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Mercury and Venus

Total questions: 95

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the solar system?

a)

The sun

b)

The planets

c)

The sun and planets ONLY

d)

The sun, planets, and all other objects that orbit the sun

2.

Which planet is the closest to our sun?

a)

Mars

b)

Earth

c)

Mercury

d)

Venus

3.

Why do the planets orbit the sun?

a)

They don't, the planets orbit the Earth

b)

Because Science

c)

The sun is so massive that it has a very large gravitational pull, which causes objects to orbit it

d)

Because they want to

4.

Which planet's average temperature make it the hottest planet in the solar system?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

5.

Mercury is ___________ than Earth.

a)

Smaller

b)

Larger

c)

Same size

6.

Venus is ___________ as Earth.

a)

Smaller

b)

Larger

c)

Same size

7.

How close is Mercury to the sun?

a)

Very Close 36 million miles

b)

Close 67 million miles

c)

Far away 93 million miles

d)

Very far away 484 million miles

8.

How close is Venus to the sun?

a)

Very Close 36 million miles

b)

Close 67 million miles

c)

Far away 93 million miles

d)

Very far away 484 million miles

9.

How many Earth days equals a day on Mercury?

a)

88

b)

243

c)

59

d)

687

10.

How many Earth days equals a day on Venus?

a)

88

b)

243

c)

59

d)

687

11.

How many Earth days equals one year on Mercury?

a)

687

b)

53

c)

88

d)

225

12.

How many Earth days equals one year on Venus?

a)

687

b)

53

c)

88

d)

225

13.

What kind of planet is Mercury?

a)

Rocky/Terrestrial

b)

Ice Giant

c)

Gas Giant

14.

What kind of planet is Venus?

a)

Rocky/Terrestrial

b)

Ice Giant

c)

Gas Giant

15.

What does Mercury's atmosphere consist of?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Helium

d)

All the above

16.

What does Venus' surface look like?

a)

Valleys and deserts

b)

Oceans and water

c)

Rain forests and jungles

d)

Volcanic Mountains and plateaus

17.

Does Mercury have any moons or rings?

a)

Yes

b)

No

18.

Does Venus have any moons or rings?

a)

Yes

b)

No

19.

Could life survive on Mercury?

a)

Yes

b)

No

20.

Could life survive on Venus?

a)

Yes

b)

No

21.

The Sun appears to be ________ times larger than Earth

a)

Three

b)

Four

c)

Five

d)

Six

22.

How many missions have been taken to Mercury?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

23.

What do Scientist believe to exist on Venus' surface?

a)

Storms

b)

Volcanoes

c)

Water

d)

Holes

24.

How many missions have we taken to Venus?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

25.

Mercury is ___________ than Earth.

a)

Smaller

b)

Larger

c)

Same size

26.

How close is Mercury to the sun?

a)

Very Close 36 million miles

b)

Close 67 million miles

c)

Far away 93 million miles

d)

Very far away 484 million miles

27.

Venus is ___________ as Earth.

a)

Smaller

b)

Larger

c)

Same size

28.

How close is Venus to the sun?

a)

Very Close 36 million miles

b)

Close 67 million miles

c)

Far away 93 million miles

d)

Very far away 484 million miles

29.

How many Earth days equals a day on Mercury?

a)

88

b)

243

c)

59

d)

687

30.

How many Earth days equals a day on Venus?

a)

88

b)

243

c)

59

d)

687

31.

How many Earth days equals one year on Mercury?

a)

687

b)

53

c)

88

d)

225

32.

How many Earth days equals one year on Venus?

a)

687

b)

53

c)

88

d)

225

33.

What kind of planet is Venus?

a)

Rocky/Terrestrial

b)

Ice Giant

c)

Gas Giant

34.

What kind of planet is Mercury?

a)

Rocky/Terrestrial

b)

Ice Giant

c)

Gas Giant

35.

What does Mercury's atmosphere consist of?

a)

sodium, potassium, and calcium

b)

Hydrogen

c)

nitrogen and oxygen

d)

All the above

36.

Does Mercury have any moons or rings?

a)

Yes

b)

No

37.

Does Venus have any moons or rings?

a)

Yes

b)

No

38.

Could life survive on Mercury?

a)

Yes

b)

No

39.

Could life survive on Venus?

a)

Yes

b)

No

40.

Mercury has a much larger ___ - compared to Earth's moon.

a)

polar ice cap

b)

or thicker crust

c)

core

d)

atmosphere

41.

Venus has no magnetic field although its size & composition is like Earth. Why?

a)

it spins or rotates on its axis way too slow

b)

it has no central iron core

c)

Venus never had oceans and/or plate tectonics like Earth

d)

it revolves around the Sun in a near-perfect circular orbit

42.

What is the cause of "weird terrain" on Mercury opposite Caloris Basin?

a)
vocanic activity that produced compression waves that travel a great distance
b)
these formations have always existed there but we do not fully understand them
c)
seismic waves that traveled to the opposite side of the planet after an asteroid impact
d)
none of the other answer choices
43.

The orbit of Venus is nearly ____ - unlike the other planets in the solar system.

a)

elliptical

b)

circular

c)

angular

d)

geometric

44.
The place where a planet is closest to the Sun as it orbits the Sun is called the
a)
perihelion
b)
aphelion
45.

How many planets are in our solar system?

a)

8

b)

9

c)

6

d)

22

46.

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

47.

How many miles away from the Sun is Mercury?

a)

88 miles

b)

36 million miles

c)

76 million miles

d)

2 million miles

48.

Which planet is covered in craters?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

The moon

49.

How many moons does Mercury have?

a)

None

b)

1

c)

3

d)

2

50.

Which planet is smaller than half the size of Earth?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

The Moon

d)

The Sun

51.

How many days does it take Mercury to orbit the Sun?

a)

88 days

b)

365 days

c)

256 days

d)

1,222 days

52.

Which planet is nicknamed the "Swift Planet"?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

The moon

53.

Which planet is second from the Sun?

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

54.

This planet is covered in mountains, craters, and continents.

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Earth

d)

The moon

55.

How many days does it take for Venus to orbit around the Sun?

a)

88 days

b)

225 days

c)

365 days

d)

431 days

56.

Which planet is the brightest in our solar system?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

57.

Which planet in our solar system is the hottest?

a)

Venus

b)

Mars

c)

Mercury

d)

Saturn

58.

Venus is the _____ planet in the solar system

a)

brightest

b)

darkest

c)

shiniest

d)

smoothest

59.

Venus was named after which god or godess?

a)

the goddess of happiness

b)

the goddess of love and beauty

c)

the god of light

d)

the god of heat

60.

Mercury is the????

a)

1st planet from the sun

b)

2nd Planet from the Sun

c)

3rd planet from the sun.

61.

Mercury is named after????

a)

American Messenger god

b)

German messenger god

c)

Roman Messenger god

62.

Mercury orbits the sun every????

a)

1 day

b)

88 days

c)

365 days

63.

The surface of mercury is covered with

a)

Craters

b)

Chocolate

c)

Valleys

d)

Oceans

64.

Mercury has no?????

a)

surface

b)

temperature

c)

Atmosphere

65.

The temperature om Mercury is ????

a)

80 degrees

b)

- 279-800 Degrees

c)

100 degrees

66.

Venus is the????

a)

1st planet from the sun

b)

2nd planet from the sun

c)

6th planet from the sun

67.

Venus is the hottest planet1

a)

True

b)

False

68.

Venus is slightly???

a)

Smaller than earth

b)

Larger than earth

69.

Venus has thick????

a)

Water

b)

Rivers

c)

Clouds

70.

How many volcanoes on Venus?

a)

67

b)

167

c)

660

71.

The brightest objects in the sky are?

a)

Stars and galaxies

b)

Sun and moon

c)

Venus and Mercury

72.

It is also called the Morning Start and the Evening Star.

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Mars

d)

Earth

73.

Mercury is the ______ planet to the sun.

a)

closest

b)

biggest

c)

darkest

d)

farthest

74.

The sun is in the ________________________ of our solar system.

a)

outside

b)

circle

c)

center

d)

moon

75.

How many planets are in our solar system (not including pluto)

a)

9

b)

10

c)

8

d)

7

76.

Which planet is the largest planet in our solar system

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Mars

d)

Earth

77.

What planet do we live on?

a)

Mars

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Saturn

78.

Which is the hottest planet?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

79.

Which is the farthest planet from the sun?

a)

Uranus

b)

Saturn

c)

Jupiter

d)

Neptune

80.

Venus is slightly???

a)

Smaller than earth

b)

Larger than earth

81.

Venus has thick????

a)

Water

b)

Rivers

c)

Clouds

82.

Mercury is the ______ planet to the sun.

a)

closest

b)

biggest

c)

darkest

d)

farthest

83.

The sun is in the ________________________ of our solar system.

a)

outside

b)

circle

c)

center

d)

moon

84.

What planet do we live on?

a)

Mars

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Saturn

85.

Mercury is named after????

a)

American Messenger god

b)

German messenger god

c)

Roman Messenger god

86.

The surface of mercury is covered with

a)

Craters

b)

Cheese

c)

Valleys

d)

Oceans

87.

This planet has the densest composition overall.

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

88.

Which planet closely matches Earth in size & composition?

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Mars

d)

Titan

89.

Today, all of the carbon dioxide (CO2) on Venus is located almost entirely in the

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

atmosphere

d)

oceans

90.

Planet & moon surfaces that show the most cratering are

a)

most likely hit by comets.

b)

not very scarred.

c)

the youngest.

d)

the oldest.

91.

Why can't astronomers directly study the surface of Venus?

a)

the surface is just way too hot

b)

the surface is permanently obscured by thick clouds

c)

there is no surface of Venus

d)

too many active volcanoes

92.

Venus has no magnetic field although its size & composition is like Earth. Why?

a)

it spins or rotates on its axis way too slow

b)

it has no central iron core

c)

Venus never had oceans and/or plate tectonics like Earth

d)

it revolves around the Sun in a near-perfect circular orbit

93.

This spacecraft was the first to visit Mercury & map just over half of its surface.

a)

Mariner

b)

MESSENGER

c)

Magellan

d)

Veneras

94.

Why is Venus so much hotter on average than Mercury - although Mercury is closer to the Sun?

a)

the orbit of Venus takes it closer to the Sun sometimes

b)

Venus' atmosphere is so thick that it traps the Sun's heat

c)

Mercury has no atmosphere (to speak of)

d)

because Mercury has a fairly substantial magnetic field

95.

how many moons does mercury have?

a)

12

b)

4

c)

none

d)

2

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