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Astronomy 5th
Study Stack #5
Question | Answer |
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Name the order of the planets from the Sun. | 1. Mercury, 2. Venus, 3. Earth, 4. Mars, 5. Jupiter, 6. Saturn, 7. Uranus, 8. Neptune. |
What 2 planets have no tectonic plate activity? | Mar and Mercury. |
What orbit the sun and are made up of frozen gases. And it's always points away from the sun because of the solar wind. | Comets |
What are asteroids? | Pieces of a broken planets and are found in the Asteroid Belt which is between Mars and Jupiter. |
What is a solstice? | It is when the sun is at its most northern (over Tropic of Cancer) or at its most southern point (over Tropic of Cancer. |
What are left over pieces of comet's tails flouting in space? | Meteoroids. |
What theory states that the Moon 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? This is the most widely accepted theory also. | The Impact Theory |
When is the Spring (Vernal) Epuinox? | March 21st (1st day of spring) |
How do Epuinoxes occur? | Epuinoxes occur when the sun is directly over the Equator and there is equal amounts of day and night (12 hours of day, 12 hours of night). |
True or False. All planets are warmer with Venus having runaway greenhouse effect. | True. |