Unit 4 Flashcards
Unlike other planets, Venus rotates east to west, which is termed _____
Retrograde
___ surface temperatures are not higher because the cloud tops reflect most ______
Venus, Solar Radiation
A body presenting one hemisphere to the object it is orbiting is called______
Tide Locked
Spinning columns of air that randomly leave marks on the planet mars are known as____
Dust Devils
The crater Caloris Basin was created by a(n) _____ impact
Meteoric
_____ days are those measured from noon to noon.
Apparent
____ Days are those measured against a star sighting.
Sidereal
In 1877, _____ Discovered Mars’ Two moons.
Asaph Hall
___ discovered the presence of an atmesphere on Venus.
Mikhail Lomonosov
There’s a(n) ____ structure to Venus’ clouds.
layered
Venus’ highest mountain is named ________ ________, which stands 11 kilometers above the average surface elevation.
Maxwell montes
On Earth, the ___ effect causes our temperate, or mild, climate.
Greenhouse
_____ means the exact opposite.
Antipode
In a condition termed _____, winds distribute heat around Venus, so that temperatures are relatively equal from place to place.
isothermal
In the fast _____ cycle, solar ultraviolet radiation converts sulfur dioxide to sulfuric acid.
atmospheric
The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area is known as ____.
Topography
____ is any ground that remains completely frozen—32°F
(0°C) or colder—for at least two years straight.
Permafrost
____ means to place into a system of reference
Codify
In 1631, Pierre Gasseddi tracked Mercury in “solar ____,” the passage of one body across the disk of another.
Transit
What planet has soil that is lethal to cells and also has the highest mountain named Olympus Mons?
Mars
Valles Marineris is the largest canyon in the solar system.
Mars has what type of core? (creates maaneil field)
Iron
A system of names used in science is called what?
Nomenclature
