Order Out Of Chaos

Question 1

Water whirlpools in your sink, tornadoes, and hurricanes can help us understand how the Solar System evolved because?

Accepted Answer

They laws of physics are the same on Earth and the rest of the Universe

Question 2

The reason that the Earth experiences Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer is because?

Accepted Answer

230 tilt of our axis of rotation.

Question 3

Which planet has the fastest orbital speed?

Accepted Answer

Mercury, because it is the closest.

Question 4

This is Saturn&#x27;s moon Enceladus and it&#x27;s secret is?

Accepted Answer

The tiger stripes on the left side have thermal activity underneath., It is the most reflective object in our solar system., Enceladus is responsible for supplying ice to build the rings of Saturn, Geysers blasting out ice from it&#x27;s south pole.

Question 5

Planets got their name because they were?

Accepted Answer

Wandering Stars

Question 6

If the early solar system started as a nebula of gas and dust, what event could have started it all.

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The shock wave from a supernova passed through it causing some to clump

Question 7

Saturn&#x27;s rings can be ...

Accepted Answer

As thick as our classroom is tall.

Question 8

Our Solar System started as a

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chaotic cloud of gas and dust.

Question 9

What is the name of this Saturnian moon.

Accepted Answer

Mimas

Question 10

The uncrewed Cassini spacecraft was sent to Saturn to figure out?

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To discover the some unknown moons of Saturn., How the rings have intricate structure., How the early solar system evolved, To land a probe on the moon Titan

Question 11

Mercury orbits the Sun in how many days?

Accepted Answer

88

Question 12

How can Mars move backwards in its orbit and forward again, in retrograde?

Accepted Answer

Because of Geocentrism, Because all the planets orbit the Sun.

Question 13

How is there liquid water beneath the surface of Enceladus, that can then erupt in an ice geyser.

Accepted Answer

Remnant heat from the Big Bang, Gravitational tidal forces from Saturn are massaging Enceledus.

Question 14

What caused the Cassini Division in the rings of Saturn?

Accepted Answer

Orbital resonance from the gravitational interaction of the rings and moons

Question 15

If Saturn represents the early solar system then,

Accepted Answer

The interactions of its rings can explain how the planets formed., Saturn is like the sun and its rings are like the forming planets

Question 16

Saturn&#x27;s rings are magnificant for more than their beauty because

Accepted Answer

by looking at the rings we can begin to understand our own origins.

Question 17

When Galileo first looked at Saturn through one of the first telescopes, he said Saturn looks like it has...?

Accepted Answer

Ears

Question 18

How did our Solar System go from a chaotic cloud of gas and dust to planets orbiting around a star.

Accepted Answer

Conservation of Angular Momentum

Question 19

Saturn&#x27;s rings are so shiny because they are made of

Accepted Answer

Water ice

Question 20

Meteor Crater, just north of Flagstaff is a reminder that.

Accepted Answer

Our Solar System was sculpted through subtle and violent processes, Water on our planet was delivered via comets that crashed into our surface., If it happened once, it can happen again.

Question 21

In what ways is our solar system ordered?

Accepted Answer

The planets move around the sun on one orbital plane, like a vinyl record., Through the Conservation of Angular Momentum, The planets are arranged by density., The Planets, Moons, Asteroids and Comets motion is regular and predictable.

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