🌡️ Hot or cold?

🦉 Closer to the Sun usually means hotter, but not always. Three worlds a round: which is hottest?

Peabody is getting the questions ready…

The answers, and why

Which is the hottest on average? (Round 1) 🌍 Earth. Earth averages 15 °C. Earth is the hottest of the three.
Which is the hottest on average? (Round 2) 🪨 Mercury. Mercury averages 167 °C. Mercury is the hottest of the three.
Which is the hottest on average? (Round 3) 🪐 Saturn. Saturn averages -140 °C. Saturn is the hottest of the three.
Which is the hottest on average? (Round 4) 🌕 Venus. Venus averages 464 °C. Venus is hottest: its thick air traps the heat, even though Mercury is closer to the Sun.
Which is the hottest on average? (Round 5) ☀️ Sun. The Sun's surface is about 5,500 °C. Sun is the hottest of the three.
Which is the hottest on average? (Round 6) 🪨 Mercury. Mercury averages 167 °C. Mercury is the hottest of the three.
Which is the hottest on average? (Round 7) 🌕 Venus. Venus averages 464 °C. Venus is hottest: its thick air traps the heat, even though Mercury is closer to the Sun.
Which is the hottest on average? (Round 8) 🌍 Earth. Earth averages 15 °C. Earth is the hottest of the three.
Which is the hottest on average? (Round 9) 🌙 Moon. Moon averages -20 °C. Moon is the hottest of the three.
Which is the hottest on average? (Round 10) 🌕 Venus. Venus averages 464 °C. Venus is hottest: its thick air traps the heat, even though Mercury is closer to the Sun.

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