I decided against the idea of Planet presentation in favor of a "Planet Quest" lab. This will be due in 2 classes - April 6.
Lab 4 - Tour
of the Planets
In preparation for the upcoming Solar System test, I would
like you to determine many interesting tidbits of trivia about our solar
neighbors. This may be useful:
Please answer the following questions, based on your reading
and web discovery. Some questions might
have several answers, while the answer to others might be "none of
them."
Which planet(s):
1. Rotates
backwards?
2. Revolves
backwards?
3. Rotates
nearly on its side?
4. Have
more than 10 moons?
5. Have
only one moon?
6. Has
an orbit with the greatest inclination to the ecliptic?
7. Is
the furthest planet known to the ancients?
8. Has
a largely methane atmosphere?
9. Has
a nondescript, pale greenish color?
10. Has a
blemish known as the great dark spot?
11. Has a
fine iron oxide regolith?
12. Is
most similar to Earth in its surface gravity?
13. Has
the greatest mass?
14. Has the
smallest diameter?
15. Have
been visited by humans?
16. Has
the strongest magnetic field?
17. Has
rings?
18. Has
sulfuric acid clouds?
19. Has
the tallest mountain in the Solar System (and what is it)?
20. Has a
day longer than its year?
21. Has
been landed on most recently by spacecraft?
22. Experiences
global dust storms?
23. Has a
moon that rotates retrograde (and what is it)?
24. Was
once thought to be a failed star?
25. Is
heavily cratered?
26. Has
moons which are likely candidates for life?
27. Was
hit by a large comet in the last several years?
28. Is most
oblate?
Now for the minor
bodies.
1. Which
body is an asteroid with its own orbiting asteroid?
2. Which
moon has erupting volcanoes?
3. Which
body is the largest asteroid?
4. Approximately
how many known asteroids are there?
5. Approximately
how many known Kuiper objects are there?
What is the Kuiper belt?
6. How
large is the Oort Cloud? What is the
Oort Cloud?\
7. What are the Galilean satellites?
8. Which
moon was the first discovered after the Galilean satellites?
9. What are Sedna and Eris?
10. What
exactly is Pluto?
Etcetera – Write anything else of interest you have
uncovered during this exercise.
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