QB/AstroMercury

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• _See_* User:Guy vandegrift

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1

horizontal crack

The horizontal crack along the center of figure is a

	antipodal
	propodal
	meander
	scarp
	rille

2 Antipodal to Caloris Basin is

	an iron/nickel deposit
	weird terrain
	a scarp
	a water deposits
	a silicon deposits

3 A volatile is a substance that

	reacts violently with acids
	reacts violently with water
	reacts violently with oxygen
	melts or evaporates at high temperature
	melts or evaporates at low temperature

4 The four smaller inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, also called the terrestrial planets, are primarily composed of ___ and ___.

	ice and gas
	carbon and oxygen
	ice and water
	ice and rock
	metal and rock

5 If the universe is mostly hydrogen, why aren't terrestrial planets made of mostly hydrogen?

	thermonuclear fusion in the protosun turned the hydrogen into helium
	These planets lie inside the frost line for hydrogen
	tidal forces from the Sun prevented accretion
	tidal forces between the terrestrial planets prevented accretion
	tidal forces from Jupiter prevented accretion

6 Mercury's atmosphere consists mostly of

	hydrogen
	helium
	oxygen
	nitrogen
	carbon dioxide

7 In what sequence did Mercury's weird terrain and Caloris basin form?

	The were formed at exactly the same time
	The weird terrain was formed almost immediately after the Caloris basin
	The weird terrain was formed a few millions years after the Caloris basin
	The weird terrain was formed approximately 2 billions years after the Caloris basin
	The weird terrain was formed approximately 2 billions years before the Caloris basin

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