Discovery Mars Flashcards
(28 cards)
scientists who study the sun, stars, and planets
Astronomers
a device used to view things that are far away
telescope
hollow areas or holes, often shaped like a bowl
craters
the sun and the planets and all the other bodies that orbit it
Solar System
related to outer space
Cosmic
the pull of earth on an object
Gravity
to provide what is needed in life
Sustain
the mixture of gases around a planet
atmosphere
something that is shaped like a ball
sphere
the points on which a planet rotates
Poles
when someone comes to a conclusion they have decided something is true after thinking about it carefully
Conclusions
the area near by
Range
the take over of a place by force
Conquest
the widest part of something that is shaped like a circle
Diameter
hollow areas or holes, often shaped like a bowl
Craters
enormous, extremely large
mammoth
the lowest or bottom part of something
base
unusually large
colossal
almost like a crater, filled with water or ice. It is also shaped like a bowl
basin
a hole shaped like a bowl
basin
having new ideas or techniques
advanced
beams of light or energy
rays
relating to electromagnetic
ultraviolet
tiny organisms that are visible only with a microscope
microbes
