1. VENUS

2. A year on Venus takes 225 Earth days.

3. The surface temperature on Venus can reach 471 °C.

4. A day on Venus lasts longer than a year.

5. At one point it was thought Venus might have been a tropical paradise.

6. Atmospheric pressure on Venus is 92 times greater than the Earth’s.

7. Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.

8. Venus does not have any moons or rings.

9. Venus is thought to be made up of a central iron core, rocky mantle and silicate crust.

10. A day on the surface of Venus (solar day) would appear to take 117 Earth days.

11. Venus is often called the Earth’s sister planet.

12. Venus is also known as the Morning Star and the Evening Star.

13. The Russians sent the first mission to Venus.

14. Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most other planets.

15. Venus is the second brightest object in the night sky.

16. Venus is nearly as big as the Earth with a diameter of 12,104 km.

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18. The ________ sent the first mission to Venus.

19. The ________ sent the first mission to Venus.
RUSSIANS

20. Venus is the _______planet in our solar system.

21. Venus is the _______planet in our solar system.
HOTTEST

22. Venus is also known as the __________ and the __________.

23. Venus is also known as the __________ and the __________.
MORNING STAR
EVENING STAR

24. Venus is often called ______ sister planet.

25. Venus is often called ______ sister planet.
EARTH’S

26. A year on Venus takes ______________ Earth days.

27. A year on Venus takes ______________ Earth days.

28. At one point it was thought Venus might be a _____________.

29. At one point it was thought Venus might be a _____________.
tropical paradise

30. Venus does not have any ______ or _______.

31. Venus does not have any ______ or _______.
MOONS
RINGS

32. Venus is nearly as big as ______ with a diameter of 12,104 km.

33. Venus is nearly as big as ______ with a diameter of 12,104 km.
EARTH

34. A day on the surface of Venus (solar day) would appear to take ___ Earth days.

35. A day on the surface of Venus (solar day) would appear to take ___ Earth days.
117

36. The surface temperature on Venus can reach ___°C.

37. The surface temperature on Venus can reach ___°C.
471

38. A day on Venus lasts longer than a___.

39. A day on Venus lasts longer than a ___.
year

40. Venus rotates in the _______direction to most other planets.

41. Venus rotates in the _______direction to most other planets.
OPPOSITE

42. Venus is the second ________ object in the night sky.

43. Venus is the second ________ object in the night sky.
BRIGHTEST

44. Atmospheric pressure on Venus is ___ times greater than the Earth’s.

45. Atmospheric pressure on Venus is ___ times greater than the Earth’s. 92