E) the competing gravitational tugs of Mars and Jupiter. C) boulder- size particle from a comet 23) Most meteorites are C) 100 km However, the high reflectivity can be explained by its large size; as volatile ices sublimate when Pluto approaches the Sun, Pluto's gravity holds them until they refreeze onto the surface. (8) Pluto and other Kuiper-belt objects would not be prevented from colliding with Neptune. 4) An icy leftover planetesimal orbiting the Sun is a comet. A) once every million years is the very early stage of development of. D) A meteorite usually has a high metal content. c) Asteroids and comets are made of different materials than any planets. E) are captured by Jupiter. C) It is made of planetesimals that formed beyond Neptune's orbit and never accreted to form a C) Large asteroids were once molten and therefore became spherical, but small asteroids were never molten. B) the coma C) Meteorites have different isotope ratios of particular elements when compared to terrestrial rocks. The tail of a comet consists of dust and evaporated ices. most are unchanged since their formation in the solar nebula How do asteroids differ from comets? E) chunks of rock chipped off the planet Mars. Answers: Definition. D) Some Kuiper - belt objects have their own moons. C) the largest known comet A) It came from the Oort cloud. A rock found on Earth that crashed down from space is called C) They are held in place by resonances with other asteroids. A rocky leftover planetesimal orbiting the Sun is an asteroid. Primitive meteorites can be distinguished from other meteorites and terrestrial rocks because they. Abe Mizrahi, Edward E. Prather, Gina Brissenden, Jeff P. Adams, The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium. E) It could! A) Pluto has a cometlike composition and density. C) inside Jupiter's orbit C) Most of the trillions of comets in our solar system have tails. B) between Mercury and Earth's orbit How do the various types of leukemia, lymphoma, and plasma cell myelomas differ based on the type of malignant transformation? (9) Io, Europa, and Ganymede would not be geologically active. Which statement is not thought to be true of all comets in our solar system? C. Most comets have a circular orbit that keeps them in the space between Mars and Jupiter. What is Charon? D) discovery of Pluto's 3 moons. C E) All asteroids lie in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. b. C) the largest known comet WebAnswers: Comets are thought to be dirty snowballs. C) Pluto grows a coma and a long tail when it is at the point in its orbit closest to the Sun. 2) What do asteroids and comets have in common? Many Kuiper-belt objects also have the same period and semimajor axis as Pluto. D) beyond the orbit of Neptune. E) iron-rich and processed. B) the coma D) It confirmed our theory of solar system formation. E) It is material left over from the interstellar cloud that never contracted with the rest of the E) There are about 1 million known asteroids in the solar system. B) Objects in the Kuiper belt are made mostly of rock and metal. B) rocky and primitive. B) a meteorite that was discovered by primitive people E) boulder- size particle from an asteroid. B) outside Neptune's orbit Which of the following is not a piece of evidence supporting the idea that an impact caused the mass extinction that occurred 65 million years ago? E) It could! A. Comets are mostly made up of rock. 40) In the asteroid impact theory of the extinction of the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the dinosaurs (and over half of all the other species on Earth at that time) died off largely because E) Sizes are unknown because the nucleus is obscured by the coma. Which of the following statements is not true? How does mitosis cause an offspring to have the same DNA as its parent? E) by determining its size. B) It is smaller than the jovian planets but larger than the terrestrial planets. 
C) a comet in the Oort cloud Most comets have a circular orbit that keeps them in the space between Mars and Jupiter. 3) A rocky leftover planetesimal orbiting the Sun is an asteroid. They use lasers to continuously orient the spacecraft, On the video regarding the Mars rovers, why was Spirit called the "bad sister?" Barium metal has a body-centered cubic lattice with all atoms at lattice points; its density is 3.51g2cm33.51 \mathrm{~g}^2 \mathrm{~cm}^33.51g2cm3. A) It would have only one tail instead of two. WebComets are balls of ice and dust What do asteroids and comets have in common? D) comets. C) It is made of planetesimals formed in the outer solar system that were flung into distant B) about once every year A) see the gaps through telescopes. o a Comets are thought to be dirty snowballs. False, Which of the following planets has a length of day most similar to Earths? D) a streak of light caused by a star moving across the sky What is the typical size of comets that enter the inner solar system? B) rocky and primitive. A) Pluto has a comet-like composition and density. E) be and do all of the above. A) a meteor. Why aren't small asteroids spherical in shape? C) determining its mass from its gravitational pull on a spacecraft, satellite, or planet. What do we mean by a primitive meteorite? They are usually very easy to see but as they approach the Sun the rock condenses and becomes much harder to see. Which of the following statements about comets is true? Ices vaporize to become gas that form the coma around the comet. Most comets have a circular orbit that keeps them in the space between Mars and Jupiter. B) a comet that burns up in Earth's atmosphere Explain how astronomers determine the size of an asteroid without resolving it. Asteroids and comets are both made of rocky and icy material, but asteroids are larger in size than comets. B) Most of the trillions of comets in our solar system have tails. Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt occur at distances where A) It blasted the comet apart, thus preventing a potential Earth collision. near the radius at which they orbit today. D) 1000 km C) The conservation of the angular momentum of the tail keeps it always pointing away from the Sun. They are usually very easy to see but as they approach the Sun the rock condenses and becomes much harder to see. Weegy: Isaac Newton is the scientist who develops the theory of gravitation and used it to explain the orbits of celestial bodies. A) the nucleus. D) resemble the composition of Earth's mantle. C) about the mass of Earth. Which of the following would most likely be true? A) a streak of light caused by a star moving across the sky A, B, E, F We expect a scientific theory to be able to make predictions that can be tested. D) They are kept in place by shepherding asteroids. 
Meteorites can come from Asteroids formed inside the frost line, while comets formed outside. B.Comets are mostly made up of dust particles, frozen water and frozen gases. E) It is made of planetesimals that formed beyond Neptune's orbit and never accreted to form a planet. A) discovered it. E) All of the above are true. a) It is orbited by only one moon. A) in the asteroid belt What is the typical size of a comet's nucleus? C) he was the most famous astronomer alive in England during its appearance in 1758. A) as resolved disks, like the planets They are usually very easy to see but as they approach the Sun, these particles condense and become much harder to see B. Comets are mostly made up of rock. D) Earth is crossing the orbit of a comet. B) come from the Kuiper belt. appropriate for a dome and a basin, respectively. What characteristic distinguishes a meteorite from a terrestrial rock? B) The strength of gravity on small asteroids is less than the strength of the rock. Photographs of the surface of Mars provides evidence that liquid water once flowed on its surface. A) a thousand. Which statement is not thought to be true of all comets in our solar system? WebComets are balls of ice and dust What do asteroids and comets have in common? C) Only asteroids collide with Earth. E) was the first to publish pictures of it and report it to the International Astronomical Union (IAU). B) a mission to study the surface structure of a comet by dropping a lander onto its surface A) the solar wind is unusually strong. D) It is made of planetesimals between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter that never formed into a True WebWhich of the following statements about comets are true? C) It has the same approximate mass. B) cometary fragment The birthplace of comets is a cloud of icy, dusty aggregates beyond the solar system. E) dust settled on the leaves of plants, making them inedible, so the animals died of starvation. D) Only asteroids collide with Earth. Many of these are known to be when the Earth crosses a comet's orbit. WebA) Only asteroids collide with Earth. D) a small moon that orbits one of the giant planets A) There was not enough material in this part of the solar nebula to form a planet. C) about 4,000 C) inside Jupiter's orbit B) the asteroid belt. 
E) all of the above, Where did comets that are now in the Kuiper belt originally form? Weegy: he inner core of the Jovian planets are made of Hydrogen compounds, solid rock, and metals. D) chunks of rock chipped off the planet Mercury. C. Comets rarely fall into an orbit around the Sun. Click the card to flip . What is Eris? B) Triton, which must once have orbited the Sun before being captured by Neptune, is significantly larger than Pluto. A) the 1994 impact of a chain of comet fragments into Jupiter A) 100 km In your own words, describe the manufacture of ammonia from natural gas, steam, and air. (a) List at least three important characteristics required of a material to be used for this application. D) are Trojan comets. WebA) Only asteroids collide with Earth. Why does the plasma tail of a comet always point away from the Sun? Choose all that apply. A) about 30 years ago B) It doesn't have rings. A) A gap is located at an average orbital distance, and asteroid orbits often have large eccentricities. A) It consists of objects that fragmented from the protosun during a catastrophic collision early A) chunks of rock chipped off the planet Mercury. A) 1 km A) solar system debris C) meteor B) the Moon. It is made of planetesimals that formed beyond Neptune's orbit and never accreted to form a planet. Which of the following statements about comets is true? B) about the mass of Mercury. What happened to the "Impactor" of the Deep Impact mission? A typical meteor is created by a particle about the size of a C. Most comets have a circular orbit that keeps them in the space between Mars and Jupiter. C) by comparing its brightness in visible light to its brightness in infrared light What is a meteorite? The smallest planet in the solar system is A comet that has an orbit around the Sun inclined to the ecliptic plane by 65 probably originated in the Kuiper belt. Further, glaciers tend to funnel rocks on their surface into a small area, increasing the concentration of meteorites in certain areas. C) an extinction caused by the impact of an asteroid or comet C) the Moon. Frame the states of the sickness at every one of the four phases as characterized by the Ann Arbor organizing framework. WebThe Sun generates energy through fusion of hydrogen into helium. E) dust settled on the leaves of plants, making them inedible, so the animals died of starvation. E) There are about 1 million known asteroids in the solar system. 5) Why do asteroids and comets differ in composition? E) It confirmed our theory of solar system formation. B) the cores of asteroids. B) resemble the composition of Earth's core. Rather than being a planet, Pluto is really just a large member of B) The conservation of the angular momentum of the tail keeps it always pointing away from the Sun. A somewhat simplified flow diagram for a nuclear power plant is given in figure. Why do we sometimes observe asteroids at the distances of the gaps in the asteroid belt? B) Comets are balls of ice and dust. A layer of clay at this level in the sediments is rich in materials found in asteroids but not normally found on Earth's surface. This makes them very visible when they come near the sun. E) a moon of Neptune. E) There are about 1 million known asteroids in the solar system. What is the approximate diameter of the largest asteroid? Most of the asteroids orbit the sun in a belt between the orbits of. B) an Earth-approaching asteroid has recently come very close to our planet. Most are unchanged since their formation in the solar nebula. They are usually very easy to see but as they approach the Sun, the rock condenses and becomes much harder to see. C) the density of asteroids is high enough for a large collision to pulverize a number of asteroids. B) Pluto's orbit is completely inside Neptune's orbit. 2) What do asteroids and comets have in common? C) the atmosphere of Jupiter WebA) Only asteroids collide with Earth. E. There are vast numbers of asteroids and comets. A) comparing its reflectivity to the amount of light it reflects. WebWhich of the following statements about comets are true? E) Comet sizes are unknown because their tails obscure the nucleus. Give an example of a structure that is present in both human and fish embryos, but develops into different structures in each by birth., A(n) an organism. Click the card to flip . Answers: Comets with extremely elliptical orbits, like Hyakutake and Hale- Bopp, 
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