How is Venus different from Jupiter?

Jupiter is a gas giant, Venus is a terrestrial planet

What happens to most of the heat energy from the sun that strikes Venus?

It gets trapped by the planet's atmosphere

What do you need to see Venus in the night sky?

Nothing - You can see it with the naked eye

What does Jupiter have in common with Neptune?

They both have large storm "spots"

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1
Which of the following planets is smaller than Venus?
Mercury
Saturn
Earth
Jupiter
2
How is Venus different from Jupiter?
Jupiter has no moons, Venus has 2 moons
Jupiter is a planet, Venus is a large asteroid
Jupiter is a terrestrial planet, Venus is a gas giant
Jupiter is a gas giant, Venus is a terrestrial planet
3
In terms of orbit, the Earth is to the sun as what is to the Earth?
Venus
Mars
A comet
The moon
4
What happens to most of the heat energy from the sun that strikes Venus?
It transforms into dense clouds of sulfuric acid
It gets trapped by the planet's atmosphere
It gets transformed into electromagnetic energy
It gets reflected back out to space
5
Which of the following is a terrestrial planet?
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Mercury
6
Which figure is closest to the age of the solar system?
450,000 years
450 million years
4.5 million years
4.5 billion year
7
How might Mars be different if its surface did not contain so much iron?
It would be much lighter
Its orbit would be different
It would be a gas planet
It would be a different color
8
What do Venus and Earth have in common?
An abundance of liquid water
An iron core
An nitrogen rich atmosphere
A strong magnetic field
9
In the movie, Tim says that Venus has phases. Which of the following is a phase?
Apogee
Crescent
Eclipse
Sphere
10
What do you need to see Venus in the night sky?
Nothing - You can see it with the naked eye
A powerful telescope
A pair of binoculars
A radio telescope
11
If you weigh 75 kilograms on Earth, about how much would you weigh on Venus?
100 Kilograms
81 Kilograms
37 Kilograms
68 Kilograms
12
Which of the following can be found in the Kuiper Belt?
Asteroids
Comets
Earth
Meteors
13
What can you infer about the spacecraft that have visited Venus?
They were unmanned
They were unable to transmit data back to Earth
They were extremely lightweight
They burned up in the planet's atmosphere
14
A day on Venus is equivalent to:
A year on Earth
Eight months on Earth
Three weeks on Earth
Five months on Earth
15
What force pulled the solar system out of a cloud of gas and dust?
The strong force
Magnetic force
Gravity
Electrical force
16
Where can you find the asteroid belt?
Between Venus and Earth
Between Saturn and Uranus
Between Earth and Mars
Between Mars and Jupiter
17
If you stepped onto the surface of Venus, you would probably:
Float into the atmosphere
Freeze
Be pulled into the core
Melt
18
Which term best describes how the solar system formed?
Electrically
Gradually
Rapidly
Chemically
19
Venus is...
much smaller than Earth
much larger than Earth
closer to the sun
further away from the sun than Earth
20
What does Jupiter have in common with Neptune?
They're both terrestrial planets
They both have large storm "spots"
They're both red in color
They both have exactly three moons

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