The Universe
What do we call leftover thermal energy from the big bang?
Cosmic background radiation
What is the largest planet?
Jupiter
What type of star is our sun?
A main sequence star
The central part of the Earth.
What is the Earth's core?
Which two elements formed first?
Hydrogen and Helium
What are the planets in order?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
When gasses in the atmosphere are excited colors are formed. What is this called?
Aurora
I am a rock that revolves around the sun.
What is an asteroid?
comet
I am an exploding star that shines brightly for days or weeks, and then fades away.
supernova
What processes by water and wind make and change landforms?
Erosion and deposition.
What do we call records that tell us about ancient climates?
Proxy records
Red
I am spherical in shape, orbit the sun, but do not dominate my orbit
dwarf planet
I am a huge cloud of gases and dust from which a star forms.
nebula
What type of rocks form near active volcanoes?
Igneous
Which planet is very hot because its atmosphere is mostly Carbon Dioxide?
Venus
What happens to wavelengths when an object moves away from an observer in the doppler effect?
They are stretched
Kuiper belt
A small and very dense star that shines with a cooler white light.
White dwarf?
What is the process of wind and water breaking down landforms?
Weathering
What is the effect of the amount of solar energy that is absorbed or emitted called?
The albedo effect