Exam 3

Question 1

What is impact cratering?

Answer 1

Arterial falling from space onto a world’s surface will create impact craters.

Question 2

What do more craters indicate?

Answer 2

The number of craters can indicate the surface’s age. More craters means an older surface and minimal geologic activity.

Question 3

Define Plate tectonics

Answer 3

The theory that explains how slow the motions within the Earth moves large segments of the crust (outer surface) gradual “drifting” of the continents.

Question 4

How can volcanism change a surface?

Answer 4

Volcanic eruptions can erase craters.

Question 5

What do we learn by studying earthquakes?

Answer 5

We learn about earth’s interiors. Earthquakes produce seismic waves, which travel differently through different materials.

Question 6

Which of the following layers of the earths interior is composed of liquid metal?

Answer 6

The outer core

Question 7

Define Convection

Answer 7

Rising and falling of hot/cold material

Question 8

Crustal plates are moved by …

Answer 8

convection

Question 9

How many major and smaller plates does earth have?

Answer 9

7 major plates and 6 smaller ones

Question 10

Very fluid lava forms…

Answer 10

Shield volcanes

Question 11

Viscous lava forms

Answer 11

Composite volcanoes

Question 12

Define Erosion

Answer 12

On earth, liquid water strongly eroded the surface.

Question 13

The geographic North Pole is magnetic North or South?

Answer 13

The magnetic South Pole

Question 14

How was Earth’s crust shifted over time?

Answer 14

The movement of plate boundaries.

Question 15

Define Continental drift

Answer 15

The movement of the earths crust. Proved by fossils near the riff zones.

Question 16

How is Earth’s atmosphere unique?

Answer 16

Because of convection.

Question 17

Define The green house effect

Answer 17

Carbon dioxide content of the retains heat from the sun through a process called the greenhouse effect.

Question 18

How is the greenhouse effect beneficial or harmful?

Answer 18

Without, earth’s ocean would be frozen.

With, the earth is 40 degrees c hotter

Question 19

The principal greenhouse gases in our present atmosphere are

Answer 19

Water vapor and carbon dioxide

Question 20

Mercury Rotation

Answer 20

58 earth days

Question 21

Mercury orbit

Answer 21

88 earth days

Question 22

Mercury surface

Answer 22

Rocky, solid, and cratered surface much like the moon.

Question 23

Mercury atmosphere

Answer 23

A thin atmosphere

Oxygen, sodium, hydrogen, helium, and potassium.

Question 24

Mercury temperature

Answer 24

800 to -290 degrees.

Question 25

Mercury Magnetic field

Answer 25

Earth and mercury are the only terrestrial planets with a substantial magnetic field.

Question 26

Mercury tilt

Answer 26

.04

Question 27

Venus tilt

Answer 27

177.36

Question 28

Venus rotation

Answer 28

243 earth days

Question 29

Venus spin

Answer 29

Backwards

Question 30

Is Venus habitable?

Answer 30

In its early history, Venus could have had shallow linguistic water ocean and habitable surface temperatures.

Question 31

Venus surface

Answer 31

Volcanic with extensive plains featuring high volcanic mountains and vast ridged plate.

Question 32

Venus temperature

Answer 32

900 degrees Runaway greenhouse effect

Question 33

Venus habitable?

Answer 33

No. Unless you like acid rain and melting lead temperatures.

Question 34

Earth tilt

Answer 34

23.5

Question 35

Order of the atmosphere

Answer 35

``` Troposphere H20 clouds Stratosphere Ozone Mesosphere Thermosphere ```

Question 36

Ionosphere

Answer 36

Many of the atoms are ionized by the loss of an electron, and this region is often called the ionosphere.

Question 37

Earth’s atmosphere

Answer 37

Nitrogen Oxygen Argon Traces of water vapor and carbon dioxide

Question 38

Earth habitable?

Answer 38

Heck yes The early atmosphere contained abundant carbon dioxide and some methane but no oxygen.

Question 39

The moon atmosphere

Answer 39

The moon has no atmosphere

Question 40

Moon surface

Answer 40

Most of the crust consists of silicate rocka and these regions are known as lunar highlands. Smooth features on the craters are attributed to gradual erosion, mostly due to impact cratering from meteorites.

Question 41

Moon volcanism

Answer 41

The moon had past lava flows which smoothed out parts of its surface.

Question 42

Moon temperatures

Answer 42

Rises above boiling water and drops down to -279.4 F

Question 43

Lunar Maria are found...

Answer 43

Mostly on the side of facing earth

Question 44

Mars tilt

Answer 44

25.19

Question 45

Mars rotation

Answer 45

A little over 24 hours

Question 46

Mars orbit

Answer 46

687 earth days

Question 47

Mars atmosphere

Answer 47

Thin atmosphere Has seasons

Question 48

Mars surface

Answer 48

Solid, altered by volcanoes, impacts, winds, crystal movement, and chemical reactions.

Question 49

Mars tectonism

Answer 49

Mars shows evidence of extensive tectonism and boasts the massive chasm Valles Marineris.

Question 50

Mars atmosphere

Answer 50

Thin | Carbon dioxide, argon, nitrogen, and a small amount of oxygen and water vapor.

Question 51

Mars moons

Answer 51

2 moons

Question 52

Mars surface

Answer 52

Red planet, because of iron minerals in the Martian soil oxidize causing the soul to look red.

Question 53

Jupiter mass

Answer 53

317.8

Question 54

Jupiter tilt

Answer 54

3.13

Question 55

Jupiter composition

Answer 55

Hydrogen and helium

Question 56

Jupiter rotation

Answer 56

10 hrs

Question 57

Jupiter orbit

Answer 57

12 earth years

Question 58

Jupiter moons

Answer 58

75 moons

Question 59

Jupiter rings

Answer 59

Thin

Question 60

Jupiter habitable

Answer 60

No

Question 61

Jupiter moon’s habitable?

Answer 61

Maybe. Some have oceans that might support life.

Question 62

Jupiter surface

Answer 62

String dark bands (belts) and light bands (zones) The colors are determined by their chemical composition

Question 63

Jupiter magnetic field

Answer 63

Strong magnetic fields are generated by the motion of the conducting liquids. Stronger than the terrestrial planets.

Question 64

Saturn mass

Answer 64

95

Question 65

Uranus mass

Answer 65

14.5 times that of earth

Question 66

Neptune mass

Answer 66

17.1

Question 67

Saturn tilt

Answer 67

26.7

Question 68

Uranus tilt

Answer 68

97.8

Question 69

Neptune tilt

Answer 69

28.3

Question 70

Saturn rotation

Answer 70

10.7 hours

Question 71

Saturn orbit

Answer 71

29 earth years

Question 72

Saturn atmosphere

Answer 72

Hydrogen and helium

Question 73

Saturn moons

Answer 73

62 moons

Question 74

Saturn rings

Answer 74

Most prominent rings

Question 75

Saturn habitable?

Answer 75

No

Question 76

Titan

Answer 76

Largest moon of Saturn and the second largest natural satellite in the solar system.

Question 77

Cryovolcanoes

Answer 77

Cold geysers

Question 78

Uranus composition

Answer 78

Ice giant, dense fluid of icy materials- water methane and ammonia.

Question 79

Uranus rotation

Answer 79

17 hrs On its side, east to west.

Question 80

Uranus orbit

Answer 80

84 earth years

Question 81

Uranus atmosphere

Answer 81

Molecular hydrogen, atomic helium, small amount of methane.

Question 82

Uranus rings

Answer 82

13 known rings

Question 83

Uranus moons

Answer 83

27 known moons

Question 84

Neptune rotation

Answer 84

16 hours

Question 85

Neptune orbit

Answer 85

165 earth years

Question 86

Neptune composition

Answer 86

Icy | Water, methane and ammonia

Question 87

Neptune atmosphere

Answer 87

Molecular hydrogen, atomic helium, and methane.

Question 88

Neptune rings

Answer 88

6 known rings

Question 89

Neptune moons

Answer 89

13 moons

Question 90

Has giants

Answer 90

Jupiter and Saturn

Question 91

Ice giants

Answer 91

Uranus and Neptune