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what is the shortened form of Astronomical Unit
What is AU
100
smashing together of particles
What is fusion
100
What is different, in relation to gravity, on each planet?
What is weight (p. 319)
100
Pluto, UB313, and Ceres are all examples of what?
What is DWARF
200
force of attraction or pull between two objects
What is gravity
200
an object that produces its own energy (ex. Sun)
What is STAR
200
this is also a satelite, we look up at it.
What is the moon
200
Solar flares release energy that cause displays of different-colored lights in the upper atmosphere known as what?
What is Aurora Borealis
200
Inside the Sun, hydrogen particles smash together to make what gas?
What is HELIUM
300
path one object takes around another object
What is orbit
300
object with a mixture of frozen gases, ice, and rock
What is COMET
300
What two factors keep Earth on the path it is on?
What is inertia and gravity
300
What two gases account for 98% of the gases that the Sun is made of?
What is d. helium and hydrogen
300
Why does our weight change on the Moon, but not our mass?
What is our weight on the moon changes and not our mass because weight is determined by the gravitational pull and the mass of an object, wherever you are located . Your mass never changes.
400
uses lenses to see distant objects
What is telescope
400
objects that enter Earth’s atmosphere
What is meteror
400
tendency of a moving objects keep moving in a straight line
What is inertia
400
Which layer of the Sun is known as the inner layer of the Sun’s atmosphere?
What is d. chromosphere
400
All objects have _________ and all objects are ____________ toward one another by gravity.
What is mass and pulled
500
Earth’s orbit is this and not a perfect circle
What is ellipse
500
rock that revolves around the Sun
What is ASTEROID
500
Your weight depends on what two things?
What is your mass and the force of gravity
500
Describe how the Sun is a star and not a planet.
What is The sun is a star becuase it is an object that produces its own energy, including heat and light.
500
What is Einstein’s formula for energy?
What is E=MC squared, E stands for ENERGY. The M stands for MASS and C represnts the speed of LIGHT.