Exam 17: The Atmosphere

A lunar eclipse can occur only when the Moon is in or near the ______________ phase.

Long-period comets are believed to come from the ______________.

Which of the following is Jupiter's largest moon?

The major moons of ______________ were named after literary characters.

The oldest Moon rocks are about ______________ years old.

A meteor ______________ results when a large number of meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere.

The Moon's orbital plane is inclined to Earth's orbital plane by

______________ is the only moon in the solar system to have retrograde motion.

Someone on the far side of the Moon would observe Earth rise once every

The names of the Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos, mean ______________ and ______________.

The moons of Mars are ______________; that is, they always keep the same face toward the planet.

It is 12:00 noon local solar time at 75°W. The date is March 21. At what longitude would an observer be able to see the last-quarter moon rising?

Which of the following has the most moons?

Saturn's moon named ______________ is the second largest moon in the solar system.

Which planet has the second largest moon in the solar system?

The phase of the Moon that one observes on the overhead meridian at 10 P.M. local time is a ______________ moon.

A waning crescent moon can appear on an observer's meridian between ______________ and ______________. (Answers in times of day.)

Rills on the Moon are believed to have been caused by

The planet ______________ has the largest moon in the solar system.

Solar system space is occupied by very small, solid particles that are called ______________.