Physics space physics Flashcards
What is Summer solstice
When the sun is at its highest point in the sky all year.
What is winter solstice
When the sun is at its lowest point all year.
A moon is a ——- around the sun
Satellite.
When the moon is at -180 degrees which phase is it at?
Full moon.
When the moon is at 90 degrees north which phase is it?
First quarter moon.
Formula for orbital speed.
s = d/t
Formula for average orbital speed.
v= 2 x pi x r / t
Solar system consists of?
The sun, Eight planets, Natural and artificial satellites, Dwarf planets, Asterids and comets.
8 planets from ascending order.
My very educated mother just served us noodles. Mercy venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus and neptune.
Example of natural satellite
Moon.
What is an asteroid
Small rocky object that orbits the sun. and lies between mars and jupiter.
What is a comet
Made of ice and dust and orbits the sun.
4 rocky and small planets.
Mercy venus Earth and mars. My mom eats vegetables.
Gaseous and large planets.
Jupiter saturn Uranus and neptune.
What is weight?
The force acting on the object due to gravitational attraction.
What does gravity depend on?
The mass and distance between the two objects.
Do comets orbit in a circular way?
No. They orbit ina shape called ellipse.
Relationship between speed of planet and gravitation field strength
Direct.
When the planet is closer what Energy is smaller and greater?
Ep is smaller and Ek is greater.
Explain why it would be easier to launch a rocket on mars?
Mars has less mass so they have less gravitaional field strength so require less energy to launch ut.
Lowest to highest temp colors of the star
Red orange yellow blue.
What is a nebula?
Humble cloud of gas and dust.
How is a protostar formed?
If the mass of a region in the nebula is large enough gravity will begin to pull nebula together and compress it to form a. hot ball of gas known as a protostar
When does a protostar become a stable star?
When the outward force due to high temps are equal to the inward gravitational attraction.