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- 1. Multiple Choice
In Roman mythology, Venus is the goddess of _____love and beautypoetry and musicfertility and healingdawn and childbirth - 2. Multiple ChoiceVenus is the _____ planet from the Sunfirstsecondthirdfourth
- 3. Multiple ChoiceVenus is the _____ brightest natural object in the skyfifthsecondthirdfourth
- 4. Multiple ChoiceFrom our perspective, Venus never gets far from the Sun; at best it can reach about _____ away5°25°45°65°
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThrough a telescope, Venus can be seen to undergo _____ just like the Moon and Mercury dophasesprecessionsperterbationsinversions
- 6. Multiple ChoiceVenus appears brightest to us when it's _____close, in a thin crescentclose, in a full phasefar away, in a full phasefar away, in a thin crescent
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is it called when Venus passes directly across the Sun’s face?a passagea transita crossinga portage
- 8. Multiple ChoiceDuring a solar eclipse by Venus, what percent of the Sun is blocked?a tenth of a percentone percentten percenttwenty percent
- 9. Multiple ChoiceTransits of Venus across the Sun happen in pairs, separated by _____ yearstwoeighteighteeneighty
- 10. Multiple ChoiceTransits of Venus across the Sun happen in pairs, then don’t happen again for over _____eight yearsa decadeeighty yearsa century
- 11. Multiple ChoiceVenus is highly reflective of the Sun's light, due to it's _____thick cloud layerthin cloud layerwhite dust surfacevolcanic activity
- 12. Multiple ChoiceHow does Venus compare, in size and mass, to the Earth?Venus is a lot smallerVenus is slightly smallerVenus is slightly biggerVenus is a lot bigger
- 13. Multiple ChoiceVenus orbits at _____ of the Earth-Sun distance1/22/33/44/5
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe surface temperature of Venus is 460° Celsius which is hot enough to melt _____copperironleadgold
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe atmosphere on Venus is almost entirely composed of _____nitrogencarbon dioxideoxygencarbon monoxide
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe atmospheric pressure on Venus is _____ times that of Earth’s93090300
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe rain on Venus is composed of _____ammoniamolten metalsulfuric acidliquid nitrogen
- 18. Multiple ChoiceDue to the slow rotation rate, one day on Venus is about _____ Earth days2242432430
- 19. Multiple ChoiceHow many moons does Venus have?noneonetwothree
- 20. Multiple ChoiceHow many of the volcanoes on Venus are bigger than 100 kilometers in diameter?1687167453
- 21. Multiple ChoiceSlow bubbling leaks of lava from the interior of Venus can create surface features called _____hotcake topsflapjack archespancake domeswaffle houses
- 22. Multiple ChoiceSurface features on Venus are all named after _____men or godswomen or goddessesartists or playwrightsrocks or minerals
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