Using the questions and the links on this page, conduct a treasure hunt to find the anwers!

The class will be divided up into small groups and first to finish with the correct answers will win a prise !

There will also be lesser prizes for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & etc. place!

The Inner Planets Treasure Hunt Questions

Mercury treasure hunt

1) What spacecraft visited Mercury in 1974?

2) Why do scientists think mercury has a molten iron core?

3) Astronomers compare Mercury to what other solar body?

4) What substance is Mercury mostly composed of?

5) Describe a day on Mercury from one Sunrise to the next sunrise.

6) Describe the temperature on Mercury.

7) Capture a picture of a bright rayed crater on Mercury.

8) When can we see Mercury in the sky from earth?

9) What does earth and Venus look like from Mercury

10) What color is the daytime sky on mercury?

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Venus treasure hunt

1) What orbiting spacecraft mapped Venus?

2) Venus is an inferior Planet, what does this mean and how does it effect the way we see Venus?

3) What makes Venus' spin on its axis unusual?

4) In what three ways are Earth and Venus very similar?

5) Why can't we see the surface of Venus with telescopes?

6) Describe the air pressure on Venus' surface.

7) Capture a picture of the Golubkina crater on Venus.

8) Describe Venus' magnetic field

9) What two names are used for Venus when seen from Earth?

10) Describe Venus' brightness as seen from Earth.

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Earth treasure hunt

1) Our Earth can be thought of as a 67,000 mile an hour what?

2) The Earth's atmosphere is make of what two gases?

3) What makes the Earth look blue from space?

4) Describe the air pressure on Earth's surface. ?

5) The satellite, Explorer 1 discovered what radiation zone?

6) What is a dramatic visual phenomenon in Earth's atmosphere?

7) Capture a picture of the USA from the NOAA-8 & 9 satellites.

8) Capture a picture of Earth's moon.

9) What is the Earth's mass in kg. ?

10) Only Earth harbors this?

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Mars treasure hunt

1) What was the first space craft to visited Mars in 1965?

2) Describe plate tectonics on Mars.

3) What effect does Mars' elliptical orbit have on its climate?

4) What is the average temperature on Mars?

5) Mars has the largest Mountain in the solar system which is?

6) Describe Mars' atmosphere.

7) Describe the Valles Marineris on Mars.

8) Name and Describe Mars' two moons.

9) Describe Mars' ice caps.

10) What color is Mars?

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