Comets
Inner Planets
Outer Planets
Asteroids
Meteors/Meteoroids
Meteorites
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What is a comet sometimes called?
A dirty snowball.
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What is another name for Inner Planets?
Terrestrial Planets.
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What is another name for the Outer Planets?
The Gas Giants.
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What action does an asteroid have in the solar system?
It revolves around the sun.
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What are most meteoroids probably made of?
These are probably small pieces of asteroids.
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Where are comets probably left over from?
The time when planets were formed.
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Which planet is called Earth's twin?
Venus
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Can NASA land a rover on the Outer Planets? Why or why not?
NO! These Gas Giants have a deep massive atmosphere, and are made up of many gases. They do not have rocky surfaces like the Inner Planets.
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What shape does an asteroid have?
An Irregular shape.
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What are meteoroids that strike Earth's surface called?
A Meteorite.
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Can you describe the process of how a tail forms?
When a comet passes close enough to the sun, solar radiation heats the so that the comet gives off gas and dust in the form of a long tail.
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Can you name one planet with a prograde rotation?
Earth.
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What are Saturn's rings made of?
Rock and icy particles.
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What shapes do larger asteroids have?
Spherical.
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What does a meteoroid do in the solar system?
It revolves around the sun.
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What is the center of a comet called?
The Nucleus.
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What does the surface temperature do as an effect of the Green House Effect?
The surface temperature is very high.
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Which two Outer Planets have The Great Spots?
Jupiter has The Great Red Spot, and Neptune The Great Dark Spot.
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Where is the asteroid belt located?
Between Mars and Jupiter.
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What is a spectacular streak of light you can see from the ground and most people call a shooting star?
A Meteor.
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Where is a recently discovered region where comets exist?
The Kuiper Belt.
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What year did NASA land the Twin Rover that found evidence that life may have existed on Mars?
2004.
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What degrees angle is Uranus tilted at?
A ninety degrees angle.
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If the innermost part of the asteroid belt are light gray asteroids what is their composition?
Stony or metallic.
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What cause a meteor shower?
When Earth passes through the leftover debris of dust that comets leave behind.
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