EPS SCI 9 (UCLA) Final Exam Prep Questions with Correct Solutions 2024

EPS SCI 9 (UCLA) Final Exam Prep Questions with Correct Solutions 2024 What is the rotation period of Mercury (sidereal day)? - Answer -59 Earth days How long is one solar day on Mercury? - Answer -176 Earth days What is orbital period of Mercury? - Answer -88 Earth days What is partially molten and takes up 75% of the diameter of its planet? - Answer -Mercury's core What planet is smaller than many moons in the SS? - Answer -Mercury What is the range of topography on Mercury like? - Answer -very small variety What planet has the most extreme temperatures in the SS? - Answer -Mercury (800°F to -350°F) What planet has the most eccentric orbit in the SS (besides Pluto)? - Answer -Mercury ___ Mercury day = ___ Mercury years - Answer -1; 2 What is the spin orbit resonance of Mercury? - Answer -3:2 What feature on Mercury points either towards or away from the Sun? - Answer -Caloris Basin What is the Caloris Basin? - Answer -a huge basin near the top of Mercury infilled with lava What is the Renior Basin? - Answer -a peak ring basin on Mercury that is larger than central peak craters What does it mean when there is a ring-in-ring crater over a complex crater? - Answer -the impact was bigger What is the Tir Planitia? - Answer -a smooth plain on Mercury due to volcanism What is the Discovery Rupes? - Answer -prominent topographic scarp that is 2 km high and 650 km long What is a prominent feature of the Basho Crater? - Answer -dark material ejected around the crater (made of carbon and dark because inefficient at absorbing neutrons) What happened to Mercury as it cooled? - Answer -it shrank, which crates lobate scarps (pieces of crust folded over each other) When will you see Mercury on Earth? - Answer -at dusk and at dawn