Sentence examples for rocky surfaces from inspiring English sources

Wheel spikes provide traction on steep or rocky surfaces.

Although most sponges settle and grow on hard or rocky surfaces, some anchor to a firm object on soft bottoms, on sand, on mud, or on debris.

But a couple of unusual cases are, as it were, illuminating the question.Two known exoplanets orbit their stars so closely that their rocky surfaces are evaporating.

The exact layout of the track has not been completed yet, Mr. Flom said, but will probably include uphill and downhill sections and rocky surfaces to demonstrate the capabilities of the vehicles.

Meteorite craters can be found not only on rocky surfaces like that of the Moon but also on the surfaces of comets and ice-covered moons of the outer planets.

The mussels covered the rocky surfaces of the tidal pool to the detriment of other tidal pool denizens (limpets, barnacles, and sponges) and thus changed the structure of the tidal ecosystem.

A rocky surface fractured by bands of white light sparkles as if with hidden mineral activity.

· In 1976 two Nasa Viking craft landed on the Martian surface, beaming pictures of the planet's rocky surface back to Earth.

The rocky surface has been replaced with Field Turf, a kind of artificial surface, lights have been installed and the seating areas have been renovated...

They may only seem dimmer now because the camera is averaging the light reflected from the spots and the darker rocky surface nearby.

The old path once served one of the world's largest mercury mines, and the rocky surface still bears the ruts of wagon wheels.