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1 When imaged in visible light Venus appears like ______ rather than ______.

an asteroid ... a terrestrial planet
a gas dwarf ... a rocky planet
Mars ... Venus
Venus ... Mars

2 The rocky surface of the planet Venus can be detected when Venus is observed using infrared astronomy.

TRUE
FALSE

3 When Venus is viewed in the ultraviolet, its color appears brownish.

TRUE
FALSE

4 Moldavite is a mineral that may be associated with what radiation astronomy phenomenon?

lightening strikes
meteorite impacts and fireballs
evidence that Venus was once a comet
predicting when currently dormant volcanoes will erupt

5 According to Wikipedia, a "mineral" is a naturally occurring solid that

is heterogeneous
has useful value
is by a chemical formula
contains carbon
does not contain carbon

6 Which types of radiation astronomy directly observe the rocky-object surface of Venus?

X-ray astronomy
ultraviolet astronomy
visual astronomy
infrared astronomy
radio astronomy

7 One reason that Venus's atmosphere has more carbon dioxide than Earth's is that

the mass of Venus is slightly higher
Venus was too hot for oceans that could absorb the carbon dioxide
Venus is exposed to a stronger solar wind strips away the other gasses
Venus has a lower magnetic field that disassociates carbon dioxide

8 The surface temperature of Venus is about

850 Fahrenheit (730 Kelvin or 230 Celsius)
450 Fahrenheit (500 Kelvin or 66 Celsius)
150 Fahrenheit (340 Kelvin or 66 Celsius)

9 The Venetian atmosphere consists of mostly carbon dioxide and

oxygen
helium
hydrogen
nitrogen
sulfuric acid

10 The clouds on Venus are made of

water
steam
carbon dioxide
nitrogen
sulfuric acid

11 The geology of Venus is predominantly

Basalt
Andesite
Picrite

12 Basalt is what type of rock?

Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic

13 The rocks on Venus are mostly

from volcanoes
from the seabed of a now non-existent ocean
associated with plate tectonics