Unit 4 Pt 2 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 coloumns of air that randomly leaves marks on the planet Mars are known as ___________.
dust devils
The crater Caloris Basin was created a _________ impact.
meteoric
_______ days are those measured from noon to noon, while ________ days are those measured against a star sighting.
Apparent, sidereal
In 1877, ____________ discovered Mars’ two moons.
Asaph Hall
_____________ discovered the presence of an atmosphere on Venus.
Mikhail Lomonosov
There’s a ________ 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 cause our temperature, 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 degrees or colder– for at least two years straight.
Permafrost
In 1631, Pierre Gassendi 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 _______ in the solar system.
canyon
Mars has what kind of core? (creates magnetic field)
iron
Olympus Mons is the highest mountain on what planet?
mars
A system of names used in science is called what?
nomenclature
