Earth/Space (Week 8)

In August 2012, NASA's Curiosity rover landed on what surface feature of Mars?

• W) Olympus Mons

• X) Northern Ice Cap

• Y) Southern Ice Cap

• Z) Gale Crater

Which of the following is a widespread and long-lived, violent convectively-induced straight-line windstorm that is associated with a fast-moving band of severe thunderstorms usually taking the form of a bow echo?

• W) Polar front

• X) Derecho

• Y) Haboob

• Z) Line echo wave pattern

What is the largest known natural satellite in the solar system?

• W) Ganymede

• X) Io

• Y) Callisto

• Z) Europa

What American astronomer first proved the existence of other galaxies?

• W) George Ellery Hale

• X) Carl Sagan

• Y) Edwin Hubble

• Z) Stephen Hawking

Atolls are rings of coral reefs surrounding what bodies of water?

What is the name given to a body in orbit about a star, in the process of accumulating mass and destined to become a planet?

• W) Nebula

• X) White Dwarf

• Y) Cosmic Dust

• Z) Protoplanet

Which of the following rocks is composed of the smallest particles?

• W) Breccia

• X) Shale

• Y) Sandstone

• Z) Conglomerate

Which of the following could be a likely location for a salt mine?

• W) Playa

• X) Inselberg

• Y) Kame

• Z) Drumlin

What type of nebula consists of ionized gas that emits light?

Identify (check) all of the following three statements that are generally true of artesian wells: 1) They exist in areas where the water table has little to no incline; 2) They are sandwiched between aquitards; 3) They are characterized by groundwater rising to the surface.

• 1) They exist in areas where the water table has little to no incline

• 2) They are sandwiched between aquitards

• 3) They are characterized by groundwater rising to the surface