KS3 - Planets

What were in the clouds surrounding the newly formed Sun?

• Elements
• Gas
• Energy
• Dust
• Planets

What elements does Prof. Cox say the planets and moons are mostly made of?

What temperature does Mercury fall to at night?

In what year did Messenger launch to Mercury?

Which planet has the most craters in the solar system?

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars

Which 2 elements did they detect on Mercury that were surprising?

• Sulfur
• Lithium
• Potassium
• Uranium

Near which planet do scientists think Mercury started out its life?

Which planet did scientists might be a 'living world'?

• Mercury
• Venus
• Mars

In which year did a mission successfully land on Venus?

Why does heat energy get trapped and heat up the planet?