The Terrestrial Planets

How many Terrestrial Planets are their in our solar system?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 1

Mercury is approximately ____ the volume of Earth

• 1/3

• 2/3

• 1/4

• 3/4

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Mercury's rotational period is closest to ____________ hours.

• 1000

• 1100

• 1250

• 1400

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For every _____ Mercury years, it rotates just _______times.

• 1,2

• 2,3

• 3,4

• 4,5

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The solar wind strips and replenishes Mercury's thin atmosphere constantly with Oxygen, Hydrogen, and this metallic element.

• Iron

• Carbon

• Sodium

• Potassium

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Mercury has such huge differences in its day and night time temperatures because

• its atmosphere insolates it from the sun.

• its surface has a high albedo and reflects solar energy.

• its iron core shield it from much of the sun harmful electromagnetic energy.

• it slow rotation and thin atmosphere keeps one side in the dark for long periods.

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Compared to Earth's moon, Mercury's craters are

• more eroded because of its atmosphere.

• less eroded because of its atmosphere.

• deeper because its more massive than the moon.

• shallower because its more massive than the moon.

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Compared to Mercury, Venus

• has less volume.

• has less mass.

• is not as hot at the surface.

• has the same number of moons.

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Which nickname is given to Venus?

• The "Morning" or "Evening Star"

• The "Red Planet"

• The "Fly Trap Planet"

• The "Midnight Star"

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Of the Terrestrial planets, Venus has the thickest

• crust

• atmosphere

• core

• magnetic field