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Unit 4 Flashcards

1
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Jovian Planet

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jupiter like planet

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Jupiter

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largest planet, 92 satellites, hydrogen and helium atmosphere

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saturn

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rings, hydrogen (makes it up), windy, 83 satellites

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Uranus

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tipped on it’s side, hydrogen atmosphere, 15 satellites

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5
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Neptune

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blue from methane in atmosphere, 8 satellites, windiest planet

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6
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Pluto

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dwarf planet

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7
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On which planet are the fastest wind speeds found?

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Neptune

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8
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The four Jovian planets (in order of increasing distance from the Sun) are:

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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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9
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Which of the following names refers to Jupiter’s four largest moons?

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The Galilean Satellites

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10
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What is the Great Red Spot?

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Huge storm on Jupiter.

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11
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Asteroids

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rocky fragments

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12
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Asteroid belt

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between mars and jupiter, most asteroids are there

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Apollo asteroids

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asteroids whose orbit crosses the earth’s orbit

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14
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Kirkwood Gaps

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gaps in Asteroid belt from Jupiter’s gravitational pull

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15
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Bodes’s law led people to search for which of the following in between Mars and Jupiter?

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A small planet

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Meteoroids

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chunks of rock in space and smaller than asteroids

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17
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Meteor

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brief flash of light when meteoroid strikes earth’s atmosphere

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18
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meteorites

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meteoroid fragments stirke earth

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Size of meteoroids

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If a chunk of rock is smaller than a few hundred meters in diameter, it is called a meteoroid; if it is larger it is called an asteroid.

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20
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comets

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made of ice and dust

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21
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comets nucleus

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solid part of comet

22
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comets coma

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haze around comet made from sun melting it

23
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ion tail

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comet tail made of ionized atoms

24
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dust tail

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comet tail made form dust particles

25
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Oort cloud

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50,000 AU from sun, 12 billion comets there

26
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Aquarius

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the water bearer, jug of water with line pulling water out, no bright stars

27
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Pisces

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the fish, pentagon with line going up out of it

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Aries

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the ram, a line going slightly down, no bright star

29
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Taurus

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the bull, stick person on its side, no bright star

30
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Which direction does the ion tail of a comet always point?

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Away from the Sun

31
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Which moon has a thick atmosphere of nitrogen?

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Titan

32
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Where in the solar system does the asteroid belt lie?

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between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

33
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Which of the following planets have rings?

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Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune

34
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a brief flash of light in the sky

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meteor

35
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rocks found on Earth that came from space

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meteorite

36
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small chunks of rocky material in space

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meteoroid

37
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“dirty snowballs”

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comets

38
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large chunks of rocky material in space

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asteroid

39
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t/f Because of the way in which it orbits the Sun, the temperature of Uranus is very different at its south pole than at its north pole.

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true

40
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Which planet has the Great Red Spot?

A

Jupiter

41
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t/f
Jovian planets are made up mostly of hydrogen and helium.

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true

42
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t/f
A comet collided with Uranus in 1994.

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false

43
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Which direction does the ion tail of a comet always point?

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away from the Sun

44
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Which planet has the most moons?

A

Jupiter

45
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t/f
Jupiter has more known moons than any other planet in the solar system

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true

46
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t/f
The Apollo asteroids never cross Earth’s orbit.

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false

47
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t/f jovian planets are larger than Terrestrial planets.

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true

48
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t/f Copernicus discovered four moons around Jupiter.

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false

49
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t/f Jupiter rotates much faster than Earth does.

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true

50
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The four largest moons of Jupiter are sometimes called what?

A

Galilean satellites

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