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What movement of earth is responsible for night and day

the movement of the Earth that is responsible for day and night is rotation its axis

What are the main sources of meteoroids

1. Interplanetary debris that was not gravitationally swept up by the planets during the formation of the solar system.

2. Material from the asteroid belt.

3. The solid remains of comets that once traveled near Earth's orbit.

A Doppler red shift indicates

a star is moving AWAY FROM EARTH

The total number of eclipses each year does not exceed

7

The most obvious difference between the terrestrial and the jovian planets is

The size. The gaseous Jovian planets are far larger than the inner terrestrial planets.

How long does it take the moon to go from full-moon phase to new-moon phase

The full lunar cycle is roughly 4 weeks, and from full-moon to new-moon is half the cycle, so it would take (roughly) 2 weeks to go from full to new moon.

How do large bodies of water influence climate

Water has a large specific heat.

That means that it takes more heat energy to change the temperature of water than it does to change the temp of land;

thus places near large bodies of water are warmer in winter and cooler in summer.

Hipparchus was best known for his

Probably the greatest of the early Greek astronomers was Hipparchus (second century b.c.), best known for his star catalog.

Planets whose orbits lie closer to the sun than the asteroids

The asteroid belt is located between Mars and Jupiter. The planets closer to the Sun than the asteroid belt are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.

Which planet is best described large dirty ice ball

Pluto

How do large scale volcanic eruptions cause global temperature decrease

ash arises making the sun blocked and the temperatures be effected

Which characteristic is not true of cold fronts A they lift upward B they push warm fronts downward C they move more slowly than warm fronts D none of these are true

None of the choices are true.

Who discovered all four rings in Neptune

neptune's rings were discovered by Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989

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Is composed mainly of gases and ices a characteristic of the Jovian planets

That's true.

What is the shape of a middle-latitude cyclone

Mid-latitude cyclones are typically comma-shaped.

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