Astronomy 101 Final

Question 1

What can you tell me about Asteroids in the solar system

Answer 1

Trojan, Amor, Apollo, Aten,
rocky
c, s, m type

Question 2

what can you tell me about Meteoroids

Answer 2

smaller than asteroid

meteoroids meteor meteorite

Question 3

what can you tell me about comets?

Answer 3

icy

2 types of tails

Question 4

what can you tell me about the makeup of the solar system?

Answer 4

star
inner
asteroid belt
outer
Kuiper belt
Oort cloud

Question 5

What can you tell me about Catastrophic Theories of the Solar System

Answer 5

something that should happen differently based on the initial situaiton

Question 6

What do we have to account for when we are concerning the origin of the solar system?

Answer 6

sun planet asteroid Kuiper belt Oort cloud

Question 7

What can you tell me about Evolutionary theories for the formation of the solar system?

Answer 7

Something that will happen evey time

Question 8

How could the sun have formed?

Answer 8

collapsing nebula

a slow rotating gas cloud