Titan is a lecture about an astronomical object in orbit around Saturn.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft chronicles the change of seasons as it captures clouds concentrated near the equator of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.

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1 True or False, Titan like Venus is another gas dwarf when viewed in visible light.

TRUE
FALSE

2 Complete the text:

Match up the letter for the object name the radio or radar image below:
Sun - A
Mercury - B
Venus - C
Earth - D
Moon (South Pole) - E
Moon (North Pole) - F
Moon (850 micron thermal emission) - G
Mars (North Pole cross section) - H
Toustatis - I
Jupiter - J
Saturn - K
Titan - L
Interstellar medium - M
Milky Way - N
3C 98 - O
3C 31 - P
3C 380 - Q
Moon (self radiation) - R
NGC 4151 - S
GRS 1915 - T
M87 - U
3C 279 - V
IRC+10216 - W
Boomerang nebula - X
R Sculptoris - Y
 

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3 Yes or No, Titan has an atmospheric pressure on its surface 50% greater than that on Earth.

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4 Complete the text:

Regarding a blue haze layer near the south polar region of Titan, the difference in color

above and

nearer the

could be due to

of the haze.

5 Yes or No, Titan is larger by volume than Mercury.

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No

6 Complete the text:

Match up the letter of the spherical object with each of the possibilities below:
Sun - A
Mercury - B
Venus - C
Earth - D
Moon - E
Mars - F
Ceres - G
Jupiter - H
Callisto - I
Europa - J
Ganymede - K
Io - L
Enceladus - M
Titan - N
Uranus - O
Titania - P
Neptune - Q
Triton - R
Pluto - S
 

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7 Yes or No, Titan's atmosphere has a seasonal hemispheric dichotomy.

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8 Which of the following are associated with hydrocarbons?

liquid lakes on Titan
petroleum deposits on Earth
methane in the atmosphere of Uranus
Titania
atmosphere of Neptune
an H II region

9 Yes or No, There is clear evidence that Titan has stable bodies of surface liquid.

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No

10 Complete the text:

Match up the violet or violet containing image with the object letter:
Sun - A
Venus - B
Earth - C
Moon - D
Mars - E
Jupiter - F
Ganymede - G
Io - H
Saturn - I
Dione - J
Titan - K
Uranus - L
Ariel - M
Miranda - N
Triton - O
Eta Carinae - P
NGC 5584 - Q
 

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11 Complete the text:

Match up the item letter with each of the possibilities below:
Moon - A
Eros - B
Io - C
Ganymede - D
Europa - E
Titan - F
X-ray producing electric arc, current spots

reflecting solar X-rays

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soft X-ray emission

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possible soft X-ray emission

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synchrotron X-ray diffraction of methane hydrate up to 10GPa

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ordinary chondrite composition

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