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Astronomy
Question | Answer |
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Give an description of the terrestrial or inner planets. | Small; rocky; high density inside the asteroid belt |
Large; gaseous; low density outer planets that are located outside of the ateroid belt are called ____ or ____ _____. | Jovian, outer planets |
What are asteroids? | Peices of broken planet found in the Asteroid Belt. |
Where is the Asteroid Belt located? | Between Mars and Venus. |
What is the order of the planets from the Sun? | Mercury, benus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune |
What does a comet do? | Orbits the sun and are made up of frozen gas. The tail of the comet points away from the sun because of the solar wind (radiating heat waves). |
What is the difference between meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite. | A meteoroid is a left over peice of a comet's tail floating in space. A meteor is when the pieces enter the Earth atmosphere where it burns up. When, the meteor strikes the Earth it is called a meteorite. |
What does the impact theory state? | The Mooon was formed when a large object struck the Earth and material from inside the Earth was ejected out in space and this material formed the moon. |
What is the difference between the Waxing and Waning Phases of the Moon? | The right side of the moon is visble during the Waxing Phases and the left side of the moon is visble during the Waning Phases. |
What is a lunar eclipse? What is a solar eclipse? | A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth blocks the sunlight and a shadow falls on the Moon (Sun,Earth,Moon). A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon blocks the sunlight and a shadow falls on the Earth (Sun,Moon,Earth). |