Venus is very bright and reflective because of its   a. high surface temperatures   b. large number of active volcanoes   c. thick cover of sulfuric-acid clouds   d. planet-wide oceans

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Venus is very bright and reflective because of its

  a.

high surface temperatures

  b.

large number of active volcanoes

  c.

thick cover of sulfuric-acid clouds

  d.

planet-wide oceans

2.

The first six Soviet Venera landers failed to return pictures and data from Venus because they all

  a.

got excessively corroded during their passage through Venus's sulfuric-acid clouds

  b.

fell too slowly through Venus's thick atmosphere and got fried before landing

  c.

missed their rendezvous withe Venus because of errors in their orbits

  d.

got cancelled due to technical or budgetary problems

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