Transcript Lunar Field Geology Quiz

Field Geology Quiz
- off to the moon to do
geology – or is that
selenology
To accompany use of From the Earth to the Moon – Episode 10
• Dave Scott
•
Genesis Rock
Lee Silver
• Farouk El Baz
• Gene
Shoemaker
• Meteor Crater
• What is the mystery of the
“dead cat”?
• What does that have to do
with being a field geologist?
•What does “context”
mean?
–(in a field geology
sense)
•What is “a suite”?
–(not the hotel room!!
In terms of field
geology!)
•The rocks of an
area tell a
__________.
•What do the rocks of
the Big Island tell
us?
• How did the astronauts
get “the Big Picture”?
•What was the
point of the video?
• What was the name of the Astronaut /
Geologist?
• What was the name of the CalTech
geologist / professor?
• What was the name of the crazy moon
guy?
Gems
Gem name | Color(s) | What country
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Name the “gem” made by an animal. _______
Hadley
Rille –
site of
Apollo 15
landing
East side
of Mare
Imbrium
• EVA on Apollo 15
Hadley
Rille and
rover