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Exam 2 Flashcards

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Structure of Earth

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Crust, Lithosphere, Magma, Lava, Mantle, Liquid Core, Solid Core, Magnetic Field, Plate Tectonics

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Nebular Theory of Solar System Formation

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Jovian Planets, Terrestrial Planets, Frost Line, Asteroid Belt, Planetesimal, Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud, Gravity, Age of Solar System

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Why is there life on Earth

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Plate tectonics, liquid water on surface, magnetic field, oxygen in atmosphere, x-ray and UV rays blocked by atmosphere

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Terrestrial Planets

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

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Jovian Planet Formation

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Primarily hydrogen and helium, formed beyond the frost zone, core of rock and ice, system of rings

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Jovian Planets

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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

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Asteroids

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Leftover planetesimals from T\errestrial planets, came from the frost line

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Comets

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Leftover planetesimals from formation of Jovian planets

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Characteristics of a Comet

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Nucleus, Coma, Tails

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What are the tails of a comet made of?

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Plasma, Dust, Debris

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What causes Meteor showers

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Debris

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Impacts

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Cause mass extinction

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Mass Extinction Asteroids/Comets are

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10km wide and are created due to dust/debris in the atmosphere

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70% of all stars have

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at least one planet

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Indirect Observation

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Gravitational Tug, Transit, Astrometric, Doppler

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Properties Ganymede

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Only Moon with internally-generated magnetic field

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Properties of Io

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Most volcanically-active body in the solar system

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Properties of Triton

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Retrograde Orbit

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Properties of Titan

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Thick atmosphere of methane and similar to Earth with rivers/lakes

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Properties of Enceladus

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Very tiny moon jets of water vapor and ice jetting from the southern pole

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Properties of Europa

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Evidence of liquid ocean beneath the surface

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Deimos

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Mars

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Titan

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Saturn

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Charon

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Pluto

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Calisto

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Jupiter

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