chapter 30 vocab 2

Question 1

smallest and closets planets to the sun

Answer 1

mercury

Question 2

secound closet planet from the sun

Answer 2

venus

Question 3

third planet from the sun

Answer 3

earth

Question 4

fourth planet from the sun

Answer 4

mars

Question 5

the solar system formed when a nebula collapse

around

Answer 5

4.6 billion years ago

Question 6

what type of atmosphere does mercury have

Answer 6

Mercury has no true atmosphere

Question 7

which planet is referred to as earth sister planet

Answer 7

Venus

Question 8

what state is water on earth

Answer 8

solid, liquid, gas

Question 9

what is mars also called

Answer 9

red planet

Question 10

why is mars red

Answer 10

becuase of iron oxide

Question 11

how many moons does mars have

Answer 11

2

Question 12

what are the names of the those 2 moons

Answer 12

phobos and deimos

Question 13

what does phobos mean

Answer 13

fear

Question 14

what does deimos mean

Answer 14

panic

Question 15

whats was sprit and oppertunity in search

Answer 15

of liquid water

Question 16

what did reconnaissance orbiter discover

Answer 16

sediment laying and gullies in 2009

Question 17

what did mariner 9 discover

Answer 17

valles marineris and extinct valcanos

Question 18

what did viking 1 and 2 do

Answer 18

they photographed the surface of mars

Question 19

what did global sureyor do

Answer 19

examend the walls of valles marineris

Question 20

what did the odyssey do

Answer 20

provided evidence for water and frost beneath a thin layer of soil

Question 21

what data did mars pathifinder and its rover gather

Answer 21

iron in mars crust may have been leached out by groundwater

Question 22

where did curiosity land

Answer 22

in the gale crater

Question 23

what was curiosity goals

Answer 23

investigate climate and geology collect evidence for microbial life and habitbability studies