Download Venus

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.