In this activity, students find the answers to these questions. Students can find information on Venus using the Internet. Students can use this information to help answer questions about conditions on Venus.
Students learn to use a map of Venus to locate positions on the map using coordinates.
Students realize that not all planetary images are visible light images, but may constructed from other kinds of data, and may need careful inter- pretation. Students use several links to Web pages about Venus, including those with radar surface images, to try and form arguments for or against the probability that white areas in the images are a kind of ice. Check the students written lists of areas on the Earth where there is ice. Check the students written lists of places on Venus where there appears to be ice. Have students demonstrate their conclusions by interpreting the radar images.