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Mercury and Venus Unit Review ANSWERS True or False 1) Mercury has no magnetic field. FALSE 2) Mercury is both very hot and very cold. TRUE 3) There is a possibility that Mercury has ice in craters at its poles. TRUE 4) Mercury is denser than the Moon. TRUE 5) The geology of Venus is affected mostly by tectonic plates. FALSE 6) The temperature of Venus is much hotter than Earth. TRUE 7) The surface of Venus is similar to lava flows of Earth. TRUE 8) Venus rotates in the same direction as Earth. FALSE Defintions A) Inferior conjunction B) Retrograde rotation C) Spin-orbit resonance D) Superior conjunction E) Arachnoid F) Coronae G) Lava Dome H) Scarps I) Shield Volcano J) Terra K) Maxwell Montes L) Aphrodite Terra M) Caloris Basin N) Ishtar Terra O) Polar vortices P) Greenhouse effect 9) Inferior planet and Earth on same side of Sun. INFERIOR CONJUNCTION 10) Inferior planet and Earth on opposite sides of Sun. SUPERIOR CONJUNCTION 12) Spider web-like structures found only on Venus. ARACHNOID 13) Lava flow channels found on Venus. CANALI 14) Large crown-like volcanic features found on Venus. CORONAE 15) Caused by large slow eruptions of lava. LAVA DOME 16) Highlands of Venus. TERRA 17) Highest point on Venus. MAXWELL M ONTES 18) Largest crater in the solar system. CALORIS BASIN 19) Cyclones found on Venus. POLAR VORTICES 20) The trapping of heat below the atmosphere. GREENHOUSE EFFECT 11) Cliffs caused by the terrain moving vertically. SCARPS Questions 21) How were the scarps of Mercury formed? FORMED WHEN THE PLANETS INTERIOR COOLED AND SHRANK 22) Why is Mercury the most battered planet in the solar system? LACK OF ATMOSPHERE 23) What is the second-most important geologic process to affect Mercury? VOLCANISM 24) What kind of spin-orbit resonance does Mercury exhibit? 3:2 Page 1 of 2 Mercury and Venus Unit Review ANSWERS 25) What caused the pit floor craters on Mercury? COLLAPSE OF A MAGMA CHAMBER 26) What is antipodal to the Caloris Basin? WEIRD TERRAIN 27) Why is the greenhouse effect of Venus called a “run away” process? HIGH TEMPERATURES AND A DENSE ATMOSPHERE OF CO2 EVAPORATE ALL WATER 28) What is the primary component of the atmosphere of Venus? CARBON DIOXIDE 29) What makes up the clouds of Venus? SULPHURIC ACID 30) What have geologists concluded about the surface of Venus? IT IS FAIRLY NEW 31) What lead them to reach that conclusion? THE LACK OF CRATERING 32) What is the evidence of active volcanoes on Venus? VOLCANIC GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE 33) Why did the Venera probes not last very long on the surface of Venus? THE HEAT AND PRESSURE 34) How was the surface of Venus mapped? RADAR IMAGING 35) Most features of Venus have what kind of names? FEMALES 36) How is a lack of a magnetosphere affecting the atmosphere of Venus? ALLOWING IT TO BE STRIPPED AWAY 37) What surface feature found of Earth is not found on Venus? CORONAE 38) What gave the first indication of the true surface temperature of Venus? MARINER 2 39) What do scientists think happened to the surface of Venus a few million years ago? THE PLANET RESURFACED ITSELF Page 2 of 2