Rhea, Saturn's Second Largest Moon, Might Best Be Described As

question 49

Multiple Choice

Rhea, Saturn's second largest moon, might best be described as:

• A)having a very reflective, icy surface that is heavily cratered.
• B)orbiting in a highly elliptical orbit, far from Saturn.
• C)having the leading hemisphere six times darker than the following one.
• D)being composed of the densest material of any Saturnian moon and dark in appearance.
• E)being the only major moon of any planet not in synchronous rotation.

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Definitions:

Ice Sheets

Large masses of glacial ice and snow that cover vast areas of land, such as those found in Antarctica and Greenland.

Rivers Flow

The movement of water in a natural stream or river channel, often towards an ocean, sea, lake, or another river.

River Terraces

Flat, step-like landforms found alongside river valleys, formed by the river as it erodes downward into its bed.

Deltas

Landforms created at river mouths where sediment is deposited in a fan shape as the river flows into a slower-moving or standing body of water like an ocean or lake.