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Five-image sequence of New Horizons images showing Io's volcano Tvashtar spewing material 330 km above its surface. Credit: NASA.

The volcanoes of Io is a lecture regarding a specific astronomical object (Io) and its volcanoes. It is an offering from the school of geology and the radiation astronomy department of the school of physics and astronomy.

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1 Which geological phenomena are associated with Io?

lava-spewing volcanoes
sulfur volcanoes
plate tectonics
water oceans
liquid methane oceans
silicate minerals

2 Yes or No, The proximity of hominins and their space probes and other sentient life forms to volcanoes on Io occasionally leads to loss of life.

Yes
No

3 Which of the following is a phenomenon associated with yellow astronomy?

Io
sodium line emission
sunspots on the Sun
an emission with a wavelength of 420 nm
phosphorus
TiO

4 True or False, Volcanoes occur in almost every 10° of longitude on Io.

TRUE
FALSE

5 The surface of Io appears to be composed primarily of?

6 True or False, There are yellow or yellow mineral containing natural moons.

TRUE
FALSE

7 Observations of Io have benefited greatly from what phenomenon?

a dense, opaque atmosphere
lightning
extensive meteorite cratering
a flattening out
liquid hydrocarbon lakes
the reflected light of allotropes and compounds of sulfur

8 True or False, Vulcanology is a variant spelling of volcanology.

TRUE
FALSE

9 Complete the text:

Match up the violet or violet containing image with the object letter:
Sun - A
Venus - B
Earth - C
Moon - D
Mars - E
Jupiter - F
Ganymede - G
Io - H
Saturn - I
Dione - J
Titan - K
Uranus - L
Ariel - M
Miranda - N
Triton - O
Eta Carinae - P
NGC 5584 - Q

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10 True or False, The rocky surface of the moon Io can be detected when Io is observed using yellow astronomy.

TRUE
FALSE

11 Which of the following are radiation astronomy phenomena associated with the rocky-object Io?

surface regions reflecting or emitting violet or purple
an excess brightness at or near the edge
red regions that may be phosphorus
neutron emission
polar coronal holes
meteor emission
rotation

12 Complete the text:

Match up the radiation object with the likely source:
- L
- M
- N
File:Neusun1 superk1.jpg
- O
- P
- Q
- R
File:NGC 7048.jpg
- S
File:HST NGC 5728 -O III- emission-line image.jpg
- T
a Craters of the Moon volcano

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violet image of Venus

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active galactic nuclear region of NGC 5728

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cosmic-ray bombardment of the Moon's surface

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blue lights from Io

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neutrino profile of the solar octant

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planetary nebula NGC 7048

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ultraviolet image of the Earth

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a neutron star in a binary system

.

13 Phenomena associated with the green vapor above Io are?

collisions with energetic charged particles
Jupiter's magnetic field
aurora-like behavior
dense plumes of volcanic vapor
Galileo spacecraft
Io is in eclipse

14 Complete the text:

Match up the item letter with each of the possibilities below:
Moon - A
Eros - B
Io - C
Ganymede - D
Europa - E
Titan - F
X-ray producing electric arc, current spots

reflecting solar X-rays

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soft X-ray emission

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possible soft X-ray emission

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synchrotron X-ray diffraction of methane hydrate up to 10GPa

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ordinary chondrite composition

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Hypotheses

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  1. The volcanoes of Io and of Earth have the same origin.

See also

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{{Radiation astronomy resources}}