PPT-Terrestrial Planets Winter

2019 Week 1 Professor Olivia Jensen Earth and Planetary Sciences FD Adams 131C Creation of the universe solar system planets and satellites Pluritas non est ponenda sine necessitate . The milky way. (seen from Bryce Canyon, UT). The Solar System. ?. “A . system. is a set of . interacting. or interdependent. components . forming an integrated whole” (Wikipedia). The Solar System. V.Aravinthan. 2011/FM/034. WHO WE ARE?. WHAT IS LIFE?. The condition that . distinguishes. . animals and plants from inorganic matter. , including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death .. Vegetation and Terrestrial Wildlife. Vegetation. Plant Communities. Disturbance. Unique Communities. Wildlife. Amphibians and Reptiles. Birds. Mammals. Terrestrial Ecology: Vegetation. Goals of vegetation sampling on ODOT projects. The outer planets are called Jovian or Jupiter-like.. These planets are made of gas and are several times more massive than the Earth.. The Jovian planets grew to present size in about 10 million years.. Winter 2012. Mercury. James . Pluim. & Eddie Lopez. . Facts about Planet . Mercury. Mercury is the fastest moving planet in our Solar System and is the nearest planet to the Sun. Mercury is one of the four terrestrial planets, being a rocky body like the Earth. It is the smallest of the four.. Chapter 23. Prentice Hall Earth Science. Touring Our Solar System. Section 1. Prentice Hall Earth Science. 23.1 Objectives. List . how the major terrestrial planets differ from Jovian planets. Explain . First things first…. Rotation. . – a circular movement of an object around a . center. (or . point. ) . of rotation; rotation around an axis. Sidereal Day – The time it takes for a planet to make one . By AJ, Aidan, Cheryl, and Emma. The Dwarf Planets. A dwarf planet is a smaller planet that shares an orbit around the sun such as an asteroid comets.. Scientists believe there may be as many as a few 100 other dwarf planets in the . What factors exists on Earth that make life possible here, but unlikely on any other planet?. Which planets in the solar system are called the “gas giants” and why?. In general, what condition on the planets is MOST affected by its distance from. The Solar System. Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, meteoroids.. Sun at the center.. Eight planets, thousands of asteroids, and millions of comets and meteoroids orbit the sun.. Dozens of moons orbit the planets.. . Inc. .. Question 1. Which of the following are . terrestrial. planets?. Only Earth. Earth, Moon, and Venus. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, and Pluto. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, and Ceres. Mercury – terrestrial planet. It has almost no atmosphere, so meteors hit its surface. It is as pockmarked as our moon. .. Venus – terrestrial planet. hottest of all the planets. Its atmosphere is toxic. This work is protected by U.S. copyright laws and is provided solely for the use of instructors in teaching their courses and assessing student learning. Dissemination or sale of any part of this work (including on the World Wide Web) will destroy the integrity of the work and is not permitted. The work and materials from it should never be made available to students except by instructors using the accompanying text in their classes. All recipients of this work are expected to abide by these restrictions and to honor the intended pedagogical purposes and the needs of other instructors who rely on these materials.. Ingredients?. Planets. Their Moons, Rings. Comets. Asteroids. . Meteoroids. . Kuiper Belt Objects. The Sun. A lot of nearly empty space. Solar System Perspective. Orbits of Planets. All orbit in same .