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Flashcards by Amanda Chaiet, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Amanda Chaiet
about 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Caloris Basin | large impact crater, 960 miles diameter with antipodal chaotic terrain |
| Global Scarps | sheer cliffs that formed when large iron core cooled and shrank |
| Dynamo Effect | A planet’s magnetic field is generated by a mechanism where an electrically conductive core (such as iron) is at least partially liquid and has a rapid enough rotation. |
| Tunguska | Insert Fact |
| Chixulub | Insert Fact |
| Barringer | Insert Fact |
| Valles Marineris | large valley that is as long as distance across the US |
| Olympus Mons | tallest volcano in Solar System; a shield volcano |
| Hellas Basin | a crater almost 2000 km in diameter |
| Ceres | The largest known asteroid discovered by Giuseppi Piazzi is spherical and is also classified as a dwarf planet. |
| Asteroids | Composed of mostly rock and metal. Many may be simply rubble piles with lots of empty space. In a donut region around the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. |
| Ovoids | Large racetrack like features on Miranda |
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