Exam 2 Study Words
Wednesday, June 19
spiral galaxy
Orion Nebula
CCD
interstellar cloud
Hubble Space Telescope
nebula
solar nebula
silicates
frozen gases
condensation sequence
proplyds
Astronomical Unit (AU)
planetesimals
accretion
Bode's Rule
protoplanets
comet
Oort cloud
Kuiper belt
meteorite
meteoroid
meteor
asteroid
Calcium Aluminum Inclusion
scarp
Magellan mission to Venus
radar
coronae
volcanic plains
shield volcanoes
impact crater
impact ejecta
plate tectonics
lithosphere
extended impact ejecta
catastrophic resurfacing
tectonics
arachnoids
pancake domes
channels
sand dunes
river delta
lava tube
carbonate
basalt
tides
dry ice
Viking mission to Mars
Tharsis bulge
Valles Marineris
highlands
basin
vesicular rock
organic compounds
fossils
Olympus Mons
caldera
hydrothermal activity
river valleys
flood drainage features
lobate ejecta
retrograde motion
wind streaks
dust storm
polar caps
Phobos
SNCs
crater counting
young planetary surface
old planetary surface
size-frequency plot
Maria
life
replication
DNA
nucleotides
genes
phenotype
genetic information
mutation
natural selection
Darwinian evolution
radioactive dating
cyanobacteria
blue-green algae
photosynthesis
geochemical signature
impact frustration of life
catalysts
enzymes
genetic code
messenger RNA
transcription
amino acids
proteins
translation
RNA world
genetic takeover
aqueous environment
Urey-Miller experiment
formaldehyde
hydrogen cyanide
chemical evolution
Viking Biology experiments
black smokers
anaerobic bacteria
endolithic organisms
mass extinctions
comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL-9)
dust
carbonaceous chondrites
chondrules
stony meteorites (achondrites)
stony-iron meteorites
iron meteorites
zodiacal light
Apollo asteroids
Trojan asteroids
Main belt asteroids
Lagrange points
nucleus of comet
coma
tail
dirty snowballs
long period comets
short period comets
polymer
Jupiter's belts
Jupiter's zones
Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Jupiter's core
metallic hydrogen
ammonia hydrosulfide clouds
magnetic field
magnetosphere
Saturn's rings
Roche limit
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