The surface of the Venus is 450C. Why?
A) There is a lot of reflection of the absorbed radiation back to the surface.
B) The soil of Venus has a higher heat capacity than the soil of Earth.
C) There is no temperature inversion taking place.
D) Venus is closer to the sun and therefore gets more solar radiation.
E) none of the above
Question 2
The surface of the moon is 200C during the day but -270C during the night. Why?
A) There is nothing to reflect the radiation absorbed by the ground, so it all escapes into space.
B) The moon soil has a lower heat capacity than the earth's soil.
C) There is a temperature inversion taking place.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
Adaptive radiation in stickleback fish.
Ice-wedges form netlike polygons on the surface of the tundra, aerial photo of polygonal peat platea
The Sun's Surface
The reflection nebula NGC 1999 is brilliantly illuminated by V380 Orionis
View of the bottom surface of the human brain.
Surface Salinity of the Oceans