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Cards (20)

  • comets - "dirty snowballs"
  • ice, dust, and rocks - what comets are made up of
  • away from the sun - where comets' tails points
  • ice and rock - in the nucleus or "head" of a comet
  • solar radiation, wind and magnetic field - things comets interact with as they travel through the Solar system
  • meteoroid - chunk of rock or metal smaller than an asteroid
  • meteor - meteoroid as it burns up the atmosphere
  • meteorite - meteoroids that do not completely burn up
  • asteroid belt - region between Mars and Jupiter
  • asteroids - small, rocky objects that orbit the sun; much smaller than planets
  • asteroids - sometimes called minor planets; rocky and airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system
  • meteors - what you call meteoroids when they enter Earth's atmosphere, or that of another planet, at high speed and burn up
  • meteoroids - distinguished as objects significantly smaller than asteroids, ranging in size from grains to objects up  to small asteroids
  • more massive - if there is air resistance, which will fall faster, the less or more massive object?
  • carbon dioxide and water vapor - in a fire, what produces heat and light
  • oxygen - in fire/coal, what gas do you add to remove heat?
  • moist hot - in a humidity-temp. graph that goes diagonally upwards, what do you experience, moist hot or dry hot?
  • dry hot - in a humidity-temp. graph that starts with a straight line and goes upwards towards the end, what do you experience, moist hot or dry hot?
  • the cooler, the more condensation - why does a glass become moist outside when it contains cold beverages ?
  • reduce humidity and increase ventilation - how to reduce condensation