# Astronomy college course/Mars/questions
## AstroMars_Study

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### AstroMars_Study-v1s1

    ___ a) optical illusions
    ___ b) rift valleys
    ___ c) subduction zones
    ___ d) rilles
    ___ e) slip faults
2. Antipodal to the Tharsis bulge is
    ___ a) What Wikipedia contends IS an active volcano
    ___ b) What Wikipedia contends MIGHT BE an impact basin
    ___ c) What Wikipedia contends MIGHT BE an active volcano
    ___ d) What Wikipedia contends IS an impact basin
    ___ e) the northern lowlands
    ___ a) lava flow
    ___ b) wind erosion
    ___ c) dust storms
    ___ d) plate tectonics
    ___ e) water flow
4. The Martian dichotomy separates
    ___ a) the crust from the mantle
    ___ b) the rift valley from the volcanoes
    ___ c) the highlands from the lowlands
    ___ d) the Tharsus buldge from Hellas basin
    ___ e) Valles Marineris from Olympus Mons
5. According to Wikipedia, ______ was formed due to swelling of the Tharsis bulge which caused the crust to collapse
    ___ a) the southern lowlands
    ___ b) Valles Marineris
    ___ c) Elysium
    ___ d) the northern lowlands
    ___ e) Hellas basin
    ___ a) evidence that Mars now has active volcanoes
    ___ b) evidence that Mars once had oceans
    ___ c) evidence that Mars once had active volcanoes
    ___ d) controversial evidence that Mars once had life
    ___ e) irrefutable evidence that Mars once had life
7. The polar ice caps on Mars are ___
    ___ a) mostly water
    ___ b) a nearly equal mix of water and carbon dioxide
    ___ c) caused by geysers
    ___ d) actually clouds above the surface of Mars
    ___ e) mostly carbon dioxide
8. Liquid water cannot exist on Mars due to ___
    ___ a) high temperature
    ___ b) low pressure
    ___ c) low temperature
    ___ d) high pressure
    ___ e) the solar wind
    ___ a) evidence that Mars once had oceans
    ___ b) controversial evidence that Mars once had life
    ___ c) evidence that Mars once had active volcanoes
    ___ d) irrefutable evidence that Mars once had life
    ___ e) evidence that Mars now has active volcanoes

#### Key to AstroMars_Study-v1s1

    + a) optical illusions
    - b) rift valleys
    - c) subduction zones
    - d) rilles
    - e) slip faults
2. Antipodal to the Tharsis bulge is
    - a) What Wikipedia contends IS an active volcano
    - b) What Wikipedia contends MIGHT BE an impact basin
    - c) What Wikipedia contends MIGHT BE an active volcano
    + d) What Wikipedia contends IS an impact basin
    - e) the northern lowlands
    + a) lava flow
    - b) wind erosion
    - c) dust storms
    - d) plate tectonics
    - e) water flow
4. The Martian dichotomy separates
    - a) the crust from the mantle
    - b) the rift valley from the volcanoes
    + c) the highlands from the lowlands
    - d) the Tharsus buldge from Hellas basin
    - e) Valles Marineris from Olympus Mons
5. According to Wikipedia, ______ was formed due to swelling of the Tharsis bulge which caused the crust to collapse
    - a) the southern lowlands
    + b) Valles Marineris
    - c) Elysium
    - d) the northern lowlands
    - e) Hellas basin
    - a) evidence that Mars now has active volcanoes
    + b) evidence that Mars once had oceans
    - c) evidence that Mars once had active volcanoes
    - d) controversial evidence that Mars once had life
    - e) irrefutable evidence that Mars once had life
7. The polar ice caps on Mars are ___
    + a) mostly water
    - b) a nearly equal mix of water and carbon dioxide
    - c) caused by geysers
    - d) actually clouds above the surface of Mars
    - e) mostly carbon dioxide
8. Liquid water cannot exist on Mars due to ___
    - a) high temperature
    + b) low pressure
    - c) low temperature
    - d) high pressure
    - e) the solar wind
    - a) evidence that Mars once had oceans
    + b) controversial evidence that Mars once had life
    - c) evidence that Mars once had active volcanoes
    - d) irrefutable evidence that Mars once had life
    - e) evidence that Mars now has active volcanoes

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## More questions

* The canali sketched by Giovanni Schiaparelli and Lowell (1877-1914) were subsequently shown to be ___________________
* What does "antipodal" mean?
* Do a google search for the distinction between "site" and "situation" in geography (Wikipedia has nothing). According to the Wikipedia Mars excerpts, where is the largest known impact crater on Mars situated? (Use the word "antipodal".)
* According to Astronomy_college_course/Mars, where is the largest possible impact crater on Mars?
* What is the Tharsis region? (on tests it will be called the Tharsis bulge -- know that word passively)
* What does it mean to say that a planet is differentiated? Is Mars differentiated?