Exam 6: Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyard

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Where is the most obvious example of a mountain chain built by continental collision in plate tectonics? Which plates are involved in this head- on collision?

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The Himalaya Mountains are the result of the uplifting as the Indian subcontinent has rammed into Asia in the last 30 million years.

When do spring tides occur? How much tidal variation is noted?

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When Earth, Moon, and Sun are aligned, at new and full phases. The difference between high and low tides is large.

The major presence of water detected on the Moon is in

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Explain how crater counts allow us to estimate the ages of surfaces throughout the solar system.

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The bulk density of the Moon is than that of the Earth it orbits.

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Seismic S- waves can travel through Earth's liquid outer core.

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In what part of our atmosphere do we live?

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Which statement about seismic waves is true?

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Compared to Earth, the Moon lacks a hydrosphere, atmosphere, and a magnetosphere.

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The Earth and Moon always keep the same side towards each other.

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What does it mean when we say the Earth's interior is differentiated?

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The maria are really seas of long since hardened , a dark volcanic rock that also makes up the ocean basins of Earth.

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The seismic waves can pass through both solid and liquid portions of the Earth's interior, and be detected on the other side of the globe.

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Without the greenhouse effect operating in our atmosphere,

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Greenhouse gases in our atmosphere trap just enough heat to keep the Earth's oceans liquid.

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Why does the Moon lack an atmosphere?

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The oldest rocks found on the Earth's surface date back about billion years.

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The Van Allen belts are cloud layers in the jet streams of the stratosphere, similar to the belts that Galileo saw on Jupiter.

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What are the short- and long- term effects of the Moon's tides on our rotation?

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What were the two primary courses of heating that let the Earth differentiate?

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Where is the most obvious example of a mountain chain built by continental collision in plate tectonics? Which plates are involved in this head- on collision?

When do spring tides occur? How much tidal variation is noted?

The major presence of water detected on the Moon is in

Explain how crater counts allow us to estimate the ages of surfaces throughout the solar system.

The bulk density of the Moon is than that of the Earth it orbits.

Seismic S- waves can travel through Earth's liquid outer core.

In what part of our atmosphere do we live?

Which statement about seismic waves is true?

Compared to Earth, the Moon lacks a hydrosphere, atmosphere, and a magnetosphere.

The Earth and Moon always keep the same side towards each other.

What does it mean when we say the Earth's interior is differentiated?

The maria are really seas of long since hardened , a dark volcanic rock that also makes up the ocean basins of Earth.

The seismic waves can pass through both solid and liquid portions of the Earth's interior, and be detected on the other side of the globe.

Without the greenhouse effect operating in our atmosphere,

Greenhouse gases in our atmosphere trap just enough heat to keep the Earth's oceans liquid.

Why does the Moon lack an atmosphere?

The oldest rocks found on the Earth's surface date back about billion years.

The Van Allen belts are cloud layers in the jet streams of the stratosphere, similar to the belts that Galileo saw on Jupiter.

What are the short- and long- term effects of the Moon's tides on our rotation?

What were the two primary courses of heating that let the Earth differentiate?

Charting the Heavens: the Foundations of Astronomy

The Copernican Revolution: the Birth of Modern Science

Light and Matter: the Inner Workings of the Cosmos

Telescopes: the Tools of Astronomy

The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets

The Terrestrial Planets: a Study in Contrasts

The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System

Moons, Rings, and Plutoids: Small Worlds Among Giants

The Sun: Our Parent Star

Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence

The Interstellar Medium: Star Formation in the Milky Way

Stellar Evolution: the Lives and Deaths of Stars

Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter

The Milky Way Galaxy: a Spiral in Space

Normal and Active Galaxies: Building Blocks of the Universe

Hubbles Law and Dark Matter: the Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos

Cosmology: the Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe

Life in the Universe: Are We Alone

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