terrestrial

The gills of fishes are analogous to the lungs in terrestrial animals.

A terrestrial globe is one that represents the earth.

So it's hard to realize that in the terrestrial situation.

Stone meteorites, if they lie around exposed to the weather for a few years, well, they’re made of rock, so they end up looking almost indistinguishable from common terrestrial rocks, ones that originated on earth.

The terrestrial planets like Mars and Earth, composed largely of rocks and metals?

The explanation may be that the terrestrial planets were once much larger and richer in these materials but eventually lost them because of these bodies' relative closeness to the Sun, which meant that their temperatures were relatively high.

However, unlike Jupiter, the terrestrial planets today are nearly void of light gases and ices.

The explanation may be that the terrestrial planets were once much larger and richer in these materials but eventually lost them because of these bodies' relative closeness to the Sun, which meant that their temperatures were relatively high.

However, unlike Jupiter, the terrestrial planets today are nearly void of light gases and ices.

The slightly larger terrestrial planets Earth, Venus, and Mars retain some heavy gases like carbon dioxide, but even their atmospheres make up only an infinitesimally small portion of their total mass.

The Jovian planets, because of their greater masses and thus higher surface gravities, have higher escape velocities (21-60 kilometers per second) than the terrestrial planets.

By comparison, the terrestrial planets have meager atmospheres at best.

The densities of the terrestrial planets average about 5 times the density of water, whereas the Jovian planets have densities that average only 1.5 times the density of water.

The most obvious difference between the terrestrial and the Jovian planets is their size.

The planets in our solar system fall into two groups: the terrestrial (Earth-like) planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) and the Jovian (Jupiter-like) planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune).

Ganymede is a differentiated world, like the terrestrial planets.

Consider Venus and Earth, both terrestrial planets with atmospheres.

These asteroids are, uh, like the terrestrial planets in that they are composed mostly of rocky material and metals.

But that makes it easier to identify something as a meteorite as opposed to just a terrestrial rock.

Although most fossils are found in marine sedimentary rocks, they also are found in terrestrial deposits left by streams and lakes.

Other adaptations occurred later in the transition to terrestrial life and now wide spread but not universal among plants.

When plants pioneered the land, they faced a range of challenges posed by terrestrial environments.

The terrestrial world is green now, but it did not start out that way.

Starting about 280 million years ago, reptiles were the dominant large animals in terrestrial environments.

How did the first tetrapods make the transition to a terrestrial habitat?

One of the most significant evolutionary events that occurred on Earth was the transition of water-dwelling fish to terrestrial tetrapods (four-limbed organisms with backbones).