Third Quarter Review

The name given to the two loose swarms asteriods located along Jupiter’s orbit, 60° ahead and 60° behind.

 How many years elapse between times of maximum solar activity?

What causes sunspots to appear cooler than their surroundings?

What is the solar neutrino crisis/problem?

Orbits of some objects carry them into the inner solar system and across Earth’s Orbit.  These objects are known as

On Jupiter, high altitude gas radiates into space, cools and sinks, becoming transparent to form

Uranus' rings are made of

Neptune's rings are made of

Adjacent belts, with different relative speeds, create vortices of various colors causes the

The Atmosphere of Uranus is made primarily of

The moon of Pluto is known as

What are the two reasons that the study of solar seismology is important to astronomers?

Stony meteorites are composed mainly of

Regions of the asteroid belt seemingly empty of asteroids are called ______________________.

The Sun's temp is high enough to cause positively charged protons close enough together to bind them together via

Which of the following are moons of Saturn?

__________________ is produced when light at one wavelength is converted to light t another wavelength.

List the Sun’s layers from the innermost layer to the outer most atmospheric layer.

The amount of pressure is in direct proportion to the speed of the atoms and their density and is expressed in the______

Beyond Neptune no more major planets are known, but there are many smaller objects known as

Asteroids and comets play a central role in planetary impact, in particular can have a large influence on Earth’s...

Meteor showers are typically named after the ________________ where the radiant is located

The Atmosphere of Jupiter is made of

1.The spherical shell of trillions of icy bodies believed to lie far beyond Pluto’s orbit a distance of about 150,000 AU

Any object held together solely by gravity will break apart by tidal forces if it reaches the distance known as the

Jupiter’s rings are predominately made of

The reason methane in a planets atmosphere makes if appear blue to us is because methane

What are the two main reasons astronomer believe could be the cause of the neutrino problem?

Which one of the moons of Uranus is very unique in that it appears to have been torn apart and reassembled?

Most meteors are too small to reach Earth’s surface – those that do are called ___________________.

Convection manifests itself in the photosphere as____________, numerous bright regions surrounded by narrow dark zones.

Heat within Jupiter carries gas to the top of the atmosphere, forming these features

The four innermost moons of Jupiter are called

The corona is not uniform but has streamers and _______________________ dictated by the Sun’s magnetic field.

The process why scientist believe that may have allowed iron to sink to the core of the Galilean moons is called

What is the largest moon of Saturn?

Pluto was discovered by ______________________ in 1930 by comparing nightly star photographs over the course of a year.

1.Most stony meteorites include smaller rounded chunks of rocky material called

What rare element is found that supports the idea of a large impact event 65 million years ago

Intense twisting and “breakage” of magnetic field lines is thought to be the

What are the two reasons scientist believe Jupiter currently emits more energy than it receives?

A __________________ is the glowing trail of hot gas and vaporized debris left by an object heated in Earth's atmosphere

The following are properties of Titan (Select all that apply)

Pluto has a tenuous atmosphere that is made up of

Sun's structure depends on ___________between a force that prevents it from collapsing and one that holds it together.

Why are Uranus and Neptune so blue?

1.Coriolis Effect on Jupiter turns rising and sinking gases into powerful _________ that are seen as cloud ___________.

What are the two explanations astronomers give for Uranus’ odd tilt?

Inner-belt asteroids tend to be _____________-rich and outer-belt asteroids tend to be _____________-rich.

Pick the trans-Neptunian Objects

Sunspot, flare, and prominence activity change yearly in a pattern called the _______________.

Short-period comets are now believed to be icy nuclei from the _______________.

A _________ is the result of a comet filling its orbit with emitted dust and Earth passing through the dust-filled orbit

What is (are) the source(s) of most meteorites? (Select all that apply)

Meteoroids larger than a few centimeters sometimes are visible in daylight as

Smooth surface seen on _________ results from water that has erupted from its interior flooding old craters and freezing

Ring gaps are due to __________________________, which may deflect ring particles into a narrow stream between them.

Near the Sun’s center, energy is moved outward by photon radiation – a region surrounding the core known as the

______________________ can explosively shoot gas across the Solar System and result in spectacular auroral displays.

The moons of Jupiter that look like our Moon w/ grayish brown color and covered with craters are (Select all that apply)

The low density upper layers of the Sun, where any photons created there can freely escape into space is called the

Triton is a unique moon in that it is able to retain and atmosphere select the two reasons scientist think this happens.