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Name______________________________ Teacher___________Period_______Date_________
On your iPad, open up a web browser and navigate to my webpage. Click on Documents and
Current Unit. Open the Inner Planets Presentation you see there. Cycle through the presentation,
fill in the notes and answer the questions at the end.
_______________ 1. List the inner planets.
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_______________ 2. Which space probe captured pictures of Mercury?
_______________ 3. To what is Mercury’s size compared?
_______________ 4. What caused Mercury’s craters?
______________________________ 5. How is Venus different from Earth?
______________________________ 6. How is Venus different from Mercury?
_______________ 7. How long is a day on Venus?
_______________ 8. How many moons do Mercury and Venus have?
______________________________9. What is one reason why people could not live on
Mercury or Venus?
_______________10. How much longer in Earth days is a year on Venus vs. Mercury?
_______________11. Which planet, Mercury or Venus, has a stronger gravitational pull?
_______________12. Which planet is the solar system’s largest rocky planet?
_______________13. Which planet has liquid water?
Name______________________________ Teacher___________Period_______Date_________
_______________14. Moons are ___ of planets.
_______________15. How much smaller is the diameter of the moon
compared to Earth?
_______________16. What mineral makes up the rocks and soil of Mars?
_______________17. What is the nickname of Mars?
_______________18. Are the days on Earth and Mars similar in length?
_______________19. How many moons does Mars have?
_______________20. Is it cold or hot on Mars?
_______________21. How much lighter is a 100-pound person on Mars than on Earth?
_______________This planet has an atmosphere made of thick, swirling clouds
_______________This planet is closest to the sun
_______________This is the fourth planet from the sun
_______________This is the largest of the inner planets
Open your textbook and read pages 544-551. If you finish reading these pages, pick up the Inner
Planet Checklist from your teacher and follow those directions.