Sun
What is the process by which the Sun produces energy?
What is Nuclear Fusion.
What causes the different phases of the Moon?
What is the changing positions of the Moon, Earth, and Sun.
The first 4 planets are...
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
Keplers 1st Law of Planetary Motion states that planets travel in this shape...
The energy Earth receives from the Sun comes from...
The burning of hydrogen and helium within the Sun's core.
How does the angle of sunlight affect temperatures on Earth?
Solar Radiation is more concentrated at the equator making it warmer year round.
How do the Moon's phases affect tides on Earth?
The Jovial Planets...
Who did Kepler work with to study the planets?
Tycho Brahe
How does the distance from the Sun affect the characteristics of the planets?
Longer distance, more time it takes to orbit the sun.
Name the three main layers of the Sun.
What are Core, Radiative Zone, Convective Zone
What are the characteristics of a Spring Tide?
Higher high tides and lower low tides
Earth's rotation takes .....
24 Hours
Kepler's 2nd Law of Planetary Motion states
Where is the asteroid belt located?
Between the terrestrial and jovial planets. AKA between Mars and Jupiter.
Venus receives more solar radiation than Earth because it is __________________.
What is closer to the sun.
What are the characteristics of a Neap Tide?
What are lower high tides, and higher low tides.
Earth's revolution around the sun takes...
365.25 Days
True or False: Kepler's 3rd Law of Planetary Motion states if you know the distance from the sun and year of planet A, and you know the distance from the sun for planet B you can find the year of planet B.
True
What is the difference between a solar flare and a prominence?
A solar flare is a sudden explosion of energy, a prominence is a large looping structure of plasma.
Describe the process of nuclear fusion occurring in the Sun.
What is hydrogen atoms fusing together to form Helium atoms.
These tides occur when the sun, moon, and Earth are in a straight line.
What is Spring Tide.
Explain the difference between a Heliocentric View of the atmosphere and the Geocentric View of the atmosphere.
A heliocentric view of the atmosphere describes how the sun is the center of our solar system and everything orbits the sun. A geocentric view put Earth in the center of our solar system.
True or False: Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion applies to any celestial body.
True
The theory that the sun and planets all
formed from a rotating cloud of gas and dust.
Solar Nebular Theory