are the four largest moons of Jupiter—Io, Europa, Ganymede, and CallistoThis planet’s surface experiences the greatest temperature variation of all the planets because it has no atmosphere to retain heat. -- Mercury71% of earth's surface is covered with salt water oceansThe reddish appearance of Mars surface is caused by Iron OxideThis planet spins on it’s axis faster than any other planet - JupiterThis planet is the least dense of all planets -- SaturnThis planet is the coldest planet in the solar system -- UranusThis is the only dwarf planet located in the inner solar system -- CeresThis dwarf planet is the largest object in the Kuiper belt -- PlutoEarth’s axial tilt is ------ degrees -- 23.5Largest dwarf planet is Eris ................
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