Read pages 796-798 & 818-819 and your notes in your notebook to answer these questions:
1. Define & describe what an instellar cloud is and why it is important to the formation of the solar system?
2. Describe what a planetismal is?
3. What are comets?
4. What are asteroids?
5. What is the difference between comets and asteroids?
Comments
Jada Henley (unauthenticated)
May 7, 2012
1. Instellar clouds consist mostly of hydrogen and helium gas with small amounts of other elements and dust.
2. Planetsimals are colliding particles in the early solar system that merged together.
3. Comet - Small, eccentrically orbiting body made of rock and ice which have obe or more tails that point away from the Sun.
4. Asteroid - Rocky remnant of the early solar system found mostly bettween the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt.
5. Comets are made of rock and ice. Asteroids are made of rocks and dust.
jade walls ;* (unauthenticated)
May 7, 2012
#1 ) i dont know.
#2 ) plantismals are small asteroid, like bodies that became the building blocks for planets.
#3 ) a big ball of ice and dust.
#4 ) a big ball of rock.
#5 ) comets are ice &nd asteroids are rock.
chanelle hinton (unauthenticated)
May 7, 2012
1. instellar clouds are clouds of hydrogen and helium gas. theyre dark because the dust blocks the light from the stars in or behind the cloud. instellar clouds are important because scientist believe thats how our solar system started.
2.planetismals- material that can merge & form planets.
3.comets- small, icy bodies that have highly ecentric orbits around the Sun.
4. asteriods- rocky bodies that vary in diameter abd have pitted irregular surfaces.
5- comets are smaller, asteriods are rock and comets are ice and dust.
Zaria Riley (unauthenticated)
May 7, 2012
1. Instellar clouds exist in space betweeen the stars. These clouds consist mostyly of hydrogen
and heliun gas with small amounts of other elements and dust.
2. A planetismals are small asteroid-like bodies that becaame the building nlocks for the planets.
3. Comets are small, eccentrically orbiting body made of rock and ice which have one or more tails
that point away from the Sun.
4. Asteroids are rocky remnant of the early solar system found mostly between the orbits of Mars and
Jupiter in the asteroid belt.
5. Comets are orbiting around the Sun while asteroids orbit around the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
Nicole R, (: (unauthenticated)
May 7, 2012
An instellar cloud is a cloud that has magnetic energy.
A planetismal is a small object used for the formation if planets.
Comets are small pieces of debris.
Object that hit early earth causing heat.
Comets are smaller.
Christopher Barlow (unauthenticated)
May 7, 2012
Interstellar is a cloud that has magnetic energy.
Planetismals is a small object used to form planets in the universe.
Comets are fast moving stars that orbit above 1.5 million miles a day
asterids are shooting stars that are descending made of metallic and silica
The differnce between asteroids and comets is that Astreoids are more harder than a comet. Comets generally move faster than a asteroids
gabby n (unauthenticated)
May 7, 2012
1.) an instellar cloud exists in space inbetween stars and is a cloud made up of hydrogen and helium combined with small amounts of other elements and dust. interstellar clouds are important to the formation of the solar system because it FORMS the solar system, without it, we wouldnt have any stars nor planets.
2.) a planetismal is a small asteroid-like body that become the building blocks for the planets.
3.) comets are small, eccentrically orbiting body made of rock and ice which have one or more tails that spointy away from the sun.
4.) asteroids are rocky remnants of the solar system.
5.) the difference between asteroids and comets are what they are made up of. comets also have tails while asteroids do not. there are many other differencesa between the two.
Katarina C. (unauthenticated)
May 7, 2012
1. An interstellar cloud forms planets and stars, it is formed of hydrogen, helium, and small amounts of other elements
2. A planetismal is the berginning of a planet
3. A small orbiting body made of rock or ice with at least one tail that points away from the sun
4. Metallic or silica-rich object 1-950 km in diameter, most orbit between Mars and Jupiter
5. Comets are smaller and orbit differently
Sarah McLeod (unauthenticated)
May 7, 2012
An interstellar cloud is a space in between stars.They contain hydrogen and heluim mixed with dust and other elements.
Astronomers observed how gravity draws matter together until it is concentrated enough to form
a star,then planets, and eventually a solar system.
Planetismals are colliding particles in the early solar system merging.
Comets are small, icy bodies that have highly eccentric orbits around the sun.
Asteroids are metallic or silica objects between 1km and 950km in diameter.
Difference between them is that comets orbits the sun and asteroids orbits around planets.
miranda crummey (unauthenticated)
May 7, 2012
instellar cloud is the existance is space between stars. Its important to the solar system because
it formed our solar system, by collasping into a rotating disk of dust and gas then had enough mass,
the sun was then created in the center and remaining matter formed other planets.
Planetismal is a space object built of solid particles that can form planets through collisons and merges
alec marler (unauthenticated)
May 8, 2012
1. Intersteller clouds are large clouds of gas and dust that have the basic supplies to create new stars and solar systems just like ours in the universe
Amethyst Weiss <3 (unauthenticated)
May 8, 2012
1. Interstellar clouds are the dust and the gases between two or more stars . These clouds are important because they are used for forming new planets and stars.
2. A planetismal is a space object that is made of solid rock and ice that kcan form planets through collisions and mergers.
3.Comets are small ,constatntly orbiting body made of rock and ice that has one or more tails that point away from the Sun.
4.Asteroids aremetallic silcia rich object that bombarded early earth and are ususally found in the asteroid belts of Mars and Jupiter.
5.The differencew between comets and atssroids is that one is constantly orbiting and the other stays in a belt?.
macey wolf (unauthenticated)
May 8, 2012
1. an interstellar cloud is a cloud that consists of hydrogen, helium, small treaces of other elements, and dust. stars and such are formed when the gas and dust condenses
2. matter that is in space that collides with other planetisimals to form planets and other things.
3. comets are small icy bodies that have highly eccentric orbits around the sun
4. asteroids are rocky bodies that have very uneven surfaces.
5. the difference between the two is that comets are on a set orbit and asrteroids are not
Howard Hayward (unauthenticated)
May 8, 2012
1. clouds inbetween stars that contain mostly helium and hydrogen, these clouds form stars
2. a small asteroid like body that became the bulidingg blocks for the planets.
3. an object in space that is made from dust and ice and has a tail behind it.
4. a rocky object that is found in space.
5. asteroids are mostly made of metals and rocky material, while comets are made of ice and dust
Jordan Raymond (unauthenticated)
May 8, 2012
1. It's made of helium, hydrogen, and a few other elements, and they're believed to help form stars and planets.
2. Space object built of solid particles that can form planets that can form planets through collisons and mergers.
3. Small, ecentrically orbiting body made of rock and ice which have one or more tails that point away from the sun.
4. Rocky remnant of the early Solar System found mostly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt.
5. Asteroids travel in orbits while comets travel freely and away from the sun.
alec marler (unauthenticated)
May 8, 2012
1. Intersteller clouds are large clouds of gas and material in which stars and planets form to create solar systems.
2. Planetismals are large chunks of what is usually rock that form planets early in the solar system.
3. Comets are large balls of ice and dust that have an elliptical orbit around the sun and form in either the oort cloud or the kuiper belt.
4. Asteroids are large usually football field size chunks of rock that float in space usually from the asteroid belt or kuiper belt.
5. The difference between comets and asteroids is one, comets are ice and dust while asteroids are solid rock. And two comets have ane eliptical orbit while asteroids just float.
Alexia Hewett (unauthenticated)
May 8, 2012
1. Is the generic name given to an accumulation of gas, plasma and
dust in our and other galaxies. It looks like a ball of gas.
2. A small rocky astronomical object thought to have orbited the Sun in the
early stages of the solar system before coalescing with others to form the planets.
3. A comet is a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric
orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and
gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
4. An asteriodrevolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars
and Jupiter.
5. Asteroids are made up of metals and rocky material, while comets are made up
of ice, dust and rocky material.
Kristal Bennett ;* (unauthenticated)
May 8, 2012
1.) Interstellar cloud is the generic name given to an accumulation of gas, plasma and
dust in our and other galaxies.
2.) Planetesimals are solid objects thought to exist in protoplanetary disks and in debris disks.
3.) A tail of gas and dust particles pointing away.
4.) A small rocky body orbiting the sun.
5.) Asteroids are made up of metals and rocky material, while comets are made up of ice,
dust and rocky material.
Samantha Best (unauthenticated)
May 8, 2012
1)An instellar cloud is mostly hydrogen and heliumn gas a little dust an they exsist between stars and planets. and stars and planets form from them.so that is how they all form.
2)A planetismal is a bunch of collding particles that formed together.
3)A comet is a small icy body that has higly electric orbits around the sun.
4) an asteriod is rocy bodies
5) the differenve is comets are electrical
Virida Temple (unauthenticated)
May 8, 2012
An Interstellar cloud is what forms a star or plant, it resides inbetween stars and is made up of hydrogen and helium gases and other amounts of elements and dust. Interstellar clouds have such low gas density but gravity is able to slowly draw matter together untill it concentrated enough to form a star or planet.
Virida Temple (continue sorry) (unauthenticated)
May 8, 2012
2. Planetismals are objects in space built of solid particals that can form planets through collison and mergers.
3. Comets are small, eccentrically orbiting body made of rock and ice which have one or more tails that point away from the sun.
4. Asteroids are metallic or silicac-rich object, 1 km to 950 km in diameter, that bombarded early Earth, generating heat energy; rocky remnent of the early solar system found mostly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt.
5. Comets fly past earth full of dust and debrie while asteroids orbit planets and even sometimes crash into one.
adriana Anez-Broccardo (unauthenticated)
May 8, 2012
1~ its a cloud of dust/ gas and stars and planets are formed from this. its is improtant because it has lower gravity and mostly has hydrogen and helium
2~ small asteroid; like bodies that became the building blocks for the planets
3~ A object that has a nucleus of ice and dust and when its close to the sun, a tailof gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun
4~ A small rocky body orbiting the sun
5~ when comets move they are collecting ice and dust and some of it is falling off makeing it look like iti has a tail. but asteroids dont have a tail when it moves
alexis tessanne (unauthenticated)
May 8, 2012
1. an accumulation of gas, plasma and dust in our and other galaxies.
2. small asteriod-like bodies that became the buliding blocks for the planets.
3. small orbiting body made of rock and ice which have 1 or more tails that point away from the sun.
4. a rocky remnant of the early solar system
5. asteroids are only made of rock, comets are rock and ice.
Carol May (unauthenticated)
May 10, 2012
1. An interstellar cloud is a cloud consisting of mainly hydrogen, helium, gas, and dust. These clouds provide the small amounts of elements and dust to create the sun and later the planets.
2.Planetesimals are asteroid like space particles that can form planets.
3. Comets are objects made of rock and ice that can have an elliptical orbit around the sun.
4. Asteroids are chunks of irregular rock that vary in size and are in quantity between Mars and Jupiter.
5. Comets aren't nearly as icy as asteroids and comets orbit around the sun, not between Mars and Jupiter.