Inner planets- Mercury and Venus review

1 AU ( Astronomical unit is equal to....

• 93 million miles

• 1 billion miles

• 30,000 miles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Mercury is _________ AU's from the Sun

• 1

• 17

• .4

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

This word means "Earth-like" and refers to the first 4 rocky planets

• Gas Giant

• Terrestrial

• Jovian

This planet is the smallest planet AND it is the closest to the Sun

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Pluto

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

This planet is the hottest in our solar system because of its thick atmosphere

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

Even though Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, it IS NOT the hottest because......

• It's made of gas

• It has no atmosphere

• It's frozen

What two planets have no moons?

• Mercury and Venus

• Earth and Mars

• Pluto and Jupiter

Which planet rotates in the opposite direction?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

This planets "day" is longer than its year

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

____________ has a violent upper atmosphere and rains sulfuric acid

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Mars