Chapter 8 Quiz AST 1002
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When the moon is new, we have ___ tides; when the moon is full, we have ____ tides
spring; spring
The dark regions on the moon are called:
maria
Brainpower
Our moon and in fact, most terrestrial surfaces contain these two basic igneous materials:
basalt and granite
How is lunar farside different from lunar nearside?
It has almost no lunar maria.
Process where dense materials sink to a planet's core while less dense materials "float" on top:
Differentiation
The three principal layers of a terrestiral planet or moon, in order, starting at the outside and
going to the center:
crust; mantle; core
Most earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur -
near the margins of tectonic plates.
The mid-Atlantic ridge is a good example of a ______________ plate boundary.
Diverging
Lunar breccia, lunar glass, ejecta blankets, regolith and lunar erosion are all indicators of -
bombardments by micrometeorites and cratering by larger rocks.
Pangaea is -
the large land mass from which the continents broke apart roughly 200 million years ago.
The earth's ocean tides are caused principally by -
the moon's tidal pull.
Which of the following best describes the earth's inner core?a. It's made of iron and nickel.b.
Because of the heat, it's a molten liquid.c. Because of the pressure, it's solid.d. It's primarily
made of vibranium.
Both a and c are correct.
The San Andreas fault in California is a good example of a ____ plate boundary
transform or strike-slip
Geologically speaking, the earth is ____ and the moon is _____.
active; inactive or dead
These tides occur when the moon is at first or third quarter:
neap.
These occur at the margins of tectonic plates:
earthquakes and volcanic activity
We have high tides ___ a day; we have spring tides ____ a month.
twice; twice
These belts of trapped radiation are created by the earth's magnetic field or magnetosphere:
Van Allen
The earth's crust and upper mantle are moving about due to convective heating from deep
down. The theory that attempts to describe and understand this phenomenon is called -
plate tectonics.
Scientific term used to describe small soil-like particles found on the moon's surface:
regolith
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