Craters by radiation/Quiz

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1 Which of the following is not a radiation phenomenon associated with a crater?

	strata
	elongated dust particles
	high albedo
	olivine
	Rayleighs
	volcanoes

2 Radiation phenomena associated with craters include?

	catena
	secondary craters
	checking equations about complex systems
	deformed strata
	electric arcs
	explosions

3 Which of the following are phenomena associated with the orange system?

	titanium
	yttrium
	navels
	a number of emission lines very close together
	many impact craters on Io
	ScO

4 Phenomena associated with some meteorites?

	have a gaseous surface
	long nickel-iron crystals
	octahedrite
	kamacite
	taenite
	plessite

5 Observations of Io have benefited greatly from what phenomenon?

	a dense, opaque atmosphere
	lightning
	extensive meteorite cratering
	a flattening out
	liquid hydrocarbon lakes
	the reflected light of allotropes and compounds of sulfur

6 The term astrogeography is often more restricted because of what?

	the relationship between outer-space geography and geographic position
	military space strategy
	extensive meteorite cratering
	a flattening out
	evaluating strategy
	military operations

7 True or False, Mars may have suffered asteroid impacts.

	TRUE
	FALSE

8 Which of the following is not a natural phenomenon associated with the planet Mars?

	iron oxide
	the MESSENGER spacecraft
	water
	meteorites on Earth
	Olympus Mons
	climate

9 Which of the following is not a phenomenon associated with the planet Mars?

	iron oxide
	silicates
	helium in its atmosphere
	meteorites on Earth
	methane in its atmosphere
	weather

10 Meteorites found on Earth may be from which of the following?

	Saturn
	Mercury
	the Moon
	the asteroid belt
	Jupiter
	Mars

11 Usually associated with clouds filling the sky, thunder and lightning, wind and what water based meteorites

12 Which of the following is a phenomenon associated historically with Titania?

	Jupiter
	a large, trenchlike feature
	a relatively light surface
	few or no canyons and scarps
	very few impact craters
	helium ice

13 The first source of odor when the terminator passes at the beginning of daylight may be which of the following?

	the Sun
	a meteorite impact
	flowers that open their blooms at sunrise
	a late-summer rainstorm
	the Moon

14 Which of the following are theoretical radiation astronomy phenomena associated with a planet?

	possible orbits
	a hyperbolic orbit
	nuclear fusion at its core
	nuclear fusion in its ionosphere
	near the barycenter of its stellar system
	accretion
	electric arcs
	impact craters

15 When the Earth is viewed from space using X-ray astronomy what characteristic is readily observed?

	the magnetic north pole
	the Hudson Bay meteorite crater
	the South Atlantic Anomaly
	the Bermuda Triangle
	solar positron events
	electrons striking the ionosphere

16 Which of the following is not an astronomical entity?

	Johannes Kepler
	the coronal cloud very near the Sun
	the Moon
	the question mark (?)
	the Barrington Meteor Crater
	Johannes Hevelius

17 True or False, Callisto's surface is uniformly colored but is not uniform in craters.

	TRUE
	FALSE

18 Which of the following are theoretical radiation astronomy phenomena associated with a star?

	possible orbits
	a hyperbolic orbit
	nuclear fusion at its core
	nuclear fusion in its chromosphere
	near the barycenter of its planetary system
	accretion
	electric arcs
	impact craters
	radar signature

19 Which of the following radiation astronomy phenomena are associated with the rocky object Mercury?

	apparent impact craters
	an excess brightness at or near the edge
	the iron XIV line
	neutron emission
	polar coronal holes
	meteor emission
	changes in the line-blanketing

20 Which of the following are radiation astronomy phenomena associated with the rocky-object Io?

	surface regions reflecting or emitting violet or purple
	an excess brightness at or near the edge
	red regions that may be phosphorus
	neutron emission
	polar coronal holes
	meteor emission
	rotation

21 Which of the following are radiation astronomy phenomena associated with the apparent liquid-object Earth?

	rain
	snow
	hail
	neutron emission
	polar coronal holes
	meteor emission
	rotation

22 True or False, There are blue or blue mineral containing meteorites.

	TRUE
	FALSE

23 Which of the following are radiation astronomy phenomena associated with the gaseous-object Neptune?

	Voyager 2
	blue rays
	clouds
	neutron emission
	polar coronal holes
	meteor emission
	rotation

24 Yes or No, There are violet or violet mineral containing meteorites.

	Yes
	No

25 Moldavite is a mineral that may be associated with what radiation astronomy phenomenon?

	predicting the end of the Earth
	determining the accuracy of local computers
	meteorite impacts
	demonstrating that Venus was once a comet
	predicting when currently dormant volcanoes will erupt
	fireballs

26 Why is much of the surface of Mars covered with red iron oxide dust when the rocks that compose much of its surface are blue or violet?

	Mars has been systematically bombarded with small iron-nickel meteorites or micrometeorites that oxidize in its atmosphere
	Mars has been frequently bombarded with hematite containing micrometeorites
	asteroid impacts on Mars may have forced iron from near its core into the atmosphere and onto the surface as hematite dust that oxidized
	Mars is like Earth in surface hematite composition, but Earth has much more water
	precipitation from iron-rich water

27 Which of the following are radiation astronomy phenomena associated with the Sun?

	the color of the upper rim as seen from Earth
	an excess brightness at or near the edge of the Sun
	the iron XIV green line
	neutron emission
	polar coronal holes
	meteor emission
	changes in the line-blanketing