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At what phase would you expect to find extremely high and low tides?

The average rate of erosion on the Moon is far less than on Earth because

Our Earth is about four times larger than the Moon in diameter.

The presence of a Mercurian magnetic field surprised the planetary scientists on the Mariner 10 team because

Mercury has an unusually large core.

__________ are great wrinkle marks on Mercury’s crust, due to its core contracting.

One source of the energy for volcanism and plate tectonics is radioactivity in the Earth’s interior.

Unlike our Moon and Mars, all the impact craters found on Venus are _________ in size.

The most important greenhouse effect gas in our atmosphere is __________ .

Jupiter is largest and brightest in our skies when seen at __________ .