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Which one of the following is most likely to be associated both with impact craters and with volcanic calderas that originate by collapse?

A) landslides and other mass wasting movements along the walls of the depression
B) sharp rims that rise well above the surrounding area far away from the edge of the depression
C) outwardly radiating, fragmental, bright, surface streaks
D) sharp, central peaks that rise above the floor of the depression

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Why do geologists use the radiometric age of meteorites as a guide to age of the solar system?

A) The meteorites have been isolated in the cold vacuum of space since their formation, so they have seen no significant heating since the time of their formation.
B) The meteorites have compositions close to Earth materials, so we assume they formed at the same time.
C) The geologists are guessing because they yield some of the oldest radiometric ages.
D) The meteorites date the time of formation of a dead planet and don't have anything to do with the age of the solar system.

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Which of these lunar features is the oldest?

Why has it been so difficult to examine the surface of Venus with unmanned probes?

___________has the great, dark spot on its surface.

What atmospheric gas is common in the outer planets but rare in the inner planets?

Regolith is not a true soil because it___________ .

Which of the following characterizes the history of impacts on Earth as deduced by impact history on other terrestrial planets?

The largest known volcano in the solar system is on___________ .

In the science fiction book series "Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars" the author spins a story of "terraforming" Mars with the formation of oceans and a breathable atmosphere by the end of the series. The author describes a scenario, however, where the inhabitants of this fictional world were able to live relatively normally on most of the world but not on Olympus Mons and the Tharsus region. Assuming you could create a breathable atmosphere as described in the books, is the description of where you might live on Mars realistic, or just spinning a yarn?

Pluto is now classified as a ___________ in our solar system.

Most of the Moon's craters were produced by ___________.

Although its atmosphere is less dense than Earth's, dust storms and sand dunes indicate wind action occurs on___________ .

The surface features of ___________are known only through satellite radar mapping.

Which one of the following statements is believed to be true of comets?

___________disintegrate and burn up as shooting stars; ___________ survive an impact event and a trip through Earth's atmosphere.

Examine the words and/or phrases below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

Rayed craters on the Moon, such as Copernicus, formed ___________.

The planet with the highest density is a___________ .

Which of these planets has rings?