Planets Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Distinction achieved. Describes: • Planets - Composition, Rings, Characteristics, Origin • Solar system • Gaseous ans Terrestrial Planets • Sun compostion • Kuiper belt, Van Allen radiation, Forces applied

What causes day and night? - Rotation of Earth on its Axis How does the Sun appear to move in the sky in the course of a day? - East to West bc of Earth's rotation. The stars and planets move the same way, also bc Earth's rotation What happens to the Earth in one year? - It orbits the Sun one time Why do we have seasons? - Tilt of Earth's axis (not changing from Sun). The tilt is about 23 degrees How is the Earth's axis tilted when we have summer in the Northern hemisphere? - With the N...

INC3701 Assignment 5 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2023 (770687)- DUE 29 September 2023. 100% CORRECT questions, answers, workings and explanations................. Question 2 Read the scenario and answer the questions that follow: Ms Selepe is teaching a lesson about the solar system. She starts her lesson by taking the class outside. They stand with their eyes closed and she lets them feel the warmth of the sun on their skin while she explains to them about the sun and the solar system. Next, she m...

lived in modern day mexico and central america. relied heavily on maize - mesoamericans First society people located in central North America - mississippians Mississippian settlement near present-day East St. Louis, home to as many as 25,000 Native Americans - cahokia a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States - pueblo Important ancient Anasazi Indian center in New Mexico that included a pueblo of six hundred interconnected rooms - chaco canyon king of Spain; m...

Test Bank for The Essential Cosmic Perspective, 9e 9th Edition by Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan O. Donahue; Nicholas Schneider; Mark Voit. Full chapters test bank included A Modern View of the Universe Discovering the Universe for Yourself The Science of Astronomy PART II: KEY CONCEPTS FOR ASTRONOMY Making Sense of the Universe: Understanding Motion, Energy, and Gravity Light: The Cosmic Messenger PART III: LEARNING FROM OTHER WORLDS Formation of the Solar System Earth and the Terrestr...

Test Bank For Astronomy 1st Edition by Andrew Fraknoi 8284, 3 Chapter 1: Science and the Universe: A Brief Tour Chapter 2: Observing the Sky: The Birth of Astronomy Chapter 3: Orbits and Gravity Chapter 4: Earth, Moon, and Sky Chapter 5: Radiation and Spectra Chapter 6: Astronomical Instruments Chapter 7: Other Worlds: An Introduction to the Solar System Chapter 8: Earth as a Planet Chapter 9: Cratered Worlds: The Moon and Mercury Chapter 10: Earthlike Planets: Venu...

Planetary ___ have common plane and direction, low eccentricity; correct answers orbits ___shows similar order; correct answers Rotation Moons have similar ___. correct answers motions Orbital spacing ___random. correct answers not Terrestrial and Jovian planets show ___ and composition correct answers trends in size The collapse of an interstellar cloud. As the cloud contracts, it rotates faster, and the outer parts flatten into a disk. This can be observed happening elsewhere in...

The Earth's upper mantle is mainly made of peridotite, an ultramafic igneous rock with lots of olivine crystals. Which type of magma can be produced when the upper mantle undergoes decompression melting of the upper mantle peridotite at mid-ocean ridges? - correct answer -Basaltic Seismic studies of the earth have shown that the platnet's interior is made of a few layers with distinct seismic signatures and chemical compositions. The major layers of the planet include (from innermost to the...

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If life exists elsewhere in our solar system, what Earth creature would it probably look like? - AnswerOption D (Microbe looking organism) Which of the following must a planet have to support complex life? - Answer-C, Liquid water How are exoplanets different from the planets in our solar system? - Answer-B, The planets in our solar system can be seen with the naked eye; exoplanets can't Astronomers detect exoplanets indirectly. What is the best synonym for "indirect?" - Answer-C, Rounda...