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  1. List the eight planets in order from the sun outwards.
  2. If the sun were the size of a Cinderella mini-kickball in A101, to scale where would Pluto be located?
  3. The runaway greenhouse effect of Venus occurs when a planet absorbs more energy from the sun than it can radiate back to space. Under these circumstances, the hotter the surface temperature gets, the faster it warms up. Scientists detect the signature of a runaway greenhouse when planetary heat loss begins to drop as surface temperature rises. Only one area on Earth exhibits this signature. Where on Earth does heat loss begin to drop as surface temperatures rise?
  4. The Earth as a whole never actually "runs away" - never has a runaway greenouse effect. Why not?
  5. Toughie: How many moons is Pluto presently known to have?
  6. To the best of your ability, describe what the Martian surface looks like from the perspective of the Opportunity rover.
  7. What are the elements that are found in Saturn's atmosphere?
  8. The largest moon of Saturn, Titan, has lakes that appear and disappear. What liquids are the lakes filled with?
  9. When the Huygens probe landed on Titan, what sort of surface did the spacecraft land on?
  10. Some potassium-40 decay processes produce positrons, the antimatter particle partner to an electron. What "Go local" item contains potassium-40 and thus antimatter?
  11. What are protons made of?
  12. There are four forces: the strong force, the weak force, the electromagnetic force, and the force of _____________________.
  13. What characteristic of matter would be explained by the Higgs boson?
  14. What is the name of the energy that comprises over 70% of the universe and which is causing the universe to expand at an accelerated rate?________ ___________
  15. Weakly Interacting Massive Particles are theorized to be the 20% of the universe known as ________ ____________.
  16. Mathematic and site swap equations:
    1. _____ Is the mathematical equation 4 + 5 = 9 true?
    2. _____ Is the mathematical equation 3 + 5 = 10 true?
    3. _____ Is the site swap equation 334233 true? That is can the sequence be juggled?
    4. _____ Is the site swap equation 252525 true? That is, can the sequence be juggled?
  17. Sketch two hands. Draw three balls.
    Use arrows to draw a site swap 3 cascade pattern.     		Sketch two hands. Draw three balls.
    Use arrows to draw a site swap 51 shower pattern.