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An AU is the average distance between

What are the Sun and Earth?

The weathering and erosion processes on Mars involve

What is material being moved by wind?

Why is Mercury no longer shaped by volcanism?

Its interior has cooled off

How is the atmosphere of Venus different from that of other terrestrial planets?

It is denser. A 400

The atmosphere of a gas giant is____

deep, with many clouds A 500

Chunks of ice orbiting a gas giant's equator are called_______.

rings B 100

Both comets and asteroids_____.

orbit the Sun B 200

A brief streak of light from a falling space object is a_____.

meteor B 300

Scientists express distance in the solar system in AUs because____.

orbits are very large B 400

Venus has a more uniform surface temperature than other terrestrial planets because of its______.

dense atmosphere B 500

Unlike the atmosphere of a terrestrial planet, the atmosphere of a gas giant____. C 100

composes most of the planet

Planetary rings are made primarily of_____. C 200

i c e C 200

Comets are different from asteroids in that comets_____.

are mostly made of ice C 300

DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

A meteor is a_____. C 400

bright streak of light from a falling space object

A meteor is visible because of

its high temperature as it glows in Earth's atmosphere C 500

Earth’s average distance from the Sun, which is approximately 150 million kilometers (93 million mi).. D 100

What is an astronomical unit (A.U.)? D 100

An oval or flattened circle.

What is an ellipse? D 200

Earth or a planet similar to Earth that has a rocky surface Earth or a planet similar to Earth that has a rocky surface. The four planets in the inner solar system, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. D 300

What are terrestrial planets? D 300

The processes in which the motion of hot material under a crust changes the crust of a space body.

What are tectonics? D 400

The process of molten material moving from a space body’s hot interior onto its surface..

What is volcanism? D 500

A large planet that consists mostly of gases in a dense form A large planet that consists mostly of gases in a dense form. The four large planets in the outer solar system (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune). E 100

What are gas giants? E 100

In astronomy, a wide, flat zone of small particles that orbit around a planet’s equator.

What are rings? E 200

A body that produces a coma of gas and dust; a small, icy body that orbits the Sun.

What is a comet? E 300

A brief streak of light produced by a small particle entering Earth’s atmosphere at a high speed.

What is a meteor? E 400

A small object from outer space that passes through Earth’s atmosphere and reaches the surface.

What is a meteorite? E 500

that tectonic processes involve the crust doing what? On Mars as elsewhere, tectonic processes are different from weathering and erosion in that tectonic processes involve the crust doing what? F 100

forming hills and valleys because of hot underground material

The presence of craters in large, smooth plains tells scientists that, on Mercury,____ F 200

volcanism is no longer occuring F 200

Why is the atmosphere of a gas giant deep and dense?

The planet's huge gravitational force holds many gases and pulls them together tightly. F 300

Venus's atmosphere is the most dense of all the terrestrial planets. What effect does this density of atmosphere have? F 400

which equalizes temperatures. It moves energy around, which equalizes temperatures. F 400

Why are comets and asteroids different?

Comets formed far from the Sun, so they are composed mostly of ice.

The Final Jeopardy Category is: Vocabulary in Science Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin

Click on screen to continue Volcanism is no longer active on Mercury. What can you infer from this? Click on screen to continue

Its interior has cooled off. Click on screen to continue

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