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Mercury: Quiz
- 1) Mercury is named after the Roman God of:
A) Medicine
B) Trade
C) Racers
D) Heat - 2) The greatest temperature on Mercury is near
A) 400 K
B) 600 K
C) 700 K
D) 900 K
- 3) Which Mariner probe visited Mercury?
A) Mariner 10
B) Mariner 8
C) Mariner 6
D) Mariner 5
- 4) Mercury's greatest land feature is termed
A) the Regolith
B) Olympus Mons
C) the Caloris Basin
D) The Ascalon Rift
- 5) Water is suspected around
A) the South Pole
B) the North Pole
C) the dark side
D) the Ascalon Rift
- 6) Mercury's magnetosphere is generated by its
A) core
B) sub-surface iron deposits
C) proximity to the sun
D) solar-wind "umbrella"
- 7) Mercury was originally believed to be
A) a trans-Mercurian planet
B) a Venusian satellite
C) solar flares
D) morning and evening stars
- 8) Mercury has
A) volcanic activity
B) a mostly molten core
C) tectonic activity
D) great continental plates
- 9) Mercury's magnetic field was discovered by
A) an amateur astronomer
B) an observatory
C) the Hubble Space Telescope
D) a space probe
- 10) Mercury has the oddity of
A) a day longer than a year
B) a perpetual dark side
C) rivers of molten tin
D) five phases