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Unit 4 Flashcards

1
Q

_____ is permanently frozen ground.

A

Permafrost

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2
Q

The term for Venus’ east to west rotation is _____.

A

retrograde

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3
Q

Hydrogen and helium in the atmosphere of _____ are thought to have been captured by incoming solar winds.

A

Mercury

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3
Q

What is the highest mountain on Mars?

A

Olympus Mons

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4
Q

The passage of one body across the disk of another is called a(n) _____.

A

transit

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5
Q

Dust devils are spinning columns of air that leave random patterns of dark streaks on the surface of _____.

A

Mars

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6
Q

A(n) _____ is an exact opposite.

A

antipode

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7
Q

A(n)_____ day is measured from noon to noon.

A

apparent

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8
Q

Because of it brightness, _____ is visible even in daylight.

A

Venus

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9
Q

discovered the two moons of Mars in 1877.

A

Asaph Hall

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10
Q

discovered Venus’ atmosphere in 1761.

A

Mikhail Lomonosov

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11
Q

made the first telescopic observation of Mercury.

A

Galileo Galilei

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12
Q

announced the presence of channels on Mars.

A

Giovanni Schiaparelli

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13
Q

first tracked Mercury in solar transit.

A

Pierre Gassendi

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14
Q

discovered that waves shift as a moving source passes a stationary observer.

A

Christian Doppler

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15
Q

The soil on _____ is lethal to cells.

A

Mars

16
Q

A(n) _____ day is measured against a star sighting.

A

sidereal

17
Q

_____ means to diminish in brilliance.

A

Wane

18
Q

The physical features of a region make up its _____.

A

topography

19
Q

What is the highest mountain on Venus?

A

Maxwell Montes

20
Q

_____ means to place in a system of reference.

A

Codify

21
Q

What is the largest canyon in the solar system?

A

Valles Marineris

22
Q

mapped 98%
of Venus’ surface

A

Magellan

23
Q

tested Martian soil; detected no life on Mars

A

Vickings I and II

24
Q

mapped the entire surface of Mercury

A

Messenger

25
Q

discovered the difference in speed between high- and low-altitude winds

A

Venera 8

26
Q

The Sun dominates the solar system because it contains _____
of all matter.

A

99.9

27
Q

The orbit of _____ is almost perfectly circular.

A

Venus

28
Q

_____ means to grow in brilliance.

A

Wax

29
Q

Craters like _____ are created by meteoric impact.

A

The Caloris Basin

30
Q

_____ has no magnetic field.

A

Mercury

31
Q

When a body presents only one hemisphere to the object it is orbiting, that body is said to be _____.

A

tide locked

32
Q

_____ has an iron core that generates its magnetic field.

A

Mercury

33
Q

_____ is a system of names used in a science.

A

Nomenclature

34
Q

The _____ is an inner layer of a planet between its crust and core.

A

mantle

35
Q

Venus’ clouds have a(n) _____ structure.

A

layered

36
Q

The condition by which wind distributes heat equally on Venus is termed _____.

A

isothermal

Astronomy (12 decks)

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