CH 30.2

Question 1

Mercury?

Answer 1

Smallest and closest planet to the sun.

Question 2

Venus?

Answer 2

The second closest planet to the sun.

Question 3

Earth?

Answer 3

The third planet from the sun.

Question 4

Mars?

Answer 4

The fourth planet from the sun.

Question 5

How did the solar system form?

Answer 5

nebula collapse.

Question 6

How long ago was the solar system formed?

Answer 6

4.6 billion years ago.

Question 7

What is Mercury atmosphere like

Answer 7

there is no true atmosphere.

Question 8

What is Mercury surface temperature?

Answer 8

430C to -170C.

Question 9

What is Venus referred to?

Answer 9

Earth’s sister planet.

Question 10

What is Venus atmosphere like?

Answer 10

A blanketed by a dense atmosphere.

Question 11

What is the temperature on Earth?

Answer 11

Allow water to exist as a solid, liquid, and gas.

Question 12

What does the ozone layer do?

Answer 12

Protect life from the sun’s radiation.

Question 13

Why is mars called the red planet?

Answer 13

Because the iron oxide in some weathered rock.

Question 14

How many moons does mars have?

Answer 14

2

Question 15

What are the moons names?

Answer 15

Phobox and Deimox

Question 16

What did the Martin Spirit and Opportunity?

Answer 16

look for liquid water.

Question 17

What did the Mars Reconnaissance orbiter discover?

Answer 17

sediment layering and gallies.

Question 18

When did the Mariner 9 space probe orbited?

Answer 18

1971-1972.

Question 19

What is Valles Mariners?

Answer 19

A large canyon discovered by the early mission.

Question 20

Mariner 9 also found?

Answer 20

large extinct volcanoes on Mars.

Question 21

What happen in 1976?

Answer 21

Viking 1 Viking 2 probes landed on Mars

Question 22

Viking 1 and 2?

Answer 22

photographed the entire surface on mars surface.

Question 23

Landers contained?

Answer 23

meteorological, chemical, and biological experience on the planets surface.

Question 24

In 1996 Global Surveyor showed what?

Answer 24

that the walls of Valles Marineris have distinct layers similar to those of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

Question 25

Mars Odyssey provides evidence for what?

Answer 25

water as frost beneath a thin layer of soil in the far northern and southern parts of Mars.

Question 26

The Mars Pathfinder and it’s rover Sojourner did what?

Answer 26

gathered data that indicate that iron in Mar’s crust mat have been leached out by groundwater.

Question 27

The 2012 Curiosity rover landed where?

Answer 27

In the Gale Crater on Mars.

Question 28

What was the 1st rover goal?

Answer 28

Investigate the Martian climate and geology.

Question 29

What was the 2 rover goal?

Answer 29

Collecting evidence that Mars has ever offered favorable conditions for microbial life, including investigation of the role of water.

Question 30

What was the 3rd rover goal?

Answer 30

Planetary habitability studies for future human exploration.