WorksheetsSpace School - Mercury
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the coldest recorded temperature on Mercury?
a)
800 degrees Fahrenheit
b)
300 degrees Fahrenheit
c)
0 degrees Fahrenheit
d)
-300 degrees Fahrenheit
2.
How many earth days does it take Mercury to orbit around the sun?
a)
48 days
b)
68 days
c)
88 days
d)
108 days
3.
What is the weather like on Mercury?
a)
Violent and rainy
b)
Nice and sunny
c)
Windy
d)
There is no weather because there is no atmosphere
4.
Water on Mercury can be found....
a)
in rivers and streams
b)
in lakes and oceans
c)
in mud puddles
d)
as ice in craters that are shaded from the sun
5.
Why is Mercury so extremely difficult to study?
a)
The extreme range in surface temperature
b)
It's distance from the Earth
c)
Because it orbits so close to the sun
d)
All of the craters on it's surface
6.
What spacecraft did NASA send to Mercury that went into permanent orbit with the planet?
a)
Mariner 10
b)
Messanger
c)
Calipso
d)
Hubble
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