Terrestrial vs Jovian
Name of a Terrestrial planet
List all planets that have rings
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Direction a comet's tail points
Away from the Sun
Example of Active Planet
Earth or Venus
material that comets have and asteroids generally lack
ice
Another name for Jovian Planet
gas giant or outer planet
If this process occurs, it erases evidence of impact craters
erosion
Materials in Asteroids
Rock and Metal
type of planet with no/little atmosphere
inactive
term that describes how the lithosphere is broken up, and these pieces move around a planet's surface
plate tectonics
generally longer rotations (Jovian or terrestrial?)
terrestrial
Type of planet with few or no moons
Terrestrial
Example of Dwarf Planet (BUT NOT PLUTO! Name another one)
Varies
Type of planet that would have volcanism
active planet
Large rocky planets, compared to small planets, tend to cool... (faster or slower?)
slower
where the densest material is on/in a planetary body
the middle/core
DAILY DOUBLE (Click to see the clue)
Name of TWO Jupiter's 4 first-discovered moons
Where comets reside
Oort cloud and Kuiper Belt
DAILY DOUBLE (click to see clue)
Process that is required for the building of an atmosphere
Process that makes some Jovian moons volcanically active
Tidal heating
These are three characteristics of JOVIAN planets
varies
A characteristic of a planet
1. Orbits sun; 2. Round; 3 cleared orbit
Characteristic a dwarf planet lacks
cleared its orbit of debris
TWO reasons for why Earth's and Venus' interiors are hot
1. Radioactive decay 2. Large size
FINAL JEOPARDY (place your bets)
Why can't Earth's Moon be a planet?