Study Guide
Exam 3
Chapter 8
What is the nebular theory?
What 3 things happened as the solar nebula shrank?
What was the frost line?
Where did comets and asteroids come from? Where are they today?
How do we know the age of ancient materials, such as rocks?
Chapter 9
What are terrestrial bodies?
Why are the interiors of terrestrial bodies warm?
Describe 4 processes that shape terrestrial surfaces.
What are the differences between lunar highlands and lunar maria?
What evidence shows that Mars once had surface water?
Describe 4 types of interaction between lithospheric plates on Earth.
Chapter 10
What are the layers in a typical atmosphere?
What is planetary greenhouse effect? How is this effect good for Earth? How is
this effect bad for Earth?
What is a runaway greenhouse effect? Where has this occurred?
What creates wind and weather?
What 4 factors can cause long-term climate change?
How is human activity changing our planet?
Vocabulary
Differentiation
Greenhouse gases
Weather
Climate
Valles Marineris
Convection
Frost line
Accretion
Olympus Mons