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| Planets in our solar system: |
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| Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and possibly Sedna |
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| Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars |
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| Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and possibly Sedna |
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| Similarities between inner planets: |
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| Similarities between outer planets: |
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| almost all gas giants with the exception of Pluto and Sedna |
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| small, lonely, and desolate |
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| How does not having an atmosphere affect Mercury? |
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| The surface doesn't change much, because there's no wind to change it. |
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| What is retrograde rotation? |
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| What is the Greenhouse effect? |
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| Heat is trapped in by gases in the atmosphere. |
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| Describe the surface conditions on Venus. |
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| The surface is very hot. There are puddles of molten lead and rocks so hot they glow. |
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| in the rocks are rusted iron. |
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| in the rocks are rusted iron |
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| Did Mars ever have anhy liquid water? Does it now? |
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| I DID, but it's now all locked up in polar ice caps. |
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| Did life ever develop on Mars in the past? |
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| Microscopic life did, we think. |
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| What are the names of Mars' small and lumpy moons? |
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| Which planet in our solar system is the largest? |
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| It is huge, it spins very fast, and it emits lots of radiation. |
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| What is the Great Red Spot? |
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| A storm on Jupiter that rages on and on, causing a dark spot on Jupiter. |
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| Name the GALILEAN moons of Jupiter. |
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| Io, Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto |
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| What gases make up Jupiter? |
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| hydrogen, helium, methane, and ammonia |
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| What's the big deal about Europa? |
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| It may have life! There is an ocean of H20, and tghe ice acts as a radiation shield, so who knows what would be there? |
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| What is the name of Saturn's biggest moon? |
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| gassy, possibly has a liquid core, butterscotch color, has rings |
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| What's the big deal about Titan? |
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| largest moon, and... It has an atmosphere! |
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| Pale green, gassy, has gas rings |
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| What gases make up Uranus? |
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| Why are Uranus' rings unusual and how did they get that way? |
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| They run up and down. We think this happened when something knocked it out of proper orbit. |
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| Basically a large ocean. It has tides, waves, etc. |
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| Basically a large ocean. It has tides, waves, etc. |
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| What is Neptune's Great Dark Spot? |
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| What is Neptune's Great Dark Spot? |
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| Small, rocky, cold, and eternally dark. |
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| Why is Pluto unlike other outer planets? |
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| Why do some people think that Pluto is an excaped moon of Neptune? |
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| earth-like, has a hard surface |
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1)Core:
2)Photosphere:
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1)the center of the sun
2)the visible surface of the sun
3)the invisible layer between the edge and what we see (except during eclipses)
4)the invisible halo (except during eclipses) |
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1) Prominence:
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1) An arc of flame off the sun's surface
2) Areas where the gases separate, creating an effect like a salt in watercolors
3) A dark spot on the sun where there's a magnetic storm
4) A place where a flame licks up from the sun's surface |
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