Exam 17: Mercury, Venus, and Mars

Besides Earth, which of the terrestrial planets and/or satellites of terrestrial planets show(s) evidence for the possible existence of liquid water flowing on its surface in the past

As seen from Mars orbiters, ______________ and ______________ are cut, possibly by sudden floods or drainage that occur on a longer timescale.

Which of the following are not found on Venus

Evaluate the evidence that Mars had a liquid water past.

The size of the volcanoes on Mars indicate that Mars has a(n) ____________________ crust than Earth.

Which object has the most intense sunlight on it

The surface of Venus is hotter than the surface of Mercury.

The atmosphere of ____________________ contains acid compounds including sulfuric and hydrochloric acid.

The terrestrial celestial object _________________ is most like Mercury.

The moons of Mars are believed to be

Astronomers on Earth are able to measure the rotation of Venus by using optical telescopes to watch surface markings as rotation carries them across the disk of Venus.

The graph below plots the escape velocity of each planet along the vertical axis and its surface temperature along the horizontal. The lines plotted in the figure are the average speeds of gas particles as a function of temperature for various gases. Which of the planets or satellite plotted in this diagram is least able to hold an atmosphere

Radar maps of Venus show impact craters.

What is the arrow in the following photo pointing to on the surface of Mercury

_____________ are believed to have formed on Mercury when the planet's interior cooled and shrank.

Most terrestrial planets have portions of their surface that appear to be significantly older than other portions of their surface. What evidence suggests that the surface of Venus is all of the same age

The terrestrial planet with the most moons is ____________________.

What evidence do we have that the surface of Mars has never divided into moving plates

Besides Earth, which of the terrestrial planets and/or their satellites show(s) evidence for the possible existence of liquid water flowing on its surface in the past

Whether or not a planet like Mercury can hold a particular gas in its atmosphere depends on that planet's