WorksheetsTerrestrial Planets
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 4mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is not observed on Mercury?
a)
The Caloris Basin
b)
"weird terrain"
c)
Extensive cratering
d)
Atmosphere composed of mainly CO2
2.
What are the names of Mars' moons?
a)
Moon 1 and Moon 2
b)
Phobos and Diemos
c)
Apollo and Xena
d)
Mariner and Messenger
3.
Why is our sky blue? Because...
a)
the atmosphere scatters blue light and not the other colors
b)
the atmosphere scatters all colors except blue
c)
it is reflecting off the ocean
d)
space is blue
4.
Mercury has extreme temperatures between night and day because...
a)
it is so close to the sun
b)
it has a very dense atmosphere
c)
it's oceans are hotter
d)
it has no atmosphere
5.
What layer of Earth is unique when compared to the other terrestrial planets?
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Crust
d)
Mantle
6.
In what part of Earth's atmosphere does convection occur?
a)
stratosphere
b)
magnetosphere
c)
troposphere
d)
ionosphere
7.
What is the current accepted theory for how our Moon formed?
a)
Captured from an asteroid
b)
Big collision from a Mars-sized object with Earth
c)
simultaneously with Earth from space debris
d)
Pieces of Mercury entered our orbit
8.
Using radar, it was discovered that Venus's...
a)
orbit is increasing in speed each year
b)
rotates on it's axis retrograde (clockwise)
c)
atmosphere is changing rapidly
d)
orbit around the sun is the opposite direction of the other planets.
9.
Earth and Venus are often called sister planets because they have similar...
a)
atmospheres
b)
size, density and composition
c)
surface temperature and pressure
d)
cloud composition and meteorology
10.
What is the result of the Greenhouse Effect on the surface temperature of Venus?
a)
It has little or no effect
b)
It is the same effect as on Earth
c)
It has a slightly reduced surface temperture
d)
It has a extremely raised surface temperature
11.
The theory that accounts for the magnetic field of a planet being caused by a liquid, rotating, metallic core is called...
a)
Dynamo Theory
b)
Magneto Theory
c)
Big Bang Theory
d)
Ampere Theory
12.
How old is our solar system?
a)
14 billion years
b)
4.6 billion years
c)
13.2 billion years
d)
225 million years
13.
The largest shield volcano in our solar system is...
a)
Olympus Mons on Mars
b)
Caloris on Mercury
c)
Maxwell Mons on Venus
d)
Caldera on Mars
14.
Mars has many interesting features. Which one is most observable from Earth?
a)
Polar ice caps
b)
Two large moons
c)
It's thick atmosphere
d)
It's large volcanoes
15.
Most of the asteroids in our solar system orbit the sun in a belt between the orbits of what two planets?
a)
Earth and Mars
b)
Mars and Jupiter
c)
Jupiter and Saturn
d)
Earth and Venus
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