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76 Cards in this Set
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Mercury has a ____ basin which is a large impact area.
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caloris
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Mercury has no gases ,_____,______,or vegetation
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atmosphere, or water
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Rotation of mercury is ?
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very slow=59 days in a month and day of night
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The center of mercury is unusual?
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solid iron core
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The core of Mercury takes up ___%?
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80%
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Venus is our ____?
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closest planetary neighbor
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Galileo saw no features on venus because of _____?
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permanent gas clouds
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Venus has a high concentration of ?
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salfuric acid
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Venus is a_____ not a swamp?
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desert
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Venus is almost all ___?
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CO^2
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Venus has a lot of ________ storms?
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Lightning
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Venus volcanoes are __x bigger than ours
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2
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venus has crarters and _____?
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faults
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Venus is the only other planet with this?
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CONTINENTS
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Venus core is ______ and it doesnt spin fast enough to stir metals.
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layered
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Only planet where all 3 states of water exist?
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earth
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Interior layers of earth ?
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OUTER CORE(SMALL)
molton iron+nickel |
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Earths rotation stirs=
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magnetic field
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magnetic field on earth provides_______ from charged particles and allows us to _______ with a compass
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protection,navigate
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earth is folded because of _____? for example _______
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faults, rocky mountains
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the moon is a _____?
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satelite
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We believed darks spots on the moon were _____? called _____?
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water , mare
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Major feature where there is no water is the ______? also known as the sea of________?
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Mare areas, tranquility
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mountains on the moon are known as ?
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lunar alps
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Valleys(faults) on the moon are called?
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alpine valleys
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rilles on the moon are called?
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hadley rilles
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craters on the moon are called ?
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tycho
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lunar mountains push from impact making ___?
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mountains not folded or volcanic a new type
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all the faults on moon are called? can there be moonquakes?
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valleys, no
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highlands on the moon are the?
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white part of the moon
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mars is ___ of the earths size?
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1/2
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Mars is a red/_____ planet?
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orange
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the grey-green areas on mars are an _____________?
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optical illusion(color contrast)
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mars has many _____?
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eclipses
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hellas basin is a ?
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famous impact area
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syrtis major is a ?
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famous grey-green areas
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cydonia looks like ? it is also a group of _____?
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like ruins and a face , pyramids,looks
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jupiter is a ____ planet?
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a gas
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a gas planet is also known as a _______?
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jovian planet
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jupiter has a________ similar to earth?
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magnetic
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jupiter has a _______ that (cant see) produced by metorite impact+volcanoes from
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ring
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w/o what you would never see saturn?
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the ring
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saturn has very brief what ?
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hurricanes
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uranus rotates ?
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on its side
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uranus has a _____ field?
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magnetic
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uranus has ____?
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rings
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uranus has a _____ interior?
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salt
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neptune is a great______ and ______
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great dark spot,bluish
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pluto has an ______ orbit?
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elipse orbit
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final bombardment brings _____ to planets?
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h20
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creation had ?
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tower nebula that turned into a solar nebula that triggered the super nova
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tides
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differential force
new/full moon =higher quarter=lower |
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3 time keeping phenomenon?
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lunar phase
day and night seasons |
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cardinal times...
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sunrise
sunset midnight/noon |
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eclipse
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named for what its covered
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5 ancient phenomenon
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night+ day
seasonal changes moon phases elipse tides |
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1-non classic phenomenon
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sincrinis rotation
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night and day
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b/c rotation
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seasonal changes
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caused by revolution+tilt
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aphelion
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farthest =colder
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julian leep year
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every four years
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parahelion
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closest=warmer
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moon phases
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right light =waxing
revolution |
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gregorian leep year
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common years divide by 4
century years divide by 400 milenium years |
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corona has _____ that are realeased?
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microwaves
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chromosphere
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light absorbed +released
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photosphere
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surface,most light admitted
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convective zone
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convection occurs
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radiative
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no convenction,radiative transfer
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core
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sun generates energy
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energy=
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fusion only
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electromagnetic spectrum=
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g,x,uv,v,i,m,r (get x's under very intense medical reefa)
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spectral classes
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o,b,a,f,g,k,m ( oh be a fine girl kiss me)
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morgan lumonosity classes
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roman numerals (STARS)
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smaller parralax
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greater distance
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spectral class
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indicates surface temp
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