Unit 4 vocab quiz

What is the definition asteriod

• process in which cells become specialized in structure and function

• a solid, rocky and/or metallic body that independently orbits the sun.

• A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

• The four outer, or Jovian, planets of our Solar System, which are significantly larger than the rest of the planets and consist largely of gas and/or ice.

What is the definition of comet

• A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

• process in which cells become specialized in structure and function

• The four outer, or Jovian, planets of our Solar System, which are significantly larger than the rest of the planets and consist largely of gas and/or ice.

• length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay

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What is the definition of Differentiation

• process in which cells become specialized in structure and function

• length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay

• A meteoroid that has hit earth's surface.

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.

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What is the definition of Giant Planets

• The four outer, or Jovian, planets of our Solar System, which are significantly larger than the rest of the planets and consist largely of gas and/or ice.

• length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.

• A meteoroid that has hit earth's surface.

What is the definition of Half-Life?

• length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.

• A meteoroid that has hit earth's surface.

• Small bodies from which the planets started from.

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

What is the definition of Meteor?

• A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.

• A meteoroid that has hit earth's surface.

• Small bodies from which the planets started from

• The process in which some substances spontaneously emit radiation

What is the definition of Meteorite?

• A meteoroid that has hit earth's surface.

• Small bodies from which the planets started from.

• The process in which some substances spontaneously emit radiation

• A large cloud of gas and dust such as the one that formed our solar system

What is the definition of Planetesimals?

• Small bodies from which the planets started from.

• A large cloud of gas and dust such as the one that formed our solar system

• The process in which some substances spontaneously emit radiation

• The name given to the four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

What is the definition of Radioactivity?

• The process in which some substances spontaneously emit radiation

• A large cloud of gas and dust such as the one that formed our solar system

• The name given to the four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• Natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

What is the definition of Solar Nebula?

• A large cloud of gas and dust such as the one that formed our solar system

• Natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases

• The name given to the four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• Gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat near the surface