Planetary Interiors
What is Earth's Inner Core composed of?
How do planets form an atmosphere?
What is volcanic outgassing?
Which of the four molecules is NOT a greenhouse gas?
CO2
NO2
CH4
O3
What is: NO2
What are the three states of matter than water can exist in?
What are: solid (ice), liquid (water), and gas (water vapor)
Why does Earth's interior separate into different layers?
What is Density.
Which planet in the solar system has the largest volcano?
What is Mars.
Why is Earth's atmosphere blue?
What is the name of the region in space where the distance a planet is from its star allows for liquid water to be stable on the planet's surface?
What is: The Habitable Zone.
How did we learn about the different layers of the Earth?
What are seismic waves. Also acceptible, what are "waves"
Which planet in the inner solar system does NOT have a significant atmosphere?
What is the greenhouse effect?
What is: The process by which gases in the atmosphere trap heat and warm the Earth.
Which planet in the solar system, other than Earth, have we found the best evidence for the presence of liquid water having been present on the surface?
What is: Mars.
The Earth has 4 main layers. Here are three of these layers: Crust, Inner Core, and Outer Core. Which layer of the Earth is missing from this list?
What is the mantle.
Below are a list of gasses. Which of the three would you most expect to find outgassing from a volcano?
Water Vapor (H2O)
Sulfur Compounds (SO2 and H2S)
Nitrogen Compounds (N2 and NO2)
Oxygen (O2)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Methane (CH4)
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
What are:
Water vapor (H2O)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Sulfur Compounds (SO2 and H2S)
What four things can happen to light as it interacts with a material?
What is: absorbed, reflected, refracted, and transmitted.
How could a planet have liquid water if it exists outside of the habitable zone?
What is: Has a warm enough atmosphere/greenhouse gases