Which of the following is TRUE?

a) The average surface temperature of Venus is about 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
b) Mercury has a very thick atmosphere made mostly of carbon dioxide.
c) The runaway greenhouse effect causes the present temperatures on Mars to exceed thoseon Earth.
d) Mercury rotates exactly one and a half times for every one revolution around the Sun.
e) Venus has no volcanos on its surface.


Ans: d) Mercury rotates exactly one and a half times for every one revolution around the Sun.

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