Physical Properties of Space
As distance from the sun increases, the mean temperature of the object will (increase or decrease)?
Decrease
Sediments undergo compaction and cementation to become what?
Sedimentary Rock
The Space Race was a 20th century competition between what two Cold War adversaries?
The United States of America (USA) and the Soviet Union (USSR)
The universal force of attraction acting between all matter
Gravity
Having a human crew
What is manned?
The closer a planet is to the Sun, the shorter its rotation period. True or False
True
Different processes in different areas can result in a variety of rock types, True or False
True
This individual became the first Hispanic astronaut in space
Chang Díaz
This object in our solar system has the strongest gravitational pull
What is the Sun?
often referred to as cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the Sun
What is a Comet?
The tail of a comet should always point toward or away from the Sun?
Away
The rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock
Metamorphic rock
This American spacecraft exploded due to an O-ring seal failure of the engine
What is the Challenger?
What force causes Venus to travel along a curved path instead of moving in a straight line?
The gravitational attraction between the Sun and Venus
A region of rock that formed together as a single rock type
This region of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is known as the___________.
What is the asteroid belt?
What type of rock is limestone?
Sedimentary
What is the significance of using probes on Mars?
Probes can be used to collect soil samples we can study on Earth.
These two factors are known to influence gravitational pull
Mass and Distance
the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion
What is uplift?
This rocky planet is known to have novae and acidic rain
Venus
Areas prone to high winds are most likely to have which type of rock?
Sedimentary rock, formed by the compacting and weathered sediment particles into layers over time
This theory published by Konstantin in 1929 started the space race
To be able to accurately predict when a comet will collide with a planet, it is essential to understand what?
The gravitational attraction that exists between all bodies.
the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion
What is subduction?