Describe the circulation of Jupiter's belts and zones
What will be an ideal response?
The white zones are upwellings, where ammonia ice forms as the currents expand and cool off; the cool gases descend into the darker belts, where hydrogen sulfide adds color and causes them to appear brown.
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_____ is the apparent motion of an object because of the motion of the observer
A) Velocity B) Parallax C) Momentum D) Acceleration
What is "ice geology"? Give an example illustrating why it is important in the outer solar system
What will be an ideal response?
Mars completes one orbit around the Sun in approximately two Earth years. Mars' average distance to the Sun is about 1.5 AU. Therefore, Mars' orbital speed is lower than Earth's orbital speed.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A small bomb, of mass 10. kg, is moving toward the North with a velocity of 5.0 m/s. It explodes into three fragments:
a 5.0 kg fragment moving West with a speed of 8.0 m/s; a 4.0 kg fragment moving East with a speed of 10. m/s; and a third fragment with a mass of 1.0 kg. What is the velocity of the third fragment? (Neglect air friction.) A) 40 m/s North B) 5.0 m/s South C) 50.m/s North D) zero E) 4.0 m/s North