chapter 30 vocab 2 Flashcards
(23 cards)
smallest and closets planets to the sun
mercury
secound closet planet from the sun
venus
third planet from the sun
earth
fourth planet from the sun
mars
the solar system formed when a nebula collapse
around
4.6 billion years ago
what type of atmosphere does mercury have
Mercury has no true atmosphere
which planet is referred to as earth sister planet
Venus
what state is water on earth
solid, liquid, gas
what is mars also called
red planet
why is mars red
becuase of iron oxide
how many moons does mars have
2
what are the names of the those 2 moons
phobos and deimos
what does phobos mean
fear
what does deimos mean
panic
whats was sprit and oppertunity in search
of liquid water
what did reconnaissance orbiter discover
sediment laying and gullies in 2009
what did mariner 9 discover
valles marineris and extinct valcanos
what did viking 1 and 2 do
they photographed the surface of mars
what did global sureyor do
examend the walls of valles marineris
what did the odyssey do
provided evidence for water and frost beneath a thin layer of soil
what data did mars pathifinder and its rover gather
iron in mars crust may have been leached out by groundwater
where did curiosity land
in the gale crater
what was curiosity goals
investigate climate and geology collect evidence for microbial life and habitbability studies
