Resemblances between swifts and swallows are due to convergent evolution, reflecting similar life styles based on catching insects in flight. The family name, Apodidae, is derived from the Greek á¼ÏÎ¿ÏÏ (Ã¡pous), meaning footless, a reference to the small, weak legs of these most aerial of birds.
Does Saturn have an atmosphere and what does it consist? The planet Saturn does have an atmosphere, and indeed, it consists mostly of atmosphere. The main chemical constituents of the atmosphere of Saturn are methane, ammonia, and hâ¦ydrogen. 5 people found this useful.
Titan is the largest of Saturn's moons and the first to be discovered. Titan is the only moon in the solar system known to have a significant atmosphere. Nitrogen and methane extend around the moon 10 times as far into space as Earth's atmosphere, sometimes falling to the surface in the form of methane rain.he second largest of the planet's major moons, Rhea is still rather small, about half the size of Earth's moon. The satellite contains a faint oxygen atmosphere, about 5 trillion times less dense than the one found on Earth, but the only known oxygen atmosphere in the solar system.