Astronomy 111, Session 003
Review Topics on Exam 3
The exam takes place at 7:20 PM to 8:20 PM on Nov. 26, 2007
The exam consists of 40 multiple-choice questions, covering chapter 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14.
· Chap. 10 --- Our Barren Moon (Five sections, excluding 10-2, 10-4)
o 10-1: Synchronous rotation; Liberation; Dark maria; Light-colored highlands
o 10-3: Internal structure; No plate tectonics; Causes of Moonquakes
o 10-5: Formation of the Moon; Collision-ejection theory; Causes of Earth’s slowing down
· Chap. 11 --- Mercury, Venus and Mars (Nine sections, excluding 10-9)
o 11-1: Morning star; Evening star; Elongation; Opposition
o 11-2: Rotation of Mercury: 3-2 spin-orbit coupling; Rotation of Venus: retrograde rotation
o 11-3: Mercury’s surface and interior; No plate tectonic; the Large core
o 11-4: Historic speculation about Venus and Mars
o 11-5: Venus: flare tectonics, young surface; Mars: crustal dichotomy, old surface, ancient geological activity;
o 11-6: Venus’s thick atmosphere, high temperature, sulfuric acid clouds; strong green house effect; Mars’s thin, cold atmosphere; weak green house effect; seasonal changes of polar ice caps.
o 11-7: Evolution of atmosphere; Outgassing; Runaway greenhouse effect; Runaway icehouse effect; Recycle of greenhouse gases
o 11-8: Water on Mars; Ancient liquid water; frozen water
· Chap. 12 --- Jupiter and Saturn (Eleven sections, excluding 12-5, 12-11)
o 12-1: Opposition. Cloud-top. Dark belts. Light Zones. Great Red Spot
o 12-2: Fast rotation; Differential rotation; Atmosphere composition; Saturn’s helium deficiency
o 12-3: Storm systems; Circular winds; Great red spot
o 12-4: Internal energy source; Temperature gradient; Zonal winds; Cloud heights of dark belts and light zones;
o 12-6: Oblateness, rotation, core; Internal structure
o 12-7: Strong magnetic field; Liquid metallic hydrogen
o 12-8: Saturn’s system of rings.
o 12-9: Ring particles; Roche limit
o 12-10: Ring’s composition. Ringlets.
· Chap. 13 --- Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn (Ten sections, excluding 13-5)
o 13-1: Jupiter’s Galilean satellites. Synchronous rotations; Rhythmic relationship
o 13-2: Galilean satellites’ size and density .
o 13-3: Origin of the Galilean satellites; Jovian nebula.
o 13-4: Io: active volcanoes; Internal heat; Tidal heating
o 13-6:
o 13-7: Ganymede: Dark and bright terrain; Callisto’ craters; Icy cruster; Liquid water; Interiors of the Galilean satellites
o 13-8: Titan’s thick Atmosphere; Liquid methane
o 13-9: Jupiter’s small moons; Retrograde orbit; Capture of asteroids
o 13-10: Saturn’s small moons
· Chap. 14 --- Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Kuiper Belt: Remote Worlds (Ten sections, excluding 14-5)
o 14-1: Chance discovery of Uranus; Calculated
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o 14-2: Uranus’s atmosphere. High concentration of Methane. Unusual rotation axis. Exaggerated seasonal change
o 14-3:
o 14-4: Internal structure of Uranus and Neptune.
o 14-6: Uranus and Neptune’s rings; Occultation measurement
o 14-7: Uranus’s satellites
o 14-8:
o 14-9: Pluto; Charon; Synchronized motions
o 14-10: Trans-Neptunian objects; Kuiper Belt