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what do scientists say contracted to form the solar system????? |
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What do scientists say that caused the flatness of the dust and gas |
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Which Planets are considered the "inner planets"? |
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars |
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Which Planets are considered the "inner planets"? |
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars |
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In ferenheight degrees, how big is the temerature range among the planets? |
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What is so unusual about the orbit of Pluto compared to other planets? |
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what are the inner planets called? |
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Why are they all considered earth-like? |
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they all metallic iron cores with rocky mantles and crusts |
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what are the outer planets called |
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what would cause you weight to be different on other planets? |
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How do you calculate your weight on the other planets? |
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weight x force of gravity |
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Why would you weigh less on Mercury |
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merury is smaller ( has less mass) so gravity is weaker |
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what is mass the measure of |
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the amount of stuff something has. |
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does your mass change from planet to planet? |
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what pulls on your mass to produce weight? |
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What is the equivalent energy in nuclear bombs going off every second to energy of what the sun produces every second |
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Ho wmuch of the mass of the soladr system does the sun contain |
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what are jupiter and saturn mostly made of |
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do they have metal and rock cores |
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what surrounds their cores |
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How do Uranus and Neptune differ from Jupitar aND sATURN |
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Less Hydrogen and Helium, Larger zones of a variety of liquids |
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What percentage of Jupitar and Saturn elements make up the rocks of thier cores |
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How are the inner planets compared to the outer giant planets in their makeup |
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Th inner planets are rocky not "gassy" |
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which planet has the lowest density |
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Which Planet has the most density |
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How large is the earths magnetic core |
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makes up about 1/2 the radius |
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why does the mantle increase in density as you go deeper |
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the stuff is squeezed under greater pressure |
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how large is the core of Mercury compared to its radius |
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Why is Mercury not as dense as earth if its the same size |
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The smaller size means less squeezing of stuff therefor less densr |
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why is Venus not as dense as earth even though it is about the same size |
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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 of the inner planets |
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small metallic core, sulfur in core |
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What is Pluto likely made of |
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Is the core of Jupiter very large compared to its total size |
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No (very small core compared to its size |
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Why is Uranus not as dense as Neptune even though they are about the same size |
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Uranus contains less hydrogen and helium then Neptune |
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Saturns density is 0.7 would it float or sink in water |
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Name the Planets in order |
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupitar, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto |
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the orbit of a planet around the sun |
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What is the name of the Spacecraft that first flew past Mercury |
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When did it reach Mercury |
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What 2 things make Mercury dificult to observe from earth |
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close to sun-solar glare, Dust in Earths atmosphere |
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What does the surface look like on Mercury |
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What probably caused the cliffs crisscrossing Mercury |
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cooling and shrinking of interior |
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What is unique about the range from hot to cold on Mercury |
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Most dramatic range of any planet |
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What is Mercurys crust likely made of |
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Mercurys core makes up about 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 |
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What is the messanger mission |
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to see the entire surface of Mercury |
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When was mESSENGER LAUNCHED AND WHEN WILL IT ARRIVE AT mERCURY |
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How many times will Messenger fly past Mercury before it goes into orbit |
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How are Mercurys plains like that of the moon and how are they not like that of the moon |
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Like: Volcanic not like: not dark like moon maria |
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What probaly made Mercurys weird terrain |
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A very large impact on opposite side of the planet |
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What may be in the craters of Mercury at or near its poles |
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What was the first planetary probe to visit Venus, when did this happen |
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What is odd about the way Venus rotates |
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It has retrograde rotation |
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What causes Venus to be so hot |
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Its atmosphere creates an extreme greenhouse effect (holds in heat from Sun) |
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a huge impact crater on Venus |
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What are most of the features of Venus named for |
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How does the speed of the winds on the surface differ from the high altitudes wind speeds |
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Almost no wind at surface; very very strong wind at high altitudes |
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What is the main component of the cloudy atmosphere of Venus |
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How does the atmospheric pressure on Venus compare to the Pressure on Earth |
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Venus about 1oo times greater pressure |
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How long does it take Venus to rotate |
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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 why or why not |
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no craters get covered to volcanic activity |
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what has resurfaced much of Venus |
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A large fault valley caused by the stretcing of rocks causing some to sink |
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Why do things look orange on the surface of Venus |
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The atmosphere 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 live |
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No the Bible is quite clear about our future |
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What kind of twin is Venus is to earth |
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What may have reversed the planet Venuses rotation |
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A large impact from a very large meteorite or astroid |
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Where was the greenhouse effect discovered |
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Does Venus have about the same more or less volcanoes compared to earth |
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How much of Venus atmoshere is made of carbon dioxide |
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Does lighining 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, very reflective |
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What are the Venus clouds mostly 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 everythong on the surface of Venus be accented with |
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Is maxwell mons higher than Mt. Everest |
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Tell about Mercurys color |
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When can you see Mercury from Earth |
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at twilight hours before sunup and after sundown |
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Does Mercury have much Gravity |
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What is the sky color on Mercury |
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what guards earth from most impacts |
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Which planet in the solar system 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 weird terrain be formed |
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In the bottom of the Indian ocean off the coast of Madagascar |
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What would a volcanic eruption sound like on Mercury |
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Nothing because there is like no atmosphere therefore sound waves cant travel |
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How much of Mercury has been photographed |
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the developer of the first modern rockets |
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thought to be the first people to use rockets |
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Launched first satellites, launched sputnik satellites, Launched the 1st lunar probe, Launched the first person into orbit around the earth, Launched the first space stations |
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Launched explorer satellites |
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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 |
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Hot gases caused by burning this |
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First space program of the united states |
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Number of people on Geminin spacecraft |
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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 astrounaughts 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 first landed on the moon |
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