Volcanoes/Io/Quiz

The volcanoes of Io is a lecture regarding a specific astronomical object (Io) and its volcanoes. It is an offering from the school of geology and the radiation astronomy department of the school of physics and astronomy.

Five-image sequence of New Horizons images showing Io's volcano Tvashtar spewing material 330 km above its surface. Credit: NASA.

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Quiz

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1 Which geological phenomena are associated with Io?

	lava-spewing volcanoes
	sulfur volcanoes
	plate tectonics
	water oceans
	liquid methane oceans
	silicate minerals

2 Yes or No, The proximity of hominins and their space probes and other sentient life forms to volcanoes on Io occasionally leads to loss of life.

	Yes
	No

3 Which of the following is a phenomenon associated with yellow astronomy?

	Io
	sodium line emission
	sunspots on the Sun
	an emission with a wavelength of 420 nm
	phosphorus
	TiO

4 True or False, Volcanoes occur in almost every 10° of longitude on Io.

	TRUE
	FALSE

5 The surface of Io appears to be composed primarily of?

6 True or False, There are yellow or yellow mineral containing natural moons.

	TRUE
	FALSE

7 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

8 True or False, Vulcanology is a variant spelling of volcanology.

	TRUE
	FALSE

9 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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10 True or False, The rocky surface of the moon Io can be detected when Io is observed using yellow astronomy.

	TRUE
	FALSE

11 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

12 Complete the text:

Match up the radiation object with the likely source:

- L

- M

- N

- O

- P

- Q

- R

- S

- T

a Craters of the Moon volcano .

violet image of Venus .

active galactic nuclear region of NGC 5728 .

cosmic-ray bombardment of the Moon's surface .

blue lights from Io .

neutrino profile of the solar octant .

planetary nebula NGC 7048 .

ultraviolet image of the Earth .

a neutron star in a binary system .

13 Phenomena associated with the green vapor above Io are?

	collisions with energetic charged particles
	Jupiter's magnetic field
	aurora-like behavior
	dense plumes of volcanic vapor
	Galileo spacecraft
	Io is in eclipse

14 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 .

soft X-ray emission .

possible soft X-ray emission .

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

ordinary chondrite composition .

Hypotheses

Main article: Hypotheses

1. The volcanoes of Io and of Earth have the same origin.

See also: Control groups, Proof of concept, and Proof of technology

See also

• Astronomy/Quiz
• Green astronomy/Quiz
• Planetary science/Quiz
• Radiation astrochemistry/Quiz
• Radiation astrogeography/Quiz
• Radiation astrohistory/Quiz
• Radiation astronomy/Quiz
• Theoretical radiation astronomy/Quiz

External links

• International Astronomical Union
• NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database - NED
• NASA's National Space Science Data Center
• The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
• SDSS Quick Look tool: SkyServer
• SIMBAD Astronomical Database
• SIMBAD Web interface, Harvard alternate
• Spacecraft Query at NASA
• Universal coordinate converter

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