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Name ______________________ Journey Through Space Date ______________________ Venus Go to pdsd.eprolix.com. Click on the Projects link. Use the links under The Solar System to answer the following questions. 1. Is Venus called the brother OR sister planet to Earth? _______________ 2. Venus rotates _________________________. 3. What is the diameter (size) of Venus? ____________________ 4. What is the diameter (size) of Venus? ___________________ 5. How far is Venus from the sun? ____________________ 6. What is the average temperature on Venus? ________F 7. One day on Venus is ________________________. 8. One year on Venus is ________________________. 9. How many moons does Venus have? _________ 10. What is the name of the spacecraft that visited Venus in 1990 to make maps of the planet? _________________________ 13. Use the word box to complete the paragraphs below. sun second cooked Venus size diameter bright crushed closer hottest Size Venus is the ____________ planet from the sun in our solar system. It is the _____________ planet in our Solar System. This planet is covered with fast-moving sulphuric acid clouds which trap heat from the _____________. Its thick atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide. Venus has an iron core but only a very weak magnetic field. This is a planet on which a person would asphyxiate in the poisonous atmosphere, be ______________ in the extremely high heat, and be ______________ by the enormous atmospheric pressure. Venus is also known as the "morning star" or the "evening star" since it is visible and very _____________ at either dawn or dusk. It is only visible at dawn or dusk since it is _____________ to the sun than we are. Venus is about 7,521 miles (12,104 km) in _____________. This is about 95% of the diameter of the Earth. ____________ is the closest to Earth in _____________ and mass of any of the other planets. 14. Now, go to pdsd.eprolix.com. a. Click on the Projects link, the click The Solar System b. Click on planetfacts.ppt and open it. c. Add your information to the chart. d. Save as venusfacts on your USB drive. e. Print it.