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What word in the sentence is the action verb When the sun heats a comet much of it becomes gas?
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"When the sun heats a comet much of it becomes gas."
The verb heats is an action verb, a word for the act of applying heat.
The verb becomes is a being verb, in this sentence, meaning it comes to be.
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What happens when a space shuttle reenter the atmosphere?
It heats up a lot and becomes vey hot.
What is a big ball of dirty ice and snow in outer space?
Such objects can have several different names, depending on their location in the solar system and/or their characteristics. If the object is close enough to the sun to off-gas some ice or other volatile compounds, it is a comet. If it orbits the sun, inside the orbit of the outermost planet, it may be a meteoroid or asteroid, depending on the size. If it lies outside the planetary orbit, it may be a Kuiper Belt Object. If it orbits a planet, it may be a moon, if its big enough, or part of a ring system, if it's small, and accompanied by many other similar objects.
How does the sun affect the winds on earth?
The sun heats the Earth but it heats it unevenly and the uneven heating creates wind.
Is the tail of a comet made of Melted materials?
Comets are usually made of high amounts of Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Water, and also may contain Silica, traces of metal, and oxygen, like a giant dirty snow ball. In space as the cosmic radiation smashes into the comet at near speeds of light and heats the outer layer, bits and pieces fall off and trail behind the comet. For a relatively short while, the chunks fortunate to stay in fairly good sizes or obscured from the light by other chunks or dust, are able to maintain these materials. After gases sublimate and and break down into neutrinos and electrons and such things. The remains are the tougher elements such as silica and metal, However after a while these eventually break up also.
What source of energy heats the atmosphere?
The Sun
Which phase change results in the formation of the tail of a comet?
upon the distance of the sun as it heats up and releases the material on the comet
Does air lose density when it heats or when it cools?
As air heats it becomes less dense, when it cools it becomes denser.
Why is comet have tail?
In short, the reason of this is the speed they are going, this creates an afterburn effect which heats up the comet therefore creating a 5000 degree tail
The cloud of gases around a solid portion of a comet is called?
Its called the 'Coma'. Its is both the dust that the solar wind blows off the comet as well as gases expelled as the comet heats up.
What state of matter is comets?
The nucleus of a comet is mostly solid, while the coma and tail of the comet is composed of gasses and (we believe) a lot of dust. As the comet approaches the Sun, sunlight heats the nucleus of the comet and melts some of the frozen gasses, which sublimate into space carrying dust into space, forming the coma and the tail of the comet.
Do the air contracts and becomes denser when the atmosphere heats?
yes
As the atmosphere heats the air it becomes?
Expands --- Nova Net Answer
What is a short definition of comet?
a comet is an icy small Solar System Body that, when passing close to the Sun, heats up and begins to outgas, displaying a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes a tail.
The main cause why the comet's head always faces the sun?
The tail of a comet always points away from the Sun, no matter which direction the comet is moving. This is because the Sun heats the comet up and blasts away the 'dirty ice' it's composed of, creating a tail that streams away from the Sun.This means that a comet can actually be travelling such that it's tail is ahead of it.
What is a conductor when you are using an oven?
Tungsten. When it is introduced to electricity, it becomes excited and heats up.
What happens when a space shuttle reenter the atmosphere?
It heats up a lot and becomes vey hot.
What is a sentence for recrystallization?
the magma or lava heats the rock it is in contact with, causing recrystallization
