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Not Enough Hours in a Day

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  • Mercury has the second longest day
    True
    False
  • The length of a day depends on how far a planet is from the Sun
    False
    True
  • Every planet has 24 hours in a day
    False
    True
  • Earth has the shortest day
    False
    True
  • A day on Mars is the same as a day on Earth
    False (a day on Mars is 37 minutes longer than on Earth)
  • Jupiter has longest day
    False (Jupiter has the shortest day at just under 10 hours)
  • Uranus has the second shortest day
    False (Saturn has the second shortest day)
  • On Mars, a day last 1 day and 35 minutes
    False (sorry... it lasts 1 day and 37 minutes)
  • The length of day depends on how fast a planet rotates.
    True
  • A day on Uranus last 17 hours, 14 minutes
    True
  • Every planet rotates at the same speed
    False
  • Mercury has the shortest day
    False (a day on Mercury last over 58 Earth days)
  • A day on Venus is longer than a year on Earth
    False (a day on Venus is 116 days, which is long, but not as long as a year on Earth)
  • The length of a day depends on how fast a planet goes round the Sun.
    True
    False
  • Mercury rotates roughly twice as fast as Venus
    True (a day on Mercury is about 58 Earth days and on Venus it's 116 days, meaning Mercury rotates twice as fast)
  • Jupiter has the shortest day
    True (Despite being the biggest planet, Jupiter's day is just 9 hours, 56 minutes long)
  • On Earth a day last 24 hours
    Fast
    True
  • The length of a day depends on how big a planet is.
    False (the size of a planet has nothing to do with how long its days are)
  • On Neptune, one day lasts 16 hours, 6 minutes
    True
    False