A) 100 km E) all of the above, Where did comets that are now in the Kuiper belt originally form? Processed meteorites with low metal content probably are C) the jets of gas When a comet passes near the Sun, part of it takes on the appearance of a large, bright ball from which the tail extends. d. Thoracic cavity B) about 200 years ago A rocky leftover planetesimal orbiting the Sun is, An icy leftover planetesimal orbiting the Sun is. E) by determining its size. D) All asteroids lie in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The surface cools and plants die for lack of sunlight. WebA) Only asteroids collide with Earth. B) 10 km D) once every hundred million years A) the largest known Kuiper belt comet A) Comets always have tails. Answers: D) radar mapping. A) Yes. D) It created a small crater on the comet. B) Pluto is regarded by many to be a planet. Why does the plasma tail of a comet always point away from the Sun? Mars Od. On December 25, 2004, the Huygens probe separated from the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn and began a 22-day journey to Saturns giant moon Titan, on whose surface it landed. What do asteroids and comets have in common? E) It was the first event in modern history that was brighter than the full moon in the sky. C) the largest known comet B) Comets are balls of ice and dust. A rocky leftover planetesimal orbiting the Sun is, An icy leftover planetesimal orbiting the Sun is. A. C) being a fragment from Comet Halley. c) It has more in common with comets in the Kuiper belt than it does with terrestrial planets like Earth. gases to form the solar nebula. A. Comets are mostly made up of dust particles, frozen water and frozen gases. B) Most of the trillions of comets in our solar system have tails. B) cometary fragment b) It is the largest known object that is considered to be a dwarf planet. E) There are about 1 million known asteroids in the solar system. B) see the gaps via stellar occultation. D) pea-size particle from a comet B) It is smaller than the jovian planets but larger than the terrestrial planets. Why are most meteorites found in Antarctica? A comet emits infrared light and reflects visible light. Will Pluto eventually collide with Neptune? WebWhich of the following statements about Pluto is true? Explanation: This site is using cookies under cookie policy . A) Radiation pressure from the Sun's light pushes the ions away. 34) The number of comets in the Oort cloud is probably about A) the nucleus Which of the following objects are probably not located in the same region of the solar system in which they originally formed? In your own words, describe the manufacture of ammonia from natural gas, steam, and air. Which of the following is furthest from the Sun? WebAnswers: Comets are thought to be dirty snowballs. Why aren't small asteroids spherical in shape? The strength of gravity on small asteroids is less than the strength of the rock. B) Jupiter's gravitational tugs keep them there. D) actually don't know whether there really are gaps or not. D) chunks of rock chipped off the planet Mercury. planet. Earth, other planets, and the rest of the solar system formed. Which statement about asteroids is not true? 37) Why won't Pluto collide with Neptune? A) calculate its orbit and predict when it will return. Approximately how long ago was Pluto discovered? C) tidal forces from the Sun. Which of the following is furthest from the Sun? True Falling stars and shooting stars are simply other names for meteors. C) the competing gravitational tugs of Mars and Jupiter. What is the approximate diameter of the largest asteroid? The total mass of the Kuiper belt is greater than that of the asteroid belt. D) Comets are balls of ice and dust. in the formation of the solar system. B. Comets are mostly made up of rock. This makes them very visible when they come near the sun. A) A meteorite is usually covered with a dark crust from burning in Earth's atmosphere. A) It dredged up material that gave us our first direct look at Jupiter's interior composition. D. The solar nebula collapsed due to gravity. E) Actually, we never see asteroids in the gaps. C) between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune D) Large asteroids became spherical because many small collisions chipped off pieces until only a sphere was left; this did not occur with small asteroids. most are unchanged since their formation in the solar nebula. (The class unorderedLinkedList is as defined in this chapter.). C) a meteorite. Answers: Asteroids, comets, and meteorites are the most primitive objects in the solar system and observations of them can tell us about the conditions of the solar nebula as planets began to form. A) the nucleus Most comets have a circular orbit that keeps them in the space between Mars and Jupiter. C) was surprising, due to its "backwards" orbit around the Sun. E) are captured by Jupiter. Which statement is not thought to be true of all comets in our solar system? Comets are mostly made up of rock. C) by imaging with powerful ground based telescopes E) It is material left over from the interstellar cloud that never contracted with the rest of the A) no dinosaur fossils being present in rocks younger than 65 million years old E) once in Earth's history, Which of the following Pluto observations did not help convince scientists to change Pluto's status from that of a planet? A) It came from the Oort cloud. B) Comets are balls of ice and dust. The discovery of Eris C) Gravitational tugs from Jupiter prevented material from collecting together to form a planet. 26) Halley's comet is named after the English scientist Edmund Halley because he Which of the following statements about comets is true? B) Comets are balls of ice and dust. a) Asteroids and comets are much smaller than planets. A) It is larger than Pluto and Mercury. orbital period. Comet nuclei can be darker than charcoal. WebThe Sun generates energy through fusion of hydrogen into helium. D) the impact caused massive earthquakes and volcanic activity worldwide. D) Comets are balls of ice and dust. 29) What part of a comet points most directly away from the Sun? A) by imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope A) It is about the size of a terrestrial planet. A) about 30 years ago in the formation of the solar system. It is made of planetesimals that formed beyond Neptune's orbit and never accreted to form a planet. The birthplace of comets is a cloud of icy, dusty aggregates beyond the solar system. C) Most asteroids are not spherical in shape. C) determining its mass from its gravitational pull on a spacecraft, satellite, or planet. B) 10 km B) the glow from a pea-size particle and the surrounding air as the particle burns up in our atmosphere B) Pluto orbits the Sun exactly 2 times for every 3 Neptune orbits, which ensures they never come close together. A. e. Vertebral canal (spinal cavity) WebComets are balls of ice and dust. Which of the following is evidence for the connection between comets and meteor showers? D) It is made of planetesimals between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter that never formed into a Most are unchanged since their formation in the solar nebula. Processed meteorites with high metal content probably are B. Comets have very elliptical orbits that usually take them far beyond the orbit of Pluto, but also take them closer to the Sun than Earth. Estimate the direction and the magnitude of the induced current, iii, at t=5.00st=5.00 \mathrm{~s}t=5.00s. Point AAA of the rolling disk is moving toward the right. D) the extinction of any species of plant or animal that has mass. If we could put all the asteroids together, their total mass would be WebA) Only asteroids collide with Earth. Planets are so massive that they have undergone additional processes such as differentiation and geology that prevents us from measuring exactly when and from what they formed. d) Its mass is a little less than Earth's mass. B) discovery of seasonal atmosphere, similar to comets A) A meteorite is usually covered with a dark crust from burning in Earth's atmosphere. D) resemble the composition of Earth's mantle. WebA) Only asteroids collide with Earth. c) Asteroids and comets are made of different materials than any planets. C) the density of asteroids is high enough for a large collision to pulverize a number of asteroids. Most comets have elliptical orbits with periods around one hundred years. A) a thousand. What is the size of the largest asteroid? E) a quintillion. The scattering was random so the orbits are in every direction and inclination, resulting in a spherical Oort cloud. C) a fragment of an asteroid from the solar system that has fallen to Earth's surface A) It is made mostly of ices. E) There are about 1 million known asteroids in the solar system. C) the largest of Pluto's three known moons

A) a meteor. B) a million. A) Pluto has a cometlike composition and density. Why do asteroids and comets differ in composition? E) microscopic particle of interstellar dust. A) contain a noticeable fraction of pure metallic flakes. Weegy: he inner core of the Jovian planets are made of Hydrogen compounds, solid rock, and metals. C) about 2000 years ago A) comparing its reflectivity to the amount of light it reflects. The isotopic ratios in meteorites differ from terrestrial rocks and they may also have a higher abundance of rare elements such as iridium than terrestrial rocks. Comets have very elliptical orbits that usually take them far beyond the orbit of Pluto, but also take them closer to the Sun than Earth. B) Your meteorite was blasted off the surface of Mars by an impact. Observations of asteroids, comets, and meteorites help refine the theory of the formation of the solar system. In the asteroid impact theory of the extinction of the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the dinosaurs (and over half of all the other species on Earth at that time) died off largely because E) boulder- size particle from an asteroid. Ices vaporize to become gas that form the coma around the comet. C) The conservation of the angular momentum of the tail keeps it always pointing away from the Sun. E) a quintillion. D) Meteorites contain rare elements, such as iridium, that terrestrial rocks do not. B) publish a picture of it in an astronomical journal. D) the largest known comet D. Comets rarely fall into an orbit around the Sun. (3) From the previous two ideas, Earth would not have been as heavily impacted. E. There are vast numbers of asteroids and comets. Processed meteorites with high metal content probably are, chunks that come from a shattered asteroid's core. If we know the size of an asteroid, we can determine its density by C) a fragment of an asteroid from the solar system that has fallen to Earth's surface The combined mass of all the asteroids in the asteroid belt is. They are usually very hard to see, but as they approach the Sun, these particles heat up and become much easier to see. E) the dust tail. Most comets have a circular orbit that keeps them in the space between Mars and Jupiter. 22) Primitive meteorites can be distinguished from other meteorites and terrestrial rocks because they Classify\text{\red{Classify}}Classify Which two domains of life contain

A typical shooting star in a meteor shower is caused by a ________ entering Earth's atmosphere. D) one of the Galilean moons of Jupiter B) a comet that burns up in Earth's atmosphere A) It is material left over from the interstellar cloud that never contracted with the rest of the D. Comets rarely fall into an orbit around the Sun. C) about half the diameter of Earth's moon. A) Large asteroids were once molten and therefore became spherical, but small asteroids were never molten. D) Eris Weegy: Isaac Newton is the scientist who develops the theory of gravitation and used it to explain the orbits of celestial bodies. Weegy: The following statements about the tail of a comet is correct: The tail always points away from the sun. B) boulder-size particle from a comet C) the largest known asteroid Jeffrey O. Bennett, Mark Voit, Megan O. Donahue, Nicholas O. Schneider. d) Its mass is a little less than Earth's mass. E) dust settled on the leaves of plants, making them inedible, so the animals died of starvation. a) Asteroids and comets are much smaller than planets. 24) Processed meteorites with low metal content probably are The tail of a comet consists of dust and evaporated ices. o a Comets are thought to be dirty snowballs. The asteroid belt is located What characteristic of long-period comets suggest they come directly from the Oort cloud? B) outside Neptune's orbit B) come from the Kuiper belt. D) Grains of quartz formed under high pressure are found in a layer of clay that dates to 65 million years ago. C. Comets rarely fall into an orbit around the Sun. If we could put all the asteroids together, their total mass would be ________. C) 100 km Jupiter. A) It probably formed as a result of a giant impact. D) Pluto. Earth passes through the orbital path of a comet. A) a meteorite that is essentially unchanged since it first condensed and accreted in the solar nebula some 4.6 billion years ago D. The solar nebula collapsed due to gravity. D) about 2000 years ago F. Planets fall into two major categories. The large gaps in the asteroid belt (often called Kirkwood gaps) are caused by A rocky leftover planetesimal orbiting the Sun is an asteroid. C) Pluto grows a coma and a long tail when it is at the point in its orbit closest to the Sun. D) inside of Jupiter's orbit

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D) Earth is crossing the orbit of a comet. C) the atmosphere of Jupiter the Venera probes which roamed the surface of the planet. d) Asteroids and comets are only found at much greater distances from the Sun than planets. 13) Why do we sometimes observe asteroids at the distances of the gaps in the asteroid belt? Meteorites can come from C) 100 km C) It has the same approximate mass. A) the Kuiper belt. Abe Mizrahi, Edward E. Prather, Gina Brissenden, Jeff P. Adams, Jeffrey O. Bennett, Mark Voit, Megan O. Donahue, Nicholas O. Schneider. PLZ HLEP ASAP. Most comets have elliptical orbits with periods around one hundred years. E) It landed safely on the surface of the comet and returned material to Earth. C) Pluto's orbit never comes anywhere close to Neptune's orbit. most are unchanged since their formation in the solar nebula How do asteroids differ from comets? C) asteroids of the asteroid belt A) It is made of planetesimals between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter that never formed into a E) the period of an orbiting asteroid would be the same as Jupiter's orbital period. B) It has the same basic composition. C) All asteroids lie in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. D) the plasma tail D) There was too much rocky material to form a terrestrial planet, but not enough gaseous material to form a jovian planet. D) about the size of Earth's moon. D) within the solar nebula, but far outside the orbit of Pluto A rocky leftover planetesimal orbiting the Sun is, An icy leftover planetesimal orbiting the Sun is. D) They are kept in place by shepherding asteroids. B) a moon of Neptune 21) What characteristic distinguishes a meteorite from a terrestrial rock? Asteroids seem to avoid certain orbits around the Sun, creating "gaps" in the orbits that asteroids can have. B) the Moon. E) Pluto is not the largest object orbiting in the region of the Kuiper belt. A) The solar wind electromagnetically "blows" the ions directly away from the Sun. The smallest planet in the solar system is C) Mars. Od. o a Comets are thought to be dirty snowballs.

B) as complex curving and looping lines C) Large asteroids were once molten and therefore became spherical, but small asteroids were never molten. E) once in Earth's history, 43) Which of the following Pluto observations did not help convince scientists to change Pluto's status from that of a planet? planet. E) All of the above are true. A) The solar wind electromagnetically "blows" the ions directly away from the Sun.

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B) Pluto's orbit is completely inside Neptune's orbit. A) inside Mercury's orbit E) All asteroids lie in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. A. B) an asteroid. A) Objects in the asteroid belt are made mostly of rock and metal. WebWhich of the following statements about Pluto is true? A) tidal forces from the Sun. B) a streak of light caused by a small particle from space burning up in Earth's atmosphere C) All asteroids lie in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Many Kuiper-belt objects also have the same period and semimajor axis as Pluto. What is the output of the following C++ code? B. Comets are mostly made up of rock. c. Most comets have perfectly circular orbits. The spin the spacecraft C) a streak of light caused by a small particle from space burning up in Earth's atmosphere Explain how observations of asteroids, comets, and meteorites test our theory for the formation of the solar system in unique ways that are not possible through observations of the planets. Mercury Why was the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact so important to astronomers? Venus, the sister planet to Earth, has an atmosphere whose composition is similar to that of Earth. A) contain a lot of iron and were used by humans to make iron tools. 2) What do asteroids and comets have in common? D) chunks of the core of a larger asteroid that was shattered by a collision. C) between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune (8) Pluto and other Kuiper-belt objects would not be prevented from colliding with Neptune. a) Asteroids and comets are much smaller than planets. Click the card to flip . What evidence led astronomers to conclude that the Oort cloud is a spherical distribution of comets? C) Most of the trillions of comets in our solar system have tails. The birthplace of comets is a cloud of icy, dusty aggregates beyond the solar system. What are three advantages of biodiesel over petroleum-based diesel fuel? E) All of the above are true. E) the dust tail. What is the approximate diameter of the largest asteroid? A) about 4 million Most comets have a circular orbit that keeps them in the space between Mars and Jupiter. Whats the purpose of the scope resolution operator? Small glassy spheres that formed in an impact are found distributed in regions near the crater. D) discovery of Pluto's 3 moons. A) the 1994 impact of a chain of comet fragments into Jupiter It is made of planetesimals that formed beyond Neptune's orbit and never accreted to form a planet. Which of the following would most likely be true? E) resemble the composition of rocks from lava flows that occurred on asteroids very shortly after the formation of the solar system. The mass is then determined from Newton's version of Kepler's third law. Suppose there were no solar wind. C) contain a lot of iron and were used by humans to make iron tools. Asteroids and comets are both made of rocky and icy material, but asteroids are larger in size than comets. appropriate for a dome and a basin, respectively. B) a million. E) All of the above, Which of the following are evidence for an asteroid impact being the cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago as well as 75% of all species alive at the time)? WebA) There are about 1 million known asteroids in the solar system. B) 10 km E) the moon system around Neptune. How do the various types of leukemia, lymphoma, and plasma cell myelomas differ based on the type of malignant transformation? D) the flash that occurs when a speeding rock from space hits the ground, How can we determine the reflectivity of an asteroid? B) generally away from the Sun B) tidal forces from Jupiter. E) iron-rich and processed. Objects in the Kuiper belt are made mostly of rock and metal. E) It is allergic to sunlight. E) be and do all of the above. A) the cores of asteroids. C) A prototype asteroid defense system was being tested nearby. A) in the asteroid belt D) the impact caused massive earthquakes worldwide. A) the largest known asteroid D) They are kept in place by shepherding asteroids.