Mercury and Venus review

Mercury is the ____ planet from the Sun.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Of the 8 planets, Mercury is the _____ planet.

• largest

• smallest

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Mercury goes around the sun the _____ of all the planets.

• fastest

• slowest

Mercury is heavily covered with _____, suggesting the planet was hit by meteorites during the planet's formation.

• craters

• valleys

• volcanoes

• rivers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The temperature of Mercury is not regulated and the atmosphere easily floats away while being replaced with solar wind.

Mercury has a _____ atmosphere.

• thick

• thin

Mercury has magnetic twisters that can grow up to sizes of half the planet.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-PS3-5

The MESSENGER orbiter found which of the following on Mercury (check all that apply):

• evidence of water (ice deposits)

• unfamiliar chemistry

• land features known as "hollows"

• evidence of water (liquid lakes)

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

It is believed that Mercury has molten core of _____.

• zinc

• sulfer

• iron

• mercury

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Venus is the ____ planet from the Sun.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Venus was named for the Roman _____.

• god of war

• god of thunder

• goddess of fire

• goddess of love and beauty