Mission to Mars – geography task vocabulary – Flashcards
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Terrain
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A stretch of land
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River valley
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A valley formed by flowing water, or river valley, is usually V-shaped.
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Impact crater
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A crater on a planet or satellite caused by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
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Canyon
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A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it
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Surface
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The outside part or uppermost layer of something
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Frozen
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having turned into ice as a result of extreme cold.
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Meteorite
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A piece of rock or metal that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space as a meteor
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Collison
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An instance of one moving object or person striking violently against another
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Atmosphere
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The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
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Environmental
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Relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition
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Geiger counter
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A device for measuring radioactivity by detecting and counting ionizing particles.
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Radiation
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The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles which cause ionization.
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Volcano
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A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust
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Planetary
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Relating or belonging to a planet or planets
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Polygonal ground
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Patterned ground
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Gully
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A ravine formed by the action of water.
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Valles marineris
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Valles Marineris, or Mariner Valley, is a vast canyon system that runs along the Martian equator
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Borealis basin
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Mars biggest basin
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Olympus mons
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Large shield volcano in Mars
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Hellas basin
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Second or third largest impact crater in the solar system
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Nirgil vallis
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Long river channel in Mars
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Gorgonum chaos
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Gorgonum Chaos is a set of canyons in the Phaethontis quadrangle of Mars.
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North and South polar caps
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In the north, the permanent cap is water ice, while in the south the perma- nent cap is mostly carbon dioxide ice with perhaps some water.
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Landscape
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The view of something
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Geographic features
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Features that are in Mars
