EPS SCI 9 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
2026 GEOLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEMS
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED A+
◉ Plate Tectonics is the theory that ____________________
Answer: Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken up into several
large plates
◉ Earth's ocean basins are less than _____________ years old
Answer: 200 million
◉ The diamond anvil cell is used to learn about ______________
Answer: the nature of materials at great depths within planets
◉ Venus has a period of rotation of __________
Answer: 243 Earth days
◉ Venus has an orbital period around the Sun of ____________
Answer: 225 Earth days
,◉ ___________ produced spectacular images of the surface of Venus
with a resolution of 120 meters
Answer: Magellan
◉ Ishtar Terra and Aphrodite Terra are analogous to __________ on
Earth
Answer: continents
◉ If we took all of the limestone on Earth and applied allowed the
inverse of the Urey equation to occur, the result would be
_____________
Answer: a thicker atmosphere on Earth composed mostly of CO2
◉ Mars takes about _________ to go around the Sun
Answer: Two years
◉ Mars exhibits changes in its surface features as viewed through a
telescope because __________________
Answer: giant dust storms occur
◉ The region outlined in the black line in the false-color topographic
map of Mars shown below is called ________________
Answer: the Tharsis Region
, ◉ The star on the Mars map shows the location of ______________
Answer:
◉ The climate of Mars has changed drastically over geological time
most likely because __________________
Answer: it's obliquity has varied over time
◉ The Great Red spot is a ____________ on Jupiter
Answer: storm
◉ The deep parts of the gas giant planets are composed of
____________
Answer: metallic H liquid
◉ Belts on Jupiter are _____________________
Answer: warm, red low-altitude clouds
◉ The four Galilean moons around Jupiter are _____________________
Answer: Callisto, Ganymede, Europa, and Io
2026 GEOLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEMS
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED A+
◉ Plate Tectonics is the theory that ____________________
Answer: Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken up into several
large plates
◉ Earth's ocean basins are less than _____________ years old
Answer: 200 million
◉ The diamond anvil cell is used to learn about ______________
Answer: the nature of materials at great depths within planets
◉ Venus has a period of rotation of __________
Answer: 243 Earth days
◉ Venus has an orbital period around the Sun of ____________
Answer: 225 Earth days
,◉ ___________ produced spectacular images of the surface of Venus
with a resolution of 120 meters
Answer: Magellan
◉ Ishtar Terra and Aphrodite Terra are analogous to __________ on
Earth
Answer: continents
◉ If we took all of the limestone on Earth and applied allowed the
inverse of the Urey equation to occur, the result would be
_____________
Answer: a thicker atmosphere on Earth composed mostly of CO2
◉ Mars takes about _________ to go around the Sun
Answer: Two years
◉ Mars exhibits changes in its surface features as viewed through a
telescope because __________________
Answer: giant dust storms occur
◉ The region outlined in the black line in the false-color topographic
map of Mars shown below is called ________________
Answer: the Tharsis Region
, ◉ The star on the Mars map shows the location of ______________
Answer:
◉ The climate of Mars has changed drastically over geological time
most likely because __________________
Answer: it's obliquity has varied over time
◉ The Great Red spot is a ____________ on Jupiter
Answer: storm
◉ The deep parts of the gas giant planets are composed of
____________
Answer: metallic H liquid
◉ Belts on Jupiter are _____________________
Answer: warm, red low-altitude clouds
◉ The four Galilean moons around Jupiter are _____________________
Answer: Callisto, Ganymede, Europa, and Io
