Terrestrial planets

What are the names of Mars' moons?

• Moon 1 and Moon 2
• Phobos and Diemos
• Apollo and Xena
• Mariner and Messenger

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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

What layer of Earth is unique when compared to the other terrestrial planets?

• Hydrosphere
• Atmosphere
• Crust
• Mantle

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What is the current accepted theory for how our Moon formed?

• Captured from an asteroid
• Big collision from a Mars-sized object with Earth
• simultaneously with Earth from space debris
• Pieces of Mercury entered our orbit

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

• atmospheres
• size, density and composition
• surface temperature and pressure
• cloud composition and meteorology

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

How old is our solar system?

• 14 billion years
• 4.6 billion years
• 13.2 billion years
• 225 million years

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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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Which of the following planets has the shortest revolution around the sun?

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

• Mercury

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One day on Mercury is equal to about how many Earth days?

• 60

• 70

• 200

• 250