Topography

1. the formation of the solar system from a huge clod of dust and gas is called
a.protoplanet theory b. nebular theory c. planetesimal theory d.solar theory

2. on which planet has radar mapping revealed a varied topography consisting of plains, highlands, and thousands of volcanic structures?
a. Mercury b. Venus c. Neptune d. Jupiter

3. WhiWhichature on Mars point to the possibility of liquid water on the planet?
a. Mountain ranges with faults b.gullies and stream like channels
c. volcanic cones with craters d. impact craters with sharp rims

4. Which planet is second only to the moon in brillance in the night sky?
a.Mercury b. Mars c.Jupiter d. Venus

5.Which satellite of Uranus has the greatest variety of landforms of any satellite yet examined?
a. Phobos b.miranda c. Europa d. Titan

please help me i dont get it

Alyssa

topography? any websites with easy facts?

Rebekah

Storms similar to the one on saturn form over a, relatively flat, liquid mass. What do we know about the true topography of Saturn and how these storms form?

Lidia

also what is it’s topography

Letitia

What is Mars’s topography, planet landscape, and terrain? Describe plz.

Asha

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/mcrib_is_back/mars_topography.jpg

The Northern hemisphere is way below the average elevation for the planet. Also, it seems a lot smoother than that pockmarked southern hemisphere. The North pole of Mars also sits on top of a dome that’s almost 3 kilometers above the surrounding area.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/mcrib_is_back/Mars_nth_pole.jpg

To help you give me a better answer, here are a few more pictures of Martian phenomena:

Glass tubes: http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/Bigpappadiaz/slide25.jpg

Craters centered on other craters:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/mcrib_is_back/050606omcaldera.jpg

Craters with mounds raised in the middle, that resemble results of electric arcs striking clay anodes in lab experiments (note the how the mud sweats away from the crater):
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/mcrib_is_back/crater2.jpg

and the collapsed lava tubes of Ascraeus Mons (plasma scars):
http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/Bigpappadiaz/?action=viewcurrent=051111lavachannels.gif
The first answer was better than the second. Sorry second dude, that just ain’t the way it is.

Hai

The Polar Ice Patters Are Changing
Patterns…………………..

Myrtis

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/Bigpappadiaz/mars_topography.jpg

The Northern hemisphere is way below the average elevation for the planet. Also, it seems a lot smoother than that pockmarked southern hemisphere. The North pole of Mars also sits on top of a dome that’s almost 3 kilometers above the surrounding area.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/Bigpappadiaz/Mars_nth_pole.jpg

When I look at that picture I imagine the tremendous currents blasting away and smoothing the northern hemisphere, while raising this mound and twisting it like dough.

Glass dunes: http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/Bigpappadiaz/slide25.jpg

These are where the huge currents traveled the surface, finding the shortest distance possible to wherever they went. They effectively turned the dirt and sand to glass.

The Olympus Mons cauldera:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/Bigpappadiaz/040705olympus-mons.jpg
Can you see the resemblance between the experiment and the massive volcanoe’s cauldera?

Craters from the cauldera are centered on each other:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/Bigpappadiaz/050606omcaldera.jpg

This is from the arc moving from the lowest elevation (the center) to the highest (the crater rim) and starting a new crater there.

These are touted as collapsed lava tubes by NASA and astronomers, but come on:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/Bigpappadiaz/051111lavachannels.gif
You can see these were awesome electric tornadoes burning away the surface material, with a whole bunch of lightning blasts mixed in.

The odd pit and gouge here and there on the planet, a problem for geologists and astronomers to explain, but they’re everywhere: http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/Bigpappadiaz/050411scoops.jpg
Finally, I’ll leave you with these pictures of sunspot filaments. You can see they’re solar tornadoes carrying that electric energy.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/Bigpappadiaz/sun2.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/Bigpappadiaz/sun.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/Bigpappadiaz/041015solar-tornado.jpg

Accept these facts and you’ll already be one step ahead of the scientists.
Oh yeah, on that last picture those are the sunspots on the left, and a demonstration of glowing hot gas on the right.

Rolanda