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Mercury, Venus, and the Birth of the Solar System
Mercury, Venus, and the Birth of the Solar System
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Mercuty and Venus Quiz based on How the Unvierse Works, the Unvierse, and Crash Course Astronomy .
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Venus is _________ million miles from the sun.
33
93
67
56
2
In 1.3 billion years the Earth's temperature may reach ____________ F due to run away greenhouse effect.
800
1200
3600
900
3
Earth's twin planet is __________.
Venus
Jupiter
Mercury
Mars
4
If you stayed in one spot it would take ____ Mercury years for the sun to move across the sky.
4
3
1
2
5
Surface features on Mercury are named after ____________.
athletes
military leaders
artists
women
6
The ___________ model, was proposed to explain why our solar system is missing Super Earth sized planets.
Grand Attack
Grand Snack
Grand Tack
Classical
7
Since its creation, Mercury has shrunk ______ miles.
900
9
90
1500
8
Mercury will eventually be destroyed when the sun becomes a ________ giant.
yellow
blue
white
red
9
In the ___________ model, the planets formed where we find them having accreted materials from their neighborhood.
Classical
Grand Attack
Grand Snack
Grand Tack
10
The last mission to Mercury was the ___________ mission.
Curiosity
Messenger
Enterprise
Venera
11
Mercury's surface is the darkest of any planet. Scientist think Mercury's surface is covered by __________.
lava
ice
carbon
iron
12
The snow covering Venus' mountains is made of _____________.
graphite
ice
metals
carbon
13
Mercury has a day that is ______ Earth days long.
33
88
57
243
14
Eventually scientist believe that Earth's atmospheric pressure will be _______ Earth's current pressure.
10x
30x
270x
90x
15
Venus' atmosphere is composed of 95% ________________.
nitrogen
oxygen
carbon dioxide
sulfur dioxide
16
In the ___________ model, Jupiter moves in toward the sun and could have become a hot Jupiter.
Grand Snack
Classical
Grand Tack
Grand Attack
17
Venus is the most __________ planet due to its slow spin.
luminous
spherical
windy
Earth-like
18
_____________ are the building blocks of planets?
asteroids
Chondrocytes
Planetesimals
Meteorites
19
Venus is named for the ____________ goddess of love.
Greek
Egyptian
Roman
Hindu
20
When planets become large enough they ___________ meaning dense materials sink to their core.
differentiate
integrate
accrete
condensate
21
Based upon radioactive dating of __________ the moon is 140 million years older than originally thought.
Plutonium
Graphite
Zircons
Lead
22
Scientists believe Mercury lost its mantle in a collision. Some scientists think the mantle is found in ___________.
comets
meteorites
asteroids
vulcanoids
23
Mercury does not have a/an _____________.
tectonic activity
functional atmosphere
moons
all of the above
24
Mercury is ________ million miles from the sun.
24
58
36
93
25
Venus spins on its axis____________ meaning the sun rises in the ________________.
clockwise, east
retrograde, east
retrograde, west
clockwise, west
26
Mercury orbits the sun once every _________ days.
256
88
44
365
27
n the Grand Tack model, Jupiter's movement into the inner solar system caused the formation of the _______________
Vulcanoids
Oort cloud
Terrestrial planets
Kuyper belt
28
Mercury has a mass only _______ of Earth's mass.
33%
5%
25%
10%
29
The surface temperature on Venus is approximately ____________.
600
1200
200
900
30
Venus has thousands of _____________ which are likely responsible for producing the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
geysers
thunderstorms
volcanos
faults
31
Based on the Grand Tack model, if it were not for ____________ gravity Jupiter would have become a hot Jupiter.
Mars'
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
32
______________ is the closest planet to the sun.
Mars
Earth
Venus
Mercury
33
It is thought that our moon was created when a Mars sized object called ________ struck the Earth.
Icarus
Vulcan
Thea
Nemesis
34
The only mission to land a probe on Venus surface was the ___________ mission.
Messenger
New Horizons
Mariner
Venera
35
The surface temperature on Mercury is _______F on the light side of the planet.
800
900
500
250
36
The largest crater on Mercury is known as ___________ basin.
Caloris
Maat
Olympus
Maxwell
37
The largest fault scarp on Mercury has a length greater than Texas and is known as ___________ Rupes.
Enterprise
Rembrandt
Maxwell
Aristotle
38
The atmospheric pressure on Venus is _______ that on Earth.
10x
270
90x
30x
39
The most common type of planet found by Kepler are
Terrestrial Planets
Super Earths
Ice Giants
Hot Jupiters
40
Mercury has a slow rotation. It rotates _____ times for every two trips around the sun.
4
1
2
3
41
Due to its slow spin Venus does not have
magnetic field
ozone layer
a solid core
an atmosphere
42
The sky on Mercury is perpetually ___________ since it lacks an atmosphere.
blue
black
red
purple and gold
43
Due to the presence of volatiles, other scientists think ___________ stole part of Mercury's mantle in a hit and run.
Earth
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
44
Venus' high temperature is due to the __________ effect.
Coriolis
Bernoulli
greenhouse
Carbonara
45
Venus and Earth have approximately the same __________ and ___________.
mass, atmosphere
mass, year
density, atmosphere
mass, diameter
46
The biggest surprise on Mercury was the presence of _______ at the poles.
oceans
ice
volcanos
carbon dioxide
47
Planets form by the process of_________.
Secretion
adhesion
cohesion
Accretion
48
The moon's crust lacks heavy elements such as __________ and __________.
silicon and phosphorous
nickel and iron
copper and lead
hydrogen and helium
49
At its closest, Venus is _________ million miles for Earth.
57
15
140
26
50
Mercury only has ______ tectonic plate(s).
1
5
2
12
51
On Venus the rain is made of
carbonic acid
hydrochloric acid
sulfuric acid
water
52
Unlike Venus, Mercury has
an atmosphere
ice
both ice and a magnetic field
a magnetic field
53
Surface features on Venus are named after ____________.
military leaders
artists
women
athletes
54
Every billion years the sun gets ______ hotter which likely caused Venus to lose its water.
10%
20%
5%
1%
55
Like Earth, Mercury has a/an ___________ core.
iron
carbon
copper
silica
