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24 Cards in this Set
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Which processes shape a planet surface? |
Volcanism, erosion, and impact catering |
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Which of the following is the largest moon in our solar system? |
Ganymede |
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What's the source of heat for the Earth's interior? |
Radioactivity, remaining heat from the accretion of earth and convection. |
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What materials make up the atmosphere of Jovian planets? |
Helium, hydrogen, and hydrogen compounds |
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Which is the smallest terrestrial planet? |
Mercury |
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Which terrestrial planet has the hottest surface conditions? |
Venus |
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Where does the debris in a meteor shower come from? |
Comments that have deteriorated in the inner solar system. |
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What does the magnetic field of earth do? |
It the Deflects the solar window. |
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Which Jovian moon has a thick nitrogen-rich atmosphere? |
Titan |
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Comets normally reside in which areas in the solar system? |
The astroid belt, the Oort cloud and the Kiuper belt |
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What is terrestrial? |
Small rocky objects with relatively thin or no atmospheres. |
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Terrestrial Planets |
Mercury, Venus, Earth, MArs |
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What shape is the planetary orbits? |
Planets orbit almost circular, lying in nearly the same plane and all traveling counterclockwise around the sun. |
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What percent of mass is the sun to the solar system? |
99.9% of the solar system |
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What holds the object in our solar system together? |
The sun |
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What is the sun? |
A star who's output is generated by high temperature nuclear reactions in its core. It's a large mass holds the object in out solar system in place. |
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What is the largest Dwarf planet? |
Eris |
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What is a falling star? |
Meteor, a bit of debris burning up in earth atmosphere. |
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Why was poodle demoted to a Dwarf planet in 2006? |
Pluto fits better with the rest of the KBOs and doesn't compare well to the inner solar system planets. |
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Which of the following is the largest object? A.) Pluto B.) Ganymede C.) Ceres D.) Titan |
Ganymede |
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What is the largest astroid in the astroid belt? |
Ceres |
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Why don't we see the impact craters from earliest part of Earths history? |
Play tectonics has repave the surface. |
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Why is Jupiter the largest Jovian planet? |
It form closest to the center of the early solar system. |
