# Astronomy college course/Miranda and Titan/questions
## AstroMirandaTitan_Study

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### AstroMirandaTitan_Study-v1s1

1. The 1982 Voyager flyby of Miranda (a moon of Uranus) established that _____
    ___ a) Miranda has the largest active volcano in the solar system
    ___ b) Two other answers are correct (making this the only true answer).
    ___ c) Miranda has geysers.
    ___ d) Miranda probably has an iron core
    ___ e) inspired a theory a previous incarnation was destroyed by a collision
2. It has been suggested that Miranda's "racetrack"
    ___ a) Two other answers are correct (making this the only true answer).
    ___ b) is antipodal to an impact crater
    ___ c) is associated with tidal heating
    ___ d) is a series of rifts created by an upwelling of warm ice
    ___ e) is an impact crater
3. According to Wikipedia, the largest lakes on Titan are probably fed by
    ___ a) methane rain
    ___ b) liquid water rain
    ___ c) geysers
    ___ d) underground aquifers
    ___ e) rivers from the highlands
    ___ a) solar wind particles striking the atmosphere
    ___ b) a volcano
    ___ c) a lake
    ___ d) lightening
    ___ e) aurora borealis (northern lights)
5. One "year" on Saturn's largest moon Titan lasts
    ___ a) 30 years
    ___ b) 3 hours
    ___ c) 300 days
    ___ d) 30 hours
    ___ e) 3 years
    ___ a) summer windstorms and winter doldrums
    ___ b) wet and dry seasons
    ___ c) Titan and Earth
    ___ d) winter windstorms and summer doldrums
    ___ e) northern and southern hemispheres
7. The liquid water ocean of Saturn's largest moon Titan,
    ___ a) is postulated to cover 15-30% of its surface
    ___ b) is less than one meter in depth
    ___ c) Two other answers are correct
    ___ d) explains how the elevation of a smooth planet seems to rise and fall
    ___ e) is known to contain life

#### Key to AstroMirandaTitan_Study-v1s1

1. The 1982 Voyager flyby of Miranda (a moon of Uranus) established that _____
    - a) Miranda has the largest active volcano in the solar system
    - b) Two other answers are correct (making this the only true answer).
    - c) Miranda has geysers.
    - d) Miranda probably has an iron core
    + e) inspired a theory a previous incarnation was destroyed by a collision
2. It has been suggested that Miranda's "racetrack"
    + a) Two other answers are correct (making this the only true answer).
    - b) is antipodal to an impact crater
    - c) is associated with tidal heating
    - d) is a series of rifts created by an upwelling of warm ice
    - e) is an impact crater
3. According to Wikipedia, the largest lakes on Titan are probably fed by
    - a) methane rain
    - b) liquid water rain
    - c) geysers
    + d) underground aquifers
    - e) rivers from the highlands
    - a) solar wind particles striking the atmosphere
    - b) a volcano
    + c) a lake
    - d) lightening
    - e) aurora borealis (northern lights)
5. One "year" on Saturn's largest moon Titan lasts
    + a) 30 years
    - b) 3 hours
    - c) 300 days
    - d) 30 hours
    - e) 3 years
    - a) summer windstorms and winter doldrums
    - b) wet and dry seasons
    + c) Titan and Earth
    - d) winter windstorms and summer doldrums
    - e) northern and southern hemispheres
7. The liquid water ocean of Saturn's largest moon Titan,
    - a) is postulated to cover 15-30% of its surface
    - b) is less than one meter in depth
    - c) Two other answers are correct
    + d) explains how the elevation of a smooth planet seems to rise and fall
    - e) is known to contain life

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