: (1) What is Gravity? Gravity is a force that cannot be seen. Gravity holds us down so we won't float off into space. Gravity is also the force that keep the planets rotating around the sun, comets/meteors land on Earth, and the force that makes the tides in oceans how it is. The rings around the gas planets, are all just small meteors and comets that came into orbit and are held in place and rotating around the planets. Another thing gravity does is keep the moons of several different planets around itself. If gravity didn't exist, the Solar System would be seperated and floating all around space. Another thing that is related to gravity is black holes. Black holes appear pitch-black because they suck in light and doesn't let it escape using gravity.
(2) Describe the position, motion, and components of our Solar System.
Mercury: closest to the sun.
Year: 88 days Day: 59 days
Venus: 2nd closest
Year: 224 days Day: 243 days
Earth: 3rd closest
Year:365 days Day:24 hours
Mars: 4th closest
Year: 687 Day: 24 hours
Jupiter: 5th closest
Year: 12 years Day: 10 hours
Saturn: 6th closest
Year: 30 years Day: 10 hours
Uranus: 7th closest
Year: 84 years Day: 18 hours
Neptune: 8th closest
Year: 163 years Day: 19 hours
3. Compare the environment of Earth's environment versus your planet.
Jupiter: Jupiter's atmosphere is primarily made up of 90% hydrogen and 10% helium. Meanwhile the temperature on Jupiter in the clouds go as low as -145 degrees C.
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Earth: Whereas Earth's atmosphere is mostly made of 78% nitrogen 21% oxygen 1% argon, and the temperature on Earth dips and rises differing on where you are reaching up to -88 to 58 degrees C.
4. Describe the overall scale, structure and age of our universe Saturn is the 2nd biggest planet in the solar system. Although compared to Jupiter, it's only 1/3 the mass of Jupiter it's still 95 times bigger than Earth. Structurally, it's made up of gas, and it has 7 rings, 4 main ones, then 3 smaller, fainter ones. The age of our universe is 14 billion years.
5. Facts on Earth
Our planet is the only populated planet in our solar system (excluding Mar's population of robots).
Our planet is covered in 70 percent water.
You would need to fit 1.4 million earths into the sun to fill it up.
It was once thought that Earth was the center of the universe and the Sun and the rest of the planets revolved around it.
Earth is the only planet to have not been named after a Greek or Roman deity.
(2) Describe the position, motion, and components of our Solar System.
Mercury: closest to the sun.
Year: 88 days Day: 59 days
Venus: 2nd closest
Year: 224 days Day: 243 days
Earth: 3rd closest
Year:365 days Day:24 hours
Mars: 4th closest
Year: 687 Day: 24 hours
Jupiter: 5th closest
Year: 12 years Day: 10 hours
Saturn: 6th closest
Year: 30 years Day: 10 hours
Uranus: 7th closest
Year: 84 years Day: 18 hours
Neptune: 8th closest
Year: 163 years Day: 19 hours
3. Compare the environment of Earth's environment versus your planet.
Jupiter: Jupiter's atmosphere is primarily made up of 90% hydrogen and 10% helium. Meanwhile the temperature on Jupiter in the clouds go as low as -145 degrees C.
VS
Earth: Whereas Earth's atmosphere is mostly made of 78% nitrogen 21% oxygen 1% argon, and the temperature on Earth dips and rises differing on where you are reaching up to -88 to 58 degrees C.
4. Describe the overall scale, structure and age of our universe Saturn is the 2nd biggest planet in the solar system. Although compared to Jupiter, it's only 1/3 the mass of Jupiter it's still 95 times bigger than Earth. Structurally, it's made up of gas, and it has 7 rings, 4 main ones, then 3 smaller, fainter ones. The age of our universe is 14 billion years.
5. Facts on Earth
Our planet is the only populated planet in our solar system (excluding Mar's population of robots).
Our planet is covered in 70 percent water.
You would need to fit 1.4 million earths into the sun to fill it up.
It was once thought that Earth was the center of the universe and the Sun and the rest of the planets revolved around it.
Earth is the only planet to have not been named after a Greek or Roman deity.
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