Geology 109 Exam 2
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1. Would you be surprised Yes, that is not expected to happen on Mercury today.
if tomorrow's newspa-
per reported that a vol-
cano was discovered
erupting on Mercury?
2. What causes the differ- different gravitational attractions on each planet
ences betweenimpact
craters on the Moon
and those on Mercury
(the extent of the ejecta
blanket and secondary
cratering)?
3. What do thermal mod- That it developed a metallic core early in its history.
els of Mercury's evolu-
tion suggest about its
history?
4. The oldest types of heavily cratered terrain
terrains on both the
Moon and Mercury are
________________________.
5. Which of the follow- flood lavas
ing features are found multiring basins
on the Moon and Mer- impact craters
cury? (Check all that ap- faults related to contraction
ply)
6. Which image shows B
a feature that formed
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by contraction of Mer-
cury's surface?
7. Which of the follow- thrust faulting due to contraction of the planet
ing tectonic processes graben formation due to extension
are thought to have
occurred on Mercury?
(Check all that apply)
8. Mercury's smooth may be similar in origin to the lunar maria
plains
____________________.
9. One of these impact A
craters is on the Moon
and the other is on Mer-
cury. Click on the one
on Mercury
10. What explains for Mer- Mercury formed near the Sun in a zone that was oxygen-poor and rich in
cury's iron large core? metallic iron.
Choose the two most A large impact stripped away the silicate shell from an already differenti-
likely. ated Mercury.
11. Although both Mercury Mars is more volatile rich
and Mars have similar
gravity fields, Mars has
an atmosphere where-
as Mercury does not.
What is a possible ex-
planation?
12. Mars
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Which planetary body
has (basically) no mag-
netic field today?
13. Which of the follow- -ages
ing are important dif- -number of young volcanoes and volcanic plains
ferences between the -elevations
nature of the mart- -the number of impact craters
ian hemispheres (north
and south)? (Mark all
that apply)
14. What is the evi- -fluidized crater-ejecta patterns
dence for ground ice -chaotic (collapse) terrains
(or ground water) on
Mars? Choose all cor-
rect answers.
15. This is a colored topo- horizontal lines that are right of the volcanoes
graphic map of Mars,
with high elevations
in brown and white
and low elevations in
blue. Click on the Valles
Marineris.
16. This is a colored topo- cratered region on bottom of picture
graphic map of Mars,
with high elevations in
brown and white and
low elevations in blue.
Click anywhere in the
cratered highlands.
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1. Would you be surprised Yes, that is not expected to happen on Mercury today.
if tomorrow's newspa-
per reported that a vol-
cano was discovered
erupting on Mercury?
2. What causes the differ- different gravitational attractions on each planet
ences betweenimpact
craters on the Moon
and those on Mercury
(the extent of the ejecta
blanket and secondary
cratering)?
3. What do thermal mod- That it developed a metallic core early in its history.
els of Mercury's evolu-
tion suggest about its
history?
4. The oldest types of heavily cratered terrain
terrains on both the
Moon and Mercury are
________________________.
5. Which of the follow- flood lavas
ing features are found multiring basins
on the Moon and Mer- impact craters
cury? (Check all that ap- faults related to contraction
ply)
6. Which image shows B
a feature that formed
, Geology 109 Exam 2
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by contraction of Mer-
cury's surface?
7. Which of the follow- thrust faulting due to contraction of the planet
ing tectonic processes graben formation due to extension
are thought to have
occurred on Mercury?
(Check all that apply)
8. Mercury's smooth may be similar in origin to the lunar maria
plains
____________________.
9. One of these impact A
craters is on the Moon
and the other is on Mer-
cury. Click on the one
on Mercury
10. What explains for Mer- Mercury formed near the Sun in a zone that was oxygen-poor and rich in
cury's iron large core? metallic iron.
Choose the two most A large impact stripped away the silicate shell from an already differenti-
likely. ated Mercury.
11. Although both Mercury Mars is more volatile rich
and Mars have similar
gravity fields, Mars has
an atmosphere where-
as Mercury does not.
What is a possible ex-
planation?
12. Mars
, Geology 109 Exam 2
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Which planetary body
has (basically) no mag-
netic field today?
13. Which of the follow- -ages
ing are important dif- -number of young volcanoes and volcanic plains
ferences between the -elevations
nature of the mart- -the number of impact craters
ian hemispheres (north
and south)? (Mark all
that apply)
14. What is the evi- -fluidized crater-ejecta patterns
dence for ground ice -chaotic (collapse) terrains
(or ground water) on
Mars? Choose all cor-
rect answers.
15. This is a colored topo- horizontal lines that are right of the volcanoes
graphic map of Mars,
with high elevations
in brown and white
and low elevations in
blue. Click on the Valles
Marineris.
16. This is a colored topo- cratered region on bottom of picture
graphic map of Mars,
with high elevations in
brown and white and
low elevations in blue.
Click anywhere in the
cratered highlands.
