Third Quarter Review

The terrestrial planet whose atmosphere is mainly CO₂ (95%) with traces of N₂ (3%), oxygen and water.

What are the two reasons that the study of solar seismology is important to astronomers?

Inner-belt asteroids tend to be _____________-rich and outer-belt asteroids tend to be _____________-rich.

Convection manifests itself in the photosphere as____________, numerous bright regions surrounded by narrow dark zones.

Asteroids and comets play a central role in planetary impact, in particular can have a large influence on Earth’s...

Opportunity spacecraft imaged the exposed layers of subsurface rock around the interior edge of what feature on Mars?

A rift, like Earth’s Grand Canyon, running along the equator of Mars is known as

Smooth surface seen on _________ results from water that has erupted from its interior flooding old craters and freezing

The volcano on Venus called _______________ appears to have relatively recent lava flows surrounding it.

______________________ can explosively shoot gas across the Solar System and result in spectacular auroral displays.

The Atmosphere of Uranus is made primarily of

List the Sun’s layers from the innermost layer to the outer most atmospheric layer.

Meteoroids larger than a few centimeters sometimes are visible in daylight as

A __________________ is the glowing trail of hot gas and vaporized debris left by an object heated in Earth's atmosphere

Near the Sun’s center, energy is moved outward by photon radiation – a region surrounding the core known as the

Adjacent belts, with different relative speeds, create vortices of various colors causes the

The moons of Jupiter that look like our Moon w/ grayish brown color and covered with craters are (Select all that apply)

Why are Uranus and Neptune so blue?

Stony meteorites are composed mainly of

The following are properties of Titan (Select all that apply)

What are the Moons of Mars called?

Intense twisting and “breakage” of magnetic field lines is thought to be the

What are the two main reasons astronomer believe could be the cause of the neutrino problem?

The largest circular crater on Mercury with a diameter of 1300km is called

On Jupiter, high altitude gas radiates into space, cools and sinks, becoming transparent to form

What is the largest moon of Saturn?

Which body in the inner Solar System has densest atmosphere?

1.The spherical shell of trillions of icy bodies believed to lie far beyond Pluto’s orbit a distance of about 150,000 AU

The corona is not uniform but has streamers and _______________________ dictated by the Sun’s magnetic field.

Due their small size preventing gravity from pulling them into spherical shapes, scientist believe Martian moons are

Jupiter’s rings are predominately made of

Ring gaps are due to __________________________, which may deflect ring particles into a narrow stream between them.

What are the two reasons scientist believe Jupiter currently emits more energy than it receives?

Most meteors are too small to reach Earth’s surface – those that do are called ___________________.

Pluto has a tenuous atmosphere that is made up of

What causes sunspots to appear cooler than their surroundings?

What rare element is found that supports the idea of a large impact event 65 million years ago

Pick the trans-Neptunian Objects

Water high in Venusian atmosphere is lost to ______________ as solar ultraviolet light breaks H₂O apart with H escaping

Which of the following are moons of Saturn?

Feature on the opposite side from Caloris Basin possibly caused by seismic waves from impact that created Caloris Basin.

__________________ is produced when light at one wavelength is converted to light t another wavelength.

What are the two possible causes of Venus’ slow retrograde motion? (Select second answer this slide)

Orbits of some objects carry them into the inner solar system and across Earth’s Orbit.  These objects are known as

What is (are) the source(s) of most meteorites? (Select all that apply)

Uranus' rings are made of

A _________ is the result of a comet filling its orbit with emitted dust and Earth passing through the dust-filled orbit

Sun's structure depends on ___________between a force that prevents it from collapsing and one that holds it together.

Why  does Mercury have so Many craters and Earth so few?

The amount of pressure is in direct proportion to the speed of the atoms and their density and is expressed in the______

Triton is a unique moon in that it is able to retain and atmosphere select the two reasons scientist think this happens.

Any object held together solely by gravity will break apart by tidal forces if it reaches the distance known as the

 How many years elapse between times of maximum solar activity?

Which terrestrial planet's atmosphere is 96% CO₂, 3.5% N₂, and small amounts of H₂O and other gases.

Regions of the asteroid belt seemingly empty of asteroids are called ______________________.

The largest mountain in the solar system

The four innermost moons of Jupiter are called

Mercury spins very slowly with a sidereal rotation period, exactly ⅔ its orbital period this is known as

Martian poles are bordered by immense deserts with dunes blown by winds into parallel ridges which are known as

The reason methane in a planets atmosphere makes if appear blue to us is because methane

1.Most stony meteorites include smaller rounded chunks of rocky material called

Beyond Neptune no more major planets are known, but there are many smaller objects known as

Sunspot, flare, and prominence activity change yearly in a pattern called the _______________.

Meteor showers are typically named after the ________________ where the radiant is located

One of the two main reasons Earth’s atmosphere contain less CO2 than other terrestrial planets?

One of the two properties on Venus the runaway Greenhouse Effect cause is...

The process why scientist believe that may have allowed iron to sink to the core of the Galilean moons is called

Why is Venus’ surface hotter than Mercury’s?

The Curiosity Rover spacecraft analyzed geology and chemistry within ___________, perhaps the site of an ancient lake

The low density upper layers of the Sun, where any photons created there can freely escape into space is called the

Neptune's rings are made of

Short-period comets are now believed to be icy nuclei from the _______________.

Enormous _____________, formed as Mercury cooled, and shrank, wrinkling like a dried apple.

What is the solar neutrino crisis/problem?

The Atmosphere of Jupiter is made of

Which one of the moons of Uranus is very unique in that it appears to have been torn apart and reassembled?

The name given to the two loose swarms asteriods located along Jupiter’s orbit, 60° ahead and 60° behind.

What are the clouds of Venus made of?

The Sun's temp is high enough to cause positively charged protons close enough together to bind them together via

The moon of Pluto is known as

What are the two explanations astronomers give for Uranus’ odd tilt?

Heat within Jupiter carries gas to the top of the atmosphere, forming these features

1.Coriolis Effect on Jupiter turns rising and sinking gases into powerful _________ that are seen as cloud ___________.

Pluto was discovered by ______________________ in 1930 by comparing nightly star photographs over the course of a year.