Scavenger+Hunt

=Elementary Team 2: Ashley Cothron, Christopher Jones, Shelby Ginty, Jordan Williams= = = =This Scavenger Hunt will be focusing on The Terrestrial planets of our Solar System. Read each question carefully using the links in the questions to find your answers. Write your answers down on a separate sheet of paper.=



=__Earth__=

1. What planet is the only planet in our solar system known to harbor life?

Follow the link below to locate your answer:

[|National Geographic]

2. What is the orbit [|size] of Earth?

3. How many [|days] does it take the Earth to make one orbit around the Sun?

=__Venus__=

4. Venus is approximately ________ miles from the sun.

Follow the link below to locate your answer:

[|Venus Facts]

5. Does Venus go through [|phases] like our moon?

6. In what year did [|Galileo] first observe the phases of Venus?

7. How long is one [|Venusian day]?



=__Mercury__=

8. Compared to the other planets, how [|large] is Mercury? a. largest b. second largest c. sixth largest d. eighth largest

9. How many [|moons] does Mercury have? a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3

10. What is the name of the [|largest crater] on Mercury? a. Beethoven b. Titan c. Caloris Basin d. Mickey Mouse

11. Compared to the other planets, how [|dense] is Mercury? a. densest b. second densest c. third densest d. fourth densest = = =__**Mars**__= 12. What is the [|name] of the largest volcano in the solar system

13.What is the name of the [|moons] of Mars?

14. What is the mean [|radius] of Mars?

15. What is the average temperature of Mars in degrees [|Celsius]?