Unit 4

Question 1

Unlike other planets, Venus rotates east to west, which is termed _____

Answer 1

Retrograde

Question 2

___ surface temperatures are not higher because the cloud tops reflect most ______

Answer 2

Venus, Solar Radiation

Question 3

A body presenting one hemisphere to the object it is orbiting is called______

Answer 3

Tide Locked

Question 4

Spinning columns of air that randomly leave marks on the planet mars are known as____

Answer 4

Dust Devils

Question 5

The crater Caloris Basin was created by a(n) _____ impact

Answer 5

Meteoric

Question 6

_____ days are those measured from noon to noon.

Answer 6

Apparent

Question 7

____ Days are those measured against a star sighting.

Answer 7

Sidereal

Question 8

In 1877, _____ Discovered Mars’ Two moons.

Answer 8

Asaph Hall

Question 9

___ discovered the presence of an atmesphere on Venus.

Answer 9

Mikhail Lomonosov

Question 10

There’s a(n) ____ structure to Venus’ clouds.

Answer 10

layered

Question 11

Venus’ highest mountain is named ________ ________, which stands 11 kilometers above the average surface elevation.

Answer 11

Maxwell montes

Question 12

On Earth, the ___ effect causes our temperate, or mild, climate.

Answer 12

Greenhouse

Question 13

_____ means the exact opposite.

Answer 13

Antipode

Question 14

In a condition termed _____, winds distribute heat around Venus, so that temperatures are relatively equal from place to place.

Answer 14

isothermal

Question 15

In the fast _____ cycle, solar ultraviolet radiation converts sulfur dioxide to sulfuric acid.

Answer 15

atmospheric

Question 16

The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area is known as ____.

Answer 16

Topography

Question 17

____ is any ground that remains completely frozen—32°F
(0°C) or colder—for at least two years straight.

Answer 17

Permafrost

Question 18

____ means to place into a system of reference

Answer 18

Codify

Question 19

In 1631, Pierre Gasseddi tracked Mercury in “solar ____,” the passage of one body across the disk of another.

Answer 19

Transit

Question 20

What planet has soil that is lethal to cells and also has the highest mountain named Olympus Mons?

Answer 20

Mars

Question 21

Valles Marineris is the largest canyon in the solar system.
Mars has what type of core? (creates maaneil field)

Answer 21

Iron

Question 22

A system of names used in science is called what?

Answer 22

Nomenclature