Quiz 2

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Quiz 2

• Review

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Chapter 3

• Optical Telescopes
• Reflecting
• Refracting
• Telescope size
• Angular Resolution
• Diffraction
• CCDs
• Atmospheric Opacity
• Multiwavelength Astronomy

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Chapter 4

• Comparison between Terrestrial Jovian Planets
• Asteroids
• Locations
• Origin
• Comets
• Components
• Tails
• Coma
• Nucleus
• Composition
• Origin
• Oort Cloud
• Kuiper Belt
• Meteorites
• Meteor Showers
• Radioactive Dating

• Impacts
• Evidence
• Extinction of the Dinosaurs
• Solar Nebula Theory
• Age of the Solar System
• The Condensation Sequence
• Planetesimals
• Condensation
• Accretion
• Protoplanets
• Differentiation
• Radiation Pressure
• Solar Wind
• Evidence of Extrasolar Planets
• Dust disks
• Stellar Motions

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Chapter 5

• Regions of the Earth
• Tides
• Primeval Atmosphere
• Secondary Atmosphere
• Earths atmospheric layers
• Convection
• The Greenhouse Effect
• Earths interior layers
• P S waves

• Plate Tectonics
• Midocean Rise
• Hot spots
• Magnetic fields
• Tidal coupling
• Cratering
• Maria/Highlands
• Relative Ages
• Absolute Ages
• Origin of the Moon

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Chapter 6

• Mercury
• Rotation of Mercury
• Tidal Coupling
• Scarps