Question
The Phoenix spacecraft was crushed under dry ice during a 2010 expansion of the northern one of these features. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these depositions of CO2 over the Planum Boreum and Planum Australe (“PLAH-num os-TRAIL-ay”). These features, one of which contains the Chasma Boreale, contain namesake layered deposits.
ANSWER: Martian ice caps [accept answers describing the ice caps on Mars; prompt on answers describing the poles of Mars; prompt if “Mars” is not mentioned by asking, “on what planet?”]
[10m] Phoenix succeeded this space program whose two probes, each consisting of an orbiter and a lander, reached Mars in 1976. This program, named for a historic group, involved the first Martian soil sample.
ANSWER: Viking
[10e] A primary goal of the Viking program was to find evidence of this phenomenon. The “intelligent” form of this phenomenon is the subject of SETI (“SET-ee”).
ANSWER: life [accept word forms such as living beings; accept extraterrestrial life or Martian life; accept living organisms; accept aliens or extraterrestrials or ETs]
<Kevin Thomas, Science - Astronomy> ~23832~ <Editor: David Bass>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | Hoover A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Bloomington | Okemos | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Canyon Crest | Thomas Jefferson C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgetown Day | Downingtown STEM | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgetown Day | Downingtown STEM | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgetown Day | Downingtown STEM | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgetown Day | Downingtown STEM | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgetown Day | Mexico | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Georgetown Day | Mexico | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Georgetown Day | Mexico | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Georgetown Day | Mexico | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Hoover A | Beavercreek | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Northmont B | St. Mark's | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Richard Montgomery B | Detroit Catholic Central B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Thomas Jefferson D | Chattahoochee | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Thomas Jefferson D | Chattahoochee | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Thomas Jefferson D | Chattahoochee | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Thomas Jefferson D | Chattahoochee | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Thomas Jefferson D | McLean B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Thomas Jefferson D | McLean B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Thomas Jefferson D | McLean B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Thomas Jefferson D | McLean B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Walter Payton A | Durham AT | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 11 | 17.27 | 64% | 55% | 55% |