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What contribution did Nicholas Copernicus make to our current understanding of the solar system model? |
This man worked out the arrangement of the new planets and how they move around the sun |
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What contribution did Galileo Galilei make to our current understanding of the solar system model? |
Galileo used the newly invented telescope to make discoveries that supported the heliocentric model |
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What contribution did Tycho Brahe make to our current understanding of the solar system model? |
Tyro collected data for over 20 years, observing the stars and their movement |
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What contribution did Johannes Kepler make to our current understanding of the solar system model? |
Kepler used Tycho's data to develop three laws that describe the motions of the planets |
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What was the purpose of studying the night sky in ancient cultures? (name at least 3) |
- brought order - predicting seasonal and agricultural events - for navigation - measured the passage of time - enabled explorers to navigate through the ocean - developed calendars |
think time, order, travel |
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How do the heliocentric and geocentric models of the solar system differ? |
In a heliocentric model, the sun is at the cente In a geocentric model, the earth is at the center |
geo means earth |
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How does the sun produce it's energy |
The sun uses nuclear fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium atoms releasing energy |
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What are the layers of the sun from inner to outer? |
Core, radiation zone, convection zone, photosphere, chromosphere, corona |
start with core, end with corona |
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What are some features/occurrences on the surface of the sun? |
Sunspots, solar flares, and prominences |
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Mercury 1. Discovered when? 2. How has it been explored? 3. Unique/significant feature? 4. Roman/greek name/meaning? 5. Surface/geology? 6. Atmosphere yes/no+composition 7. Unique atmosphere features 8. Seasons yes/no? 9. Significant surface features?
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1. Discovered by Sumarian's as early as 3000 BC 2. Messenger spacecraft in orbit as of 2011 3. closest to the sun 4. Roman: god of travel Greek-Hermes: messenger God 5. Heavily cratered with no plate tectonics •Large cliffs 6. Virtually no atmosphere 7. Temperature range from 300°F to 800°F 8. no 9. escarpment or large cliffs, formed by the shrinking and cracking of mercury's thin crust
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Venus 1. Discovered when? 2. How has it been explored? 3. Unique/significant feature? 4. Roman/greek name/meaning? 5. Surface/geology? 6. Atmosphere yes/no+composition 7. Unique atmosphere features 8. Seasons yes/no? 9. Significant surface features? |
1. N/A 2. Visited by more than 20 spacecrafts 3. Thickest atmosphere-greenhouse effect 4. Roman and Greek Aphrodite goddess of love and beauty 5. surface dominated by lava flows. Few craters. sharp edged rocks. 6. Thickest atmosphere. Greenhouse effect. Strong winds. High-pressure. 7. SUPER THICK 8. Yes but the temper change is so slight its unnoticeable 9. If Water ever existed, none flowed on the surface |
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Earth 1. Discovered when? 2. How has it been explored? 3. Unique/significant feature? 4. Roman/greek name/meaning? 5. Surface/geology? 6. Atmosphere yes/no+composition 7. Unique atmosphere features 8. Seasons yes/no? 9. Significant surface features?
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1. We live on it…. 2. Look in history textbook for more info 3. Only (known) planet with life 4. N/A 5. only planet with flowing water 6. yes, very oxygen-rich 7. none 8. yes 9. only planet with life+water. Geologically active. Organic soil. |
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Mars 1. Discovered when? 2. How has it been explored? 3. Unique/significant feature? 4. Roman/greek name/meaning? 5. Surface/geology? 6. Atmosphere yes/no+composition 7. Unique atmosphere features 8. Seasons yes/no? 9. Significant surface features?
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1. N/A 2. Many missions have been sent to Mars mapping and examining the surface 3. liquid may have once flowed on its surface 4. Roman: Jovian Greek: Ares- God of War 5. desert like reddish soil, largest volcano, largest canyon, ice river valleys 6. Yes, thin atmosphere 7. Very thin 8. Yes, drastic changes 9. largest volcano: Olympus Mons. Largest Canyon: Valles Marinaris |
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Jupiter 1. Discovered when? 2. How has it been explored? 3. Unique/significant feature? 4. Roman/greek name/meaning? 5. Surface/geology? 6. Atmosphere yes/no+composition 7. Unique atmosphere features 8. Seasons yes/no? 9. How many named satellites? 10. The 4 moon names?
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1. N/A 2. Galileo observes with telescope 3. Biggest planet 4. Roman: Jovian Green: Zeus- King of the Gods 5. No solid surface, 318x the size of earth 6. Yes, made of hydrogen and helium 7. if 10x larger, nuclear fusion would have started 8. yes/no, with no difference in temperature 9. 34 named satellites 10. Io, Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa |
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Saturn 1. Discovered when? 2. How has it been explored? 3. Unique/significant feature? 4. Roman/greek name/meaning? 5. Surface/geology? 6. Atmosphere yes/no+composition 7. Unique atmosphere features 8. Seasons yes/no? |
1. 1st discovered by Galileo 2. Voyager in 1980 and Cassini probe in 2004 3. Has the most spectacular rings of all the planets 4. Roman God of agriculture; Greek: Cronus- Father of Zeus 5. No solid surface, less dense than water 6. Yes, similar to Jupiter 7. Super close to Jupiter 8. Virtually no seasonal variation |
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Uranus 1. Discovered when? 2. How has it been explored? 3. Unique/significant feature? 4. Roman/greek name/meaning? 5. Surface/geology? 6. Atmosphere yes/no+composition 7. Unique atmosphere features 8. Seasons yes/no?
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1.Discovered by William Hershel in 1781 2. Voyager fly-by in 1986 3. Axis tilt is 90 degrees (vertical) 4. Greeek god of the sky 5. No solid surface; contains methane 6. Yes, contains the most methane of any other planet so it looks blue 7. looks blue! 8. always cold |
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Neptune 1. Discovered when? 2. How has it been explored? 3. Unique/significant feature? 4. Roman/greek name/meaning? 5. Surface/geology? 6. Atmosphere yes/no+composition 7. Unique atmosphere features 8. Seasons yes/no?
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1. John Galle in 1846 but was predicted 2. Visited by voyager 2 in 1989 3. Atmosphere contains visible clouds 4. Roman and Greek: Poseidon- God of the sea 5. No solid surface, cold and blue 6. yes, has clouds 7. visible clouds 8. not much seasonal variation |
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Pluto 1. Discovered when? 2. How has it been explored? 3. Unique/significant feature? 4. Roman/greek name/meaning? 5. Surface/geology? 6. Atmosphere yes/no+composition 7. Unique atmosphere features 8. Seasons yes/no? |
1. Discovered by mistake in 1930 by Clyde Tombough 2. Probe launched in 2006, should be there in 2015 3. has a solid surface, small, dense 4. Roman and Greek: Hades- god of the underworld 5. Probably made of rock and ice 6. ... 7. ... 8. yes…? |
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What are comets? |
These are loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles whose orbits are usually very long narrow ellipses |
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What causes a comet's tail? |
As a comet approaches the sun and heat up, some of it's gas and dust stream outward, forming a tail Formed by comets interaction with solar wind |
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What are astroids and how did they fit into The overall concept of the solar system? |
Made of material left over from the formation of the terrestrial planets and satellites |
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Whats the difference between a meteor, meteorite, and meteoroid? |
Meteor: a small rock IN SPACE Meteoroid: a small rock IN EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE Meteorite: a small rock FOUND ON EARTH'S SURFACE |
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What conditions do living things need to live on Earth? |
Liquid water, a suitable temperature range, and an atmosphere |
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What other places in the solar system are good places to begin looking for signs of life? |
Mars and Europa |
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Why is Mars a good place to begin looking for signs of life? |
Since life as we know it requires water, scientist hypothesize that Mars may have once had the conditions needed for life to exist |
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Why is Europa a good place to begin looking for signs of life? |
If there is liquid water on your out but there might also be a life |
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