Quiz 4 Flashcards
Which planet has extreme contrast in daytime and nighttime temperatures?
Mercury
What planet has scarps and what are they?
Mercury, scarps are long cliffs
Does Mercury have a magnetic field or an atmosphere?
No atmosphere, yes magnetic field
How does Mercury have an atmosphere?
Atmosphere should be blasted away by solar wind but it actually helps to create one by kicking up material from the surface
Does Mercury have volcanic activity?
Yes
Where is the Caloris Basin and where is it?
It’s on Mercury, it’s a large impact on the surface that deformed the other side
Which planet rotates clockwise?
Venus
Which planets atmosphere is mostly CO2?
Venus
Which planet began similar to Earth and had water?
Venus
What is the surface of Venus like?
Mostly flat, has volcanoes that are individual. 1 plate world, lack of water, crust moves but doesn’t fracture, more craters than Earth but less than Mercury
Which planet has a younger surface than Mercury?
Venus
How does Venus’s surface have the same age all around?
Flake tecontics
What planet has a day very similar to Earth?
Mars
What planet can be seen by the naked eye just after sunset or sunrise?
Mercury
Why does Mars have a reddish sky?
Due to dust of iron-oxide
