Q2 W5

Question 1

PAGASA

Answer 1

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration

Question 2

The agency oversees the tracking
of the movement and strength of a
typhoon once it enters PAR.

Answer 2

PAGASA

Question 3

An area of a typhoon with the lowest air
pressure.

Answer 3

Eye

Question 4

Consists of a ring of
tall thunderstorms
that produce heavy
rains and usually the
strongest winds.

Answer 4

Eyewall

Question 5

Curved bands of clouds and
thunderstorms that trail away from
the eye wall in a spiral fashion.

Answer 5

Rainbands

Question 6

These bands are capable of
producing heavy bursts of rain and
wind, as well as tornadoes.

Answer 6

Rainbands

Question 7

The results of the study indicate that learning _____ have positive effects on prediction accuracy.

Answer 7

Velocity, temperature, pressure, and
humidity, along with satellite images.

Question 8

The region of space
between the orbits of Mars
and Jupiter, where most of
the asteroids in our solar
System are found orbiting
the Sun is called ________, which probably
contains millions of
asteroids.

Answer 8

Asteroid Belt

Question 9

A small rocky
object that revolves
around the Sun. It is
smaller than a planet, but
larger than we call
meteoroids. Most
asteroids are found in the
asteroid belt, a region
between Mars and Jupiter.

Answer 9

Asteriod

Question 10

These are carbonaceous asteroid and
are grayish in color.

Answer 10

C-type

Question 11

They inhabit the middle region of
the main belt.

Answer 11

M-type

Question 12

About 75% of these asteroids are
found in the asteroid belt.

Answer 12

C-type

Question 13

These are silicacious asteroid
which are made up of iron and
magnesium silicate making them
greenish to reddish in color.

Answer 13

S-type

Question 14

These are metallic asteroids
which are rich in metallic
substances such as nickel- iron,
giving them reddish in color.

Answer 14

M-type

Question 15

lt is the most common among
asteroid.

Answer 15

C-type

Question 16

There are about 17% of this type
dominating the inner asteroid belt

Answer 16

S-type

Question 17

Two main Classes of asteroid

Answer 17

Main belt asteroids and Near-earth asteroids

Question 18

Refers to a cluster of asteroids
located in the “missing planet”
gap between Mars and Jupiter.

Answer 18

Main belt asteroids

Question 19

Near-earth asteroids are grouped in the what categories?

Answer 19

Athens, apollos and trojans

Question 20

Lie outside the asteroid belt, near
the orbit of Mars including Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta.

Answer 20

Athens

Question 21

Lie near Earth, which sometimes crosses Earth’s orbit.

Answer 21

Apollos

Question 22

Are known to dwell along Jupiter’s
orbital path and lie within the asteroid belt.

Answer 22

Trojans

Question 23

The first discovered asteroid was named

Answer 23

Ceres

Question 24

Ceres was discovered by an ltalian astronomer named

Answer 24

Giuseppe Piazzi

Question 25

First coined the word
asteroid, which means ____

Answer 25

Astronomer William Herschel, “star like”

Question 26

Sometimes, asteroid
collides with another
asteroid. Small pieces of it
break off. These small
pieces or fragments are
called ______

Answer 26

meteoroid

Question 27

A meteoroid comes close enough to the Earth atmosphere. It is pulled by the Earth’s gravity. It burns, vaporizes, and turns into a ___

Answer 27

Meteor

Question 28

Spark of light in the sky caused by
a meteoroid that crashes towards the Earth’s atmosphere.

Answer 28

Meteor

Question 29

It is commonly known as a

Answer 29

“shooting star” or “falling star”

Question 30

Sometimes, a meteor is large to be completely burned or vaporized during its travel towards the Earth, its remnant falls on the ground.
That remnant is called a

Answer 30

meteorite

Question 31

A combination of ices (both water and frozen gases) and dust.

Answer 31

Comets

Question 32

They are sometimes called ___ when seen from outside the earth’s atmosphere. They are invisible except when they are near the sun.

Answer 32

“dirty snowballs”or “icy mudballs”

Question 33

Comets have several distinct parts such as:

Answer 33

Nucleus, Coma, Hydrogen cloud, Dust tail and lon tail

Question 34

Composed of smoke-sized dust particles driven off the nucleus by escaping gases.

Answer 34

Dust tail

Question 35

Composed of a dense cloud of water, carbon dioxide and other neutral gases sublimed from the nucleus.

Answer 35

Coma

Question 36

Composed of plasma and laced with rays and streamers caused by interactions with the solar wind.

Answer 36

lon tail

Question 37

A huge but very sparse envelope of neutral hydrogen

Answer 37

Hydrogen cloud

Question 38

This is the most prominent part of a comet to the unaided eye.

Answer 38

Dust tail

Question 39

Composed mostly of ice and gas with a small amount of dust and other solids.

Answer 39

Nucleus

Question 40

Comets originate from the __ and the __

Answer 40

Kuiper belt and Oort Cloud

Question 41

It is believed that comets
visible from Earth are most likely coming from the __ which is near Pluto.

Answer 41

Kuiper belt

Question 42

On the other hand, the __ is so far away we that no one has ever seen it.

Answer 42

Oort cloud

Question 43

The word “comet” comes from the Greek word __, meaning __. This is because of how a comet’s tail can look like long flowing locks of hair.

Answer 43

“Kometes,” long hair

Question 44

Made of frozen water and super
cold methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide ices. Those are mixed with rock, dust, and other metallic
bits of solar system debris.

Answer 44

Comets