4 October 2011
S.I. Session 15 Quiz
This quiz covers material from the lecture on Monday, October 3th.
Part a) Match the term to its definition:
TERMS:
a)Mercury b)Inner Planets c) Coronae
d)Venus e)Maria f)Mars
g)Outer Planets h)Nebula i)Oxygen
DEFINITIONS:
1)__This is the darker material on the surface of the moon that forms because of impact generated flood basalts.
2)__ The temperature on this planet is 475 degrees Celsius, there is a poisonous, heavy atmosphere of sulfuric acid here too.
3)__This planet has a thin cool atmosphere of Carbon Dioxide, there is no liquid water here.
4)__This group includes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
5) __Cloud of fire, dust, and gas.
6)__This group includes Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
7)__Earth’s early atmosphere contained none of this.
8)__This planet has no atmosphere, also there are large thrust faults due to contraction while cooling here.
9)__Collapsed lava domes found only on Venus.
Part b) Describe the moon forming event:
Part c) True or False:
Mark T (true) or F (false) in the blank provided:
1)__Venus is tectonically extinct, there are no lava flows present there.
2)__When a volcano emits Hydrogen, it escapes to space. When a volcano emits Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide they stay in the atmosphere.
3)__There are vigorous convection currents present on Venus.
4)__Mars’ crust is composed of frozen lava that breaks up into flakes.
5)__The mineral Jarosite forms exclusively in acid rich waters.
6)__ Saturn’s moon Titan is composed of Sodium rich rocks.
7)__ Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the solar system and is on the planet Mercury.
8)__The rocky inner planets in our solar system formed as planetesimal material collided while spinning.
9)__ The separation of the earth’s layers (mantle, core, etc.) is due to gravitational differentiation.
10)__ Heat sources for early Earth include radioactive elements in the earths interior.
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