23.2 The Terrestrial Planets

In January 2004, this space rover bounced onto the rocky surface of Mars.

• Spirit

• Mariner 9

• Challenger

• Opportunity

The innermost and smallest planet in our solar system.

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Venus

• Mercury

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Mercury has extreme temperatures between night and day because...

• it is so close to the sun
• it has a very dense atmosphere
• it's oceans are hotter
• it has no atmosphere

Using radar, it was discovered that Venus's...

• orbit is increasing in speed each year

• topography was mapped out from space and Earth & rotates on it's axis retrograde (clockwise)

• atmosphere is changing rapidly

• orbit around the sun is the opposite direction of the other planets.

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Earth and Venus are often called sister planets because they have similar...

• atmospheres

• size, density, mass, and location

• surface temperature and pressure

• cloud composition and meteorology

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What is the result of the Greenhouse Effect on the surface temperature of Venus?

• It has little or no effect
• It is the same effect as on Earth
• It has a slightly reduced surface temperture
• It has a extremely raised surface temperature

The largest shield volcano in our solar system is...

• Olympus Mons on Mars
• Caloris on Mercury
• Maxwell Mons on Venus
• Caldera on Mars

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Mars has many interesting features. Which one is most observable from Earth?

• Polar ice caps
• Two large moons
• It's thick atmosphere
• It's large volcanoes

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The main component of Mars’ atmosphere is     

• nitrogen
• oxygen
• carbon dioxide
• sulfuric acid

What is the correct order of the terrestrial planets, in increasing distance from the Sun?  

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury
• Venus, Mercury, Mars, Earth
• Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars