Astronomy college course/Chasing Pluto/in-class contributions/John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)


How fast was the spacecraft moving.? 36000 miles/hour

John Quincy Adams   (1825-1829) Edit

Planetary Science Edit

1 Revolution refers to orbit around a central body and rotation refers to spin around the object's own axis.

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2 Rotation refers to orbit around a central body and revolution refers to spin around the object's own axis.

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3 Before it comes up through the Earth's crust, ________ is called _______.

magma ... lava
granite ... basalt
basalt ... granite
lava ... magma

4 The most violent volcanoes are called

basalt volcanoes
cinder cone volcanoes
shield volcanoes
stratovolcanoes
scoria cone volcanoes

5 The direction the Earth rotates around the sun is _________ towards __________.

north ... south
east ... west
west ... east
south ... north

6 The planet _________ has the highest density of the eight planets in the solar system.

Mercury
Earth
Jupiter
Mars
Venus

7 Venus is the planet that is also referred to as the Earth's "sister" planet.

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8 Mercury being the closest planet to the sun is the hottest planet in our solar system.

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9 Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system even though it is not the closest to the sun.

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10 The volcanoes on Venus are the stratovocanoes/composite volcanoes.

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11 The volcanoes on Venus are the shield volcanoes.

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12 With a peak of 11 km above Venusian average surface __________ is the highest mountain on Venus.

Ishtar Terra
Maxwell Montes
Mount Everest
Mount Max

13 Due to the iron oxide giving the planet _________ its appearance and is often described as _________ .

Mars ... Red Giant
Venus ... Morning star
Jupiter ... ice giant

14 Jupiter has _______ moons.

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4
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101

15 In 1973 the first robotic spacecraft to explore Jupiter was a space shuttle named New Horizons.

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16 In 1973 the first robotic spacecraft to explore Jupiter was a space shuttle named Pioneer.

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17 Kepler became ill with ________, which left him with weak vision and his hands crippled limiting his ability to work.

AIDS
mumps
smallpox
typhoid fever