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**File**The incomplete rims seen in the figure are caused by: edit
1. The incomplete rims seen in the figure are caused by:
Rilles are caused by edit
2. Rilles are caused by
In the Wikipedia excerpt on "Planetary Astronomy" the mechanism by which a meander grows over time was discussed. Which of the the following is best describes why meanders grow? (Pick only one best answer) edit
3. In the Wikipedia excerpt on "Planetary Astronomy" the mechanism by which a meander grows over time was discussed. Which of the the following is best describes why meanders grow? (Pick only one best answer)
When imaged in visible light Venus appears like ______ rather than ______. edit
4. When imaged in visible light Venus appears like ______ rather than ______.
The clouds on Venus are made of edit
5. The clouds on Venus are made of
The geology of Venus is predominantly edit
6. The geology of Venus is predominantly
Basalt is what type of rock? edit
7. Basalt is what type of rock?
The rocks on Venus are mostly edit
8. The rocks on Venus are mostly
The rocky surface of the planet Venus can be detected when Venus is observed using infrared astronomy. edit
9. The rocky surface of the planet Venus can be detected when Venus is observed using infrared astronomy.
When Venus is viewed in the ultraviolet, its color appears brownish. edit
10. When Venus is viewed in the ultraviolet, its color appears brownish.
Moldavite is a mineral that may be associated with what radiation astronomy phenomenon? edit
11. Moldavite is a mineral that may be associated with what radiation astronomy phenomenon?
According to Wikipedia, a "mineral" is a naturally occurring solid that edit
12. According to Wikipedia, a "mineral" is a naturally occurring solid that
Which types of radiation astronomy directly observe the rocky-object surface of Venus? edit
13. Which types of radiation astronomy directly observe the rocky-object surface of Venus?
One reason that Venus's atmosphere has more carbon dioxide than Earth's is that edit
14. One reason that Venus's atmosphere has more carbon dioxide than Earth's is that
The surface temperature of Venus is about edit
15. The surface temperature of Venus is about
The Venetian atmosphere consists of mostly carbon dioxide and edit
16. The Venetian atmosphere consists of mostly carbon dioxide and
**Multiple image*=Lowell circa 1914.** These drawings by Schiaparelli and Lowell were ultimately shown to be: edit
17. *** These drawings by Schiaparelli and Lowell were ultimately shown to be:
Antipodal to the Tharsis bulge is edit
18. Antipodal to the Tharsis bulge is
**File:** The lobate feature shown in the figure is evidence ofbreakbreakbreak} edit
19.
The lobate feature shown in the figure is evidence
The Martian dichotomy separates edit
20. The Martian dichotomy separates
According to Wikipedia, ______ was formed due to swelling of the Tharsis bulge which caused the crust to collapse edit
21. According to Wikipedia, ______ was formed due to swelling of the Tharsis bulge which caused the crust to collapse
**File: **What is this hematite?breakbreak edit
22. What is this hematite?
The polar ice caps on Mars are ___ edit
23. The polar ice caps on Mars are ___
Liquid water cannot exist on Mars due to ___ edit
24. Liquid water cannot exist on Mars due to ___
**File:What is at the center of this magnified image of a Martian meteorite? fragment? breakbreakbreak edit
25. What is at the center of this magnified image of a Martian meteorite? fragment?
It is important to distinguish between molecules (collectively) in a gas and one individual molecule. This question is about an individual molecule. For a planet with a given mass, size, and density, which has the greater escape velocity? edit
26. It is important to distinguish between molecules (collectively) in a gas and one individual molecule. This question is about an individual molecule. For a planet with a given mass, size, and density, which has the greater escape velocity?
It is important to distinguish between molecules (collectively) in a gas and one individual molecule. This question is about a typical molecule in the gas. For a planet with a given mass, size, and density, which type of gas is more likely to escape? edit
27. It is important to distinguish between molecules (collectively) in a gas and one individual molecule. This question is about a typical molecule in the gas. For a planet with a given mass, size, and density, which type of gas is more likely to escape?
Which type of gas is likely to have the faster particles? edit
28. Which type of gas is likely to have the faster particles?
What is it about the isotopes of Argon-36 and Argon-38 that causes their relative abundance to be so unusual on Mars? edit
29. What is it about the isotopes of Argon-36 and Argon-38 that causes their relative abundance to be so unusual on Mars?
In the formula, *** edit
30. In the formula,
What statement is FALSE about edit
31. What statement is FALSE about
FORMULA edit
32. FORMULA
How does the density of a Galilean moon depend on its distance from Jupiter? edit
33. How does the density of a Galilean moon depend on its distance from Jupiter?
How does the mass of a Galilean moon depend on its distance from the central body? edit
34. How does the mass of a Galilean moon depend on its distance from the central body?
Does Jupiter's moon Io have craters? edit
35. Does Jupiter's moon Io have craters?
The mechanism that heats the cores of the Galilean moons is edit
36. The mechanism that heats the cores of the Galilean moons is
Immediately after publication of Newton's laws of physics (Principia), it was possible to "calculate" the mass of Jupiter. What important caveat applied to this calculation? edit
37. Immediately after publication of Newton's laws of physics (Principia), it was possible to "calculate" the mass of Jupiter. What important caveat applied to this calculation?
Ganymede, Europa, and Io have ratios in __________ that are 1:2:4. edit
38. Ganymede, Europa, and Io have ratios in __________ that are 1:2:4.
Which of Jupiter's moons has an anhydrous core? edit
39. Which of Jupiter's moons has an anhydrous core?
The 1982 Voyager flyby of Miranda (a moon of Uranus) established that _____ edit
40. The 1982 Voyager flyby of Miranda (a moon of Uranus) established that _____
It has been suggested that Miranda's "racetrack" edit
41. It has been suggested that Miranda's "racetrack"
According to Wikipedia, the largest lakes on Titan are probably fed by edit
42. According to Wikipedia, the largest lakes on Titan are probably fed by
**image**The bright spot on Saturn's moon Titan is edit
43.
The bright spot on Saturn's moon Titan is
One "year" on Saturn's largest moon Titan lasts edit
44. One "year" on Saturn's largest moon Titan lasts
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The photographs compare
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45.
The photographs compare
The liquid water ocean of Saturn's largest moon Titan, edit
46. The liquid water ocean of Saturn's largest moon Titan,
**File:Jupiter by Cassini-Huygens.jpg|right|300px]]
The black spot in this image of Jupiter is
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47.
The black spot in this image of Jupiter is
Which of the following statements is FALSE? edit
48. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
What is the mechanism that heats the interior of Jupiter? edit
49. What is the mechanism that heats the interior of Jupiter?
Why is Jupiter an oblate spheroid? edit
50. Why is Jupiter an oblate spheroid?
What statement best describes the Wikipedia's explanation of the helium (He) content of Jupiter's upper atmosphere (relative to the hydrogen (H) content)? edit
51. What statement best describes the Wikipedia's explanation of the helium (He) content of Jupiter's upper atmosphere (relative to the hydrogen (H) content)?
Where is the Sun-Jupiter barycenter? edit
52. Where is the Sun-Jupiter barycenter?
The barycenter of two otherwise isolated celestial bodies is? edit
53. The barycenter of two otherwise isolated celestial bodies is?
Knowing the barycenter of two stars is useful because it tells us the total mass edit
54. Knowing the barycenter of two stars is useful because it tells us the total mass
Knowing the barycenter of two stars is useful because it tells us the ratio of the two masses edit
55. Knowing the barycenter of two stars is useful because it tells us the ratio of the two masses
Although there is some doubt as to who discovered Jupiter's great red spot, it is generally credited to edit
56. Although there is some doubt as to who discovered Jupiter's great red spot, it is generally credited to
The bands in the atmosphere of Jupiter are associated with a patter of alternating wind velocities that are edit
57. The bands in the atmosphere of Jupiter are associated with a patter of alternating wind velocities that are
As one descends down to Jupiter's core, the temperature edit
58. As one descends down to Jupiter's core, the temperature
Which of the following is NOT used to measure the mass of a planet edit
59. Which of the following is NOT used to measure the mass of a planet
What is unusual about calculations of the mass of Pluto made in the early part of the 20th century? edit
60. What is unusual about calculations of the mass of Pluto made in the early part of the 20th century?
Why was the discovery of Pluto peculiar? edit
61. Why was the discovery of Pluto peculiar?
Which of the following is NOT used to measure the mass of a planet edit
62. Which of the following is NOT used to measure the mass of a planet
Which statement describes the relation between Pluto and Neptune edit
63. Which statement describes the relation between Pluto and Neptune