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Challenge
100
the water planet
What is Earth?
100
a planet that has characteristics similar to Jupiter
What is Jovian (a gas giant)?
100
the area between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
What is the asteroid belt?
100
the large dark lowlands on the surface of the moon named by Galileo
What are Mare (Maria)?
100
the main gas involved in the greenhouse effect
What is carbon dioxide?
200
this planet experiences a runaway greenhouse effect
What is Venus?
200
the red planet
What is Mars?
200
meteor showers are often a result of the earth passing through the debris trail of these
What is a comet?
200
the shape of the sunlit portion of the moon as seen by an observer
What is a lunar (moon) phase?
200
the belts of highly charged particles surrounding the earth
What are Van Allen Belts?
300
this planet has the largest volcano in the solar system
What is Mars?
300
the sideways planet
What is Uranus?
300
a meteor that hits the Earth
What is a meteorite?
300
the moon's surface is constantly eroded by these
What are micrometeoroids?
300
the colorful auroras found in high latitudes on earth are a result of this
What is the magnetosphere?
400
this planet rotates in the opposite direction
What is Venus?
400
this planet has a large, earth-sized storm called "the great dark spot"
What is Neptune?
400
the glowing head of a comet
What is the coma?
400
the light colored patches on the surface of the moon
What is a lunar highland?
400
found sharing an orbit with Jupiter; usually about 60 degrees ahead or behind the planet
What are Trojan asteroids?
500
these are considered terrestrial planets
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars?
500
These are considered Jovian planets
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?
500
a large impact crater on earth
What is an astrobleme?
500
the phase of the moon when we can see the entire surface illuminated
What is a full moon?
500
blue tail of a comet
What is an ion tail?