Planet Venus Quiz

1 Planet Venus
  • Is larger than the Earth
  • Has two moons
  • Is the brightest planet in the night sky


2. Venus is different from Earth because Venus has,
  • A thin atmosphere
  • No carbon cycle
  • No impact craters


3. Which of the following is INCORRECT about Venusian atmosphere?
  • Has no water vapour
  • Has clouds of sulphuric acid
  • It is mostly carbon dioxide


4.Which of these statements DO NOT describe planet Venus?
  • Hottest planet in the solar system
  • Densest atmosphere of the solar system
  • Largest crater in the solar system


5.Which of these features is found ONLY on Venus?
  • Volcanic arachnoids
  • Volcanic farra
  • Both arachnoids and farra


6.The WRONG statement about Venus geography
  • All surface features are named after mythological women
  • Had large oceans in the past
  • 80% of surface is covered by volcanic plains


7.Which of these statements is CORRECT about Venusian craters?
  • All craters were formed by volcanic activity
  • No crater is found smaller than 3km in diameter
  • Olympus Mons


8.Rain on planet Venus
  • Forms temporary lakes
  • Stopped completely about 500 million years ago
  • Composed of sulphuric acid


9. Which of these statements about Venus is INCORRECT?
  • A day is 2802 hours long
  • Maximum visual magnitude is -4.6
  • Escape velocity is 12.04 km/s


10. Which of these is the INORRECT statement about Venus?
  • It has the most circular (least elliptical) orbit
  • Venus rotates in the opposite (retrograde) direction
  • Rotational axis is tilted by 23°


11. The CORRECT statement about Venus transits.
  • They occur as pairs separated by 8 years
  • Most recent transit happened in 2008
  • Occur more frequently than Mercury transits


12. The Magnetic field of planet Venus
  • Stronger than the Earth
  • Protects the Venusian atmosphere against cosmic rays
  • Not formed by an internal dynamo effect


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