Exam 17: Moons and Small Solar System Bodies

A high tide is occurring at Charleston,South Carolina (80°W,33°N).What two longitudes are experiencing low tide?

The particles of interplanetary dust are called ______________.

A solar eclipse occurs at or near the time of a

A huge bull's-eye formation is a distinctive feature of Jupiter's moon ______________.

Spring tides occur

The Moon

A high tide is occurring at Charleston,South Carolina (80°W,33°N).What two longitudes are experiencing low tide?

The names of the Martian moons,Phobos and Deimos,mean ______________ and ______________.

The moons of Mars are believed to be captured ______________.

The particles of interplanetary dust are called ______________.

The direction of the Moon's orbit about Earth is

Which planet has the second largest moon in the solar system?

Looking at the Moon,the "horns" of a waning crescent moon point toward the ______________.

When the Moon appears on an observer's meridian at midnight,it is called a(n)______________ moon.

Which of the following is Jupiter's largest moon?

At the time of a full moon,an astronaut on the Moon looking at Earth would see a

The ______________ surrounds the nucleus of a comet.

Because Jupiter's four large moons were discovered by Galileo,they are called ______________ moons.

The ______________ on the Moon are believed to have been caused by moonquakes.

A waxing phase of the Moon can be seen