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10.2 Our Solar System

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Question 1

1.

What is the difference between a comet and an asteroid?

Question 2

2.

All of the Jovian Planets have rings.

True

False

Question 3

3.

What shape did the early solar system take?

disk shape

string shape

pear shape

apple shape

Question 4

4.

Why was the early solar system that shape?

gravity and collisions started planetesimals spinning and newtons first law kept it going

electromagnetic forces pulling objects in and out of magnetic fields

electromagnetic collisions from metal being magnetic and attracting other materials

gravity only, there was a lot of things back then that just sort of came close to one another

Question 5

5.

Explain the difference between a Terrestrial and Jovian planet.

Question 6

6.

Comets paths are highly _________________ orbits

elliptical

evaporative

occasional

circular

Question 7

7.

Why do asteroids typically get trapped in the asteroid belt and not accrete?

Jupiters gravity

solar wind

general relativity

pressure

Question 8

8.

What evidence can we point to that indicates the age of the Earth, moon, Mars, meteorites and the sun are all about 4.6 billion years old?

there is none

thermoluminesince dating

flourine dating

carbon dating

radioative dating

Question 9

9.

In your own words, why are the inner planets rocky and the outer planets gaseous?