Which of the following planets is NOT a gas giant? a. Earth b. Jupiter c. Saturn d. Uranus 16. The sun gets its energy from a. burning fuel b. nuclear fusion c. shrinking due to gravity d. convection 17. The number of on any planet can be used to estimate how old the surface is.
Prominences 1. Prominences are immense clouds of glowing gases that erupt from the upper chromosphere. 2. The loops or arches of gases may shoot as high as 100 000 kilometres from the surface of the Sun. This allows some of the surface gases, mainly hydrogen and helium, to escape into space.
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, the 5th from the Sun. It is not quite as bright as Venus when seen from Earth. Measured across, Jupiter is ten times the size of the Earth and one-tenth the size of the Sun. Like the Sun and Saturn, it is mostly hydrogen and helium. There may be a small core of rock and perhaps ice at the center.
Cepheid variable stars have masses much larger than our Sun; the more massive stars are more luminous and have more extended envelopes 10. The stars near the centers of galaxies are orbiting at high velocities, which mean that there is the presence of super-massive black holes in the centers of most galaxies. 11. Large galaxies can absorb smaller galaxies called galactic cannibalism. Chapter 14 1.
Which planet does it orbit? | | |Pictures of the moon Europa show large cracks. What causes these |Tectonic stress | |cracks? | | |Which moon is the largest satellite in the solar system? Which |Ganyemede, Jupiter
(2 points) Mars. B) Cosmic Origin of the Element CLUE: The substance collected has properties indicating that it contains a few different elements. The elements in your sample were formed in a supernova and released into space when the star exploded. Small stars and cosmic rays are not hot enough to form them. Look at the chart below to see which elements are typically formed in supernova and which ones are not.
Science Physics Core science questions and answers- Topic 1- The solar system- 1. What is a geocentric model? It is a model with the earth at the centre. 2. Describe two differences between ptolemy’s and Copernicus’s models- What is at the centre of the model and the way in which the planets followed smaller circles in their orbits in ptolemy’s model.
Chapter 1 • Review the components of our solar system – sun, planets, moons, asteroids, comets and their definitions o Star – a large, glowing ball of gas that generates heat and light through nuclear fusion o Planet – a moderately large object that orbits a star; it shines by reflected light. Planets may be rocky, icy, or gaseous in composition o Moon (Satellite) – an object that orbits a planet o Asteroid – a relatively small and rocky object that orbits a star o Comet – a relatively small and icy object that orbits a star o Solar System – a star and all the material that orbits it, including its planets and their moons o Nebula – an interstellar cloud of gas and/or dust o Galaxy – a great island of stars in space, all held together
Comet tails are made up of simple ionized molecules, including carbon monoxide and dioxide. By action of solar wind, molecules are blown away, forming a thin stream of hot gases continuously ejected from the solar corona. In case you do not know the meaning of a solar corona, it is the outermost atmosphere of the Sun. Amazingly, the thin streams of high gases move at a speed of approximately 400 kilometers (250 miles) per second (as cited in Yeomans 1991 p. 185). In addition, a comet frequently also displays smaller, curved tails composed of fine dust particles blown from the coma by the pressure of solar
The nebular hypothesis suggest that: a. all bodies in the solar system formed from an enormous gas cloud. b. Earth’s moon is an asteroid captured by the Earth’s gravity. c. galaxies such as the Milky Way form independent of one another. d. the Earth was formed a cosmic explosion, a “big bang”. e. the moon is derived from a protoplanet.