Quiz 1- Terrestial Planets Flashcards

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Which planet has a limited Window of Visibility due to the fact you can only see it at Sunrise & Sunset

A

Mercury

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Which planet is called the Morning Star?

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Mercury

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Which planet has a metallic core that is 42% of it’s volume

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Mercury

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3
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Which planet appears to be shrunken

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Mercury

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4
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What is the smallest planet?

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Mercury

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5
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What is a solar year

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Time it takes for a planet to go around the sun

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Which planet had a solar year of 88 days

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Mercury

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7
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Which planet has the most intense radiation

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Mercury

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Which planet has the temperature range from 800F to -300F

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Mercury

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9
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Which planets have a limited window of visibility

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Mercury & Venus

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10
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Which planet is referred to as Earths Twin

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Venus

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Which planet is dry & hot with swirling gases

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Venus

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12
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Which planet has Carbon Dioxide gas makes it hot

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Venus

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13
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Which planet has a solar year of almost 225 days long

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Venus

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14
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Which planet takes 243 days for 1 rotation

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Venus

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15
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Which planets atmosphere is made up if 96% CO2

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How long does it take the Earth to make 1 rotation

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Which planets temperature range from 847F to -49F

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Which planet oscillates in it’s rotation

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Which planets colors from space are visibly stimulating

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How long does it take the sun to reach Earth

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How many tides occur in 1 day & how often

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4 tides. 1 every 6hours

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Which planet contains magnetic field to deflect the solar radiation

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Which planet is about 93 million miles from the sun

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Which planet possess a nearly circular orbit
Earth
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What is the earths only satellite
Moon
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The earths only satellite that produces a gravitational pull that helps to circulate oceanic waters & affects weather (tides)
Moon
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Which planet contains a mean temperature of 59F
Earth
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What is dry ice
CO2
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What planet is known as the red planet
Mars
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Which planets surface can easily be seen from earth
Mars
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Which planet had 24 hour days, winds, polar ice caps, volcanoes & has seasons
Mars
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What planet was once thought to have life
Mars
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Which planet has it's solar year of 687 days
Mars
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Which planets average temperature of -82F
Mars