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Test 2
Planets
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Astronomy
Undergraduate 1
03/19/2008

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Where is Olympus Mons and what does it do?
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Mars, it is the largest volcano in the solar system
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What are the energy sources for the center of the earth?
Definition
Heat leftover from formation and natural activity.
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Where is Coloris Basin?
Definition
Mercury
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Where is the Great Dark Spot?
Definition
Neptune
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Where is the great red spot?
Definition
Mars
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Where is Valley Mariners
Definition
Mars
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Where is Aphrodite Terra?
Definition
Venus
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Where are sulphur volcanoes?
Definition
Io
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Which planet has the densest atmosphere?
Definition
Venus
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Which planet is hottest?
Definition
Venus
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What is the main chemical makeup of Venus? and Mars?
Definition
CO2
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Which moon has a nitrogen atmosphere?
Definition
Titan
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Which has an ice covered ocean?
Definition
Europa
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Which planet has helium precipitation which may also double as an energy source?
Definition
Saturn
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Which ibject is like an ice moon?
Definition
Pluto
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Which two planets have densities over 5,000?
Definition
Earth and Mars
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Smaler objects cool ________
Definition
faster
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The Earth is denser than _____
Definition
Jupiter
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Which planet does not have a solid surface?
Definition
Jupiter
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Which planets are greater than 5,000?
Definition
Earth, Mercury and Venus
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Which planetes are less than 5,000?
Definition
Saturn, mars and the moon.
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What is the mass of the Earth?
Definition
6.08
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What is the radius of the earth?
Definition
6400km
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What is the average density of the earth?
Definition
5500kg/m3
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What is the chemical composition of the Earth's atmosphere?
Definition
Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon, Carbon Dioxide
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What is "maria"?
Definition
on the moon, dark, smooth, few craters, basalt
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What are highlands?
Definition
Bright, rough anorthosites on the moon
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What describes Mercury;s interior?
Definition
cool, iron-rich core
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What is Caloris Basin?
Definition
A large impact crater
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What are scarps, and where are they found?
Definition
Huge cliffs thought to have formed as the planet cooled and contracted.
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What describes Venus' core?
Definition
large, hot and iron rich
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What is Maxwell Montes and where is it located?
Definition
The largest mountain on Venus
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What is Isthar Terra and where is it?
Definition
A highland containing Maxwell montes
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What is Venus' temperature?
Definition
Very Hot! 730K
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What defines Mars' interior?
Definition
small cool slighty iron rich
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How many moons does Mars have?
Definition
2
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Roche limit
Definition
The smallest distance at which a natural satellite can orbit a celestial body without being torn apart by the larger body's.
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What is the name of Pluto's moon?
Definition
Charon
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William Herchel discovered what planet?
Definition
Uranus
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Clyde Tombault discovered what Planet?
Definition
Pluto
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What is the name of Uranus' moon?
Definition
Miranda, and it has been broken apart and reformed
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