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Matijevic Hill

Matijevic Hill is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Matijevic Hill rather than just read about it. In short: Matijevic Hill, named after American NASA engineer Jacob "Jake" Matijevic (1947 - 2012), is a hill located on "Cape York", itself on the western rim of Endeavour Crater lying within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars. It was discovered by the Opportunity rover, and named by NASA on September 28, 2012.

Key takeaways

Matijevic Hill belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Matijevic Hill to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Matijevic Hill from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Matijevic Hill, named after American NASA engineer Jacob "Jake" Matijevic (1947 - 2012), is a hill located on "Cape York", itself on the western rim of Endeavour Crater lying within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars. It was discovered by the Opportunity rover, and named by NASA on September 28, 2012. The "approximate" site coordinates are: 2.22923°S 5.35068°W / -2.22923; -5.35068. The hill includes a rock outcrop called Kirkwood, where Opportunity found a concentration of small spherical features. It also includes an area where clay minerals have been detected from orbiter observations.

See also Composition of Mars Geography of Mars Jake Matijevic (rock) List of rocks on Mars List of surface features of Mars imaged by Opportunity

References

External links

Official Mars Rovers site

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Matijevic Hill

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Matijevic Hill claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Matijevic Hill before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Matijevic Hill ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Matijevic Hill

In research: Matijevic Hill appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Matijevic Hill in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Matijevic Hill is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Hills on Mars, Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle, Mars Exploration Rover mission, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Matijevic Hill outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Matijevic Hill in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Matijevic Hill means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Matijevic Hill out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Matijevic Hill in simple terms?

Why does Matijevic Hill matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Matijevic Hill?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Matijevic Hill.