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Venus, the Gold Star

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Venus the Gold Star game quiz
"A quiz on the rocky planet Venus. "The Gold Star" is Venus's name in Chinese and Japanese."

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1. Venus is often called the Earth's "sister planet". Why is this?
    They are of similar size and mass
    They have the same number of oceans and continents
    They have identical atmospheres
    They are the closest of any planets in the Solar System


2. Why can rovers not be sent to the surface of Venus?
    There is no solid surface to land on
    Venus rotates too quickly
    Its magnetic field disrupts the rover's launcher
    It gets too hot near Venus's surface


3. Despite being farther from the Sun than Mercury, Venus has a hotter surface temperature.
    True
    False


4. What are Venus's clouds mostly made of?
    Sulfuric acid
    Nitrogen
    Carbon dioxide
    Hydrogen


5. The prime meridian of Venus passes through what distinguishing surface feature?
    The edge of a long trench
    An ocean of liquid sulfur
    The tip of its tallest mountain
    The central peak of a crater


6. Approximately how many centimeters of (not necessarily water) rain hit Venus's surface each year?
    340 cm
    25 cm
    0 cm
    550 cm


7. About how old, on average, is the crust on Venus thought to be?
    Up to 600,000,000 years old
    It only lasts about a day
    Up to 50,000 years old
    875,000 years old


8. What is strange about Venus's magnetosphere?
    It does not have one
    It is not generated like most are
    It is unusually strong considering Venus's mass
    It exhibits unusual patterns in sturcture


9. What do Venus and Earth's moon have in common?
    They can both cast a shadow on Earth
    They both have iron cores
    They have a similar surface
    They both have highly eccentric orbits


10. How did Venus help assert that the Earth was not the center of the Solar System?
    It shows phases like the Moon
    It has no moons of its own
    It has retrograde rotation
    It can eclipse Mercury


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Compiled Sep 27 12