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| how do many scientist say the solar system came to in existence do?do you think GOD could have created the solar system this way? why or why not? |
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| be prepared to state your view's of HOW GOD created the universe, |
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| what do scientist say caused the flatness of the dust and gas disk? |
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| what do scientist say contract to form the solar system? |
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| What do scientists say caused the flatness of dust and gas disk? |
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| Which planets are considered the inner planets |
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Mercury, Venus,earth and Mars
sometimes means between the earth and sun |
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| Not counting the sun, where is the hootest part of the solar system? which is the coldest |
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Venus is the hottest
moons of neptune are the coldest |
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| In farenheriet degrees, how big is the temperature range among the planets? hot and cold together |
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| What is so unusual about the orbit od pluto compared to the rest of the planets? |
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What are the inner planets called?
Why are they considered earht like
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The terrestrial planets.
They all have metallic iron cores with rocky mantles and crusts |
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| What are the outer planets called? |
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What cause your weight to be different on the other planets?
how do you calculate your weight on other plants |
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The force of gravity
Weight * force of gravity |
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| Why would you weigh less on mercury than on earth? |
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| mercury is smaller(has less mass) so its gravity is weaker |
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| What is "mass" the measure of? |
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| The amount of "stuff" something has."atoms" |
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| Whatis the equivalent energy in nuclear bombs going off every second to energy of what the sun produces each second |
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| How much of the mass of the solar system does the sun contain? |
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What are Jupiter and Saturn mostly made of?
Do they have metal and rock cores?
What surrounds their cores? |
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Hydrogen and Helium.
Yes
Dense liquids(no mantles or crusts) |
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| What percentage of Jupiter and Saturn elements make up the rocks of their cores? |
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| How are the inner planets different from the giant outer planets in their make up? |
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| The inner planets are rocky not "gassy" |
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What is density?
Which planet has the lowest density?
Which planet has the highest density? |
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mass divided by volume
Saturn
Earth |
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How large is the earths magnetic core(compared to its overall radius)
Why does the mantle increase in density as you go deeper? |
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The earths core makes up about 1/2 the planets radius.
The "stuff" is squeezed under greater pressure. |
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The core of a planet is in its densest part. Even though Mercury is mostly made of core why is it not as dense as the earth?
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| small;er size means less squeezing of "stuff" therefore less dense. |
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| How large is mercurys core compared to its radius? |
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| Why is venus not as dense as earth even though it is about the same size as earth? |
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| Venus has a slightly smaller metallic core. |
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| List 2 reasons why the density of mars is the least among the inner planets? |
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| Small metallic core, and sulfer in the core |
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What is pluto likely made of?
What is silicate? |
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1/2 ice 1/2 silicate
(non metallic rock) |
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Does Jupiter have an iron Core?
What is its core made of?
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| Jupiter is thought to have just a silicate core. |
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| Is the core of jupiter very large compared to its size? |
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| No(very small compared to its size.) |
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| Saturns density is .70. Would it float in water |
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| Do you think God could have created the solar system as shown? why or why not |
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| Can you name the planets and do so in order |
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| Mercury, Venus, Earth , Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and pluto |
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What is rotation?
What is revolution? |
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The spin of a planet
The orbit of a planet around the sun |
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What was the name of the spacecraft that first flew past mercury?
When did it reach Mercury? |
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| What are 2 things that make Mercury diffucult to observe from earth? |
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Very close to the sun - solar glare
Dust in the earths atmosphere |
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| What does the surface of Venus look like? |
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| What probably caused the cliffs crisscrossing Mercury |
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| Cooling and shrinking of its interior |
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| What is unique about the range of hot to cold on Mercury? |
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| Most dramatic range of any planet. |
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What is Mercurys crust mostly made of?
What is silicate? |
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Silicate (rock)
Non metallic rock |
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| Mercury's core make up how much of its diameter? |
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| What is the percentage of Mercurys core of the entire volume of the planet? |
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Have we seen the entire surface of Mercury?
What is the Messenger mission |
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No
To see the entire surface of Mercury |
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When was the messenger mission launched and when will it arrive at Mercury?
How manytimes will it fly past mercury before going into orbit around it? |
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| How are Mercury's plains like that of the moon and how are the unlike? |
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Like; Volcanic(lava)
Unlike; not dark like the moon- maria |
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What probably made Mercurys "wierd terrain"?
What may be in the craters at the poles? |
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A very large impact on the opposite side of the planet
Water and ice. |
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What was the first planetary probe to visit Venus?
When? |
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| What is odd about the way venus rotates? |
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| It hasd retrograde(backward) rotation |
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| What causes Venus to be so hot? |
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| It's atomsphere creates an extreme greenhouse effect(hold in heat from the sun) |
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What is maxwell Montes?
What is cleopatra? |
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A huge mountian on Venus
A huge impact crater on Venus |
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| What are most features on Venus named for? |
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| How does the speed of the winds on the surface differ from the high altitude wind speeds? |
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| Almost no wind at surfase, very very strong winds at high altitudes. |
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| What is the main component of the cloudy atamsphere of Venus? |
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| How does the atomspheric pressure on Venus compare to the pressure on earth? |
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| Venus is about 100 times greater pressure. |
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| How long does it take Venus to rotate(how long is its day) |
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| About 8 months or 243 days |
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| How do scientists see through the thick clouds of Mercury |
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| Why are there no polar ice caps on Venus |
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| Does Venus have many craters compared to Mercury? |
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| No craters get covered by volcano activity |
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| What has resurfaced much of Venus |
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| A large fault valley caused by the stretching of rocks causing some some to sink. |
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| Why do things look orange on the surface of Venus? |
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| The atomsphere filters out blue and yellow light. |
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| Do we as Christians need to worry about getting to other planets for our species to survive? |
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| No. the bible is clear about our future. |
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| What kind of twin is Venus to Earth? |
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| What may have reversed Venus' rotation? |
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| A large impact from a meteorite or asteroid. |
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| Where was the greenhouse effect discovered? |
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| How much of the Venus atomsphere id made of Carbon dioxide(CO2) |
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| Does Venus have about the same, more or less volcanoes than earth? |
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| Does lightening on venus strike the ground? |
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| List 2 reasons why Venus is so bright in the night sky |
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| Close to earth and very reflective |
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| What are Venus clouds made of |
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| What is the most common type of lava rock in the inner solar system? |
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| What color would everything on the surface of venius be accented with? |
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| Is maxwells mons higher than Mt everest? |
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| Tell me about Mercurys color? |
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| Nearly colorless(light grey) |
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| When can you see Mercury from earth |
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| At twilight times. Before sunup and after sundown. |
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| Does Mercury have much gravity? |
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| What is the color of the sky on Mercury? |
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| What guards earth from most impacts? |
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| What planet is most cratered? |
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| What did the very large meteorite form on the opposite side of the planet mercury after impact at the caloris basin? |
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| If the earth got hit with such a large meteorite in arizona, where would the "wierd" terrain be formed? |
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| In the indian ocean near madagascar |
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| Where might the water(ice) on mercury come from? |
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| What would a volcanic eruption sound like on mercury? |
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| you could not hear it because sound needs an atomshere to travel through |
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| How much of Mercury has been photographed? |
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| Who developed the first modern rockets |
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| Thought to be the first people to use rockets |
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| launched the first satallites |
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| launched the explorer satallites |
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| launched the first lunar probe |
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| Launched the first person in orbit |
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| Launched the first space station |
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| Unmanned spacecraft that are sent out to investigate things away from earth |
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| Probes that investigate the moon |
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| Probes that investigate other planets |
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| Blows out one end of a rocket to propel the rocket in the opposite direction |
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| Hot gases caused by burning this |
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| First space program of the U.S. |
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| Number of astronauts in the gemini spacecrafts |
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| Space program that brought us to the moon |
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| Animals used in the early soviet space flights |
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| Number of astronauts in the apollo spacecrafts |
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| The last soviet space station |
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| lost spacecraft and crew due to malfunction |
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| The current space station |
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| International space station |
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| year we landed on the moon |
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| Thats one small ______/ and one giant_______" |
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| stepfor man/ leap for mankind |
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| First american to be launched in to orbit around the earth |
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| Niel armstrong/ Edwin "Buzz" aldrin |
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