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What happens when a space shuttle reenter the atmosphere?
It heats up a lot and becomes vey hot.
How does a comet grow and shrink in size as it goes around the Sun?
Comets do not typically accrete (add material) in their orbits. Comets were formed along with the solar system billions of years ago. They are gradually vaporized as they circle the Sun, either becoming small asteroids, breaking up completely, or impacting planets such as Jupiter.
What is made out of gas and dust particles and has a long tail that always points away from the Sun?
A comet is made out of gas and dust particles, with a long tail that always points away from the Sun due to the solar wind interacting with its nucleus as it heats up and releases gas and dust particles.
What does the air in the troposphere do as it heats up?
As the air in the troposphere heats up, it expands and becomes less dense. This causes it to rise, creating convection currents which are responsible for important weather phenomena such as clouds, precipitation, and storms.
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.
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
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
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 are the gasses on a comet?
Comets are composed of a mixture of ice, dust, and gases. The main gases found on a comet are water vapor, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and methane. These gases are released as the comet gets closer to the Sun and heats up, causing the ice to sublimate.
Does air lose density when it heats or when it cools?
Air loses density when it heats up because the air molecules become more energetic and spread out, resulting in a decrease in density. Conversely, air becomes more dense when it cools down because the molecules lose energy and come closer together.
What is a conductor when you are using an oven?
Tungsten. When it is introduced to electricity, it becomes excited and heats up.
What object has a tail made of gases and dust?
A comet has a tail composed of gases and dust. As a comet travels through space, it heats up, causing the gases and dust to vaporize and form a glowing tail that points away from the Sun due to solar wind.
What does water become less of when it heats?
if you are talking about what form it is it, it becomes less of a liquid and more of a gas (: It becomes less "dense" eventually turning into a gas, as above has stated.
