The statement Venus has an average surface temperature higher than that of Mercury is true, because of the presence of the high amount of carbon dioxide.
What is surface temperature?
Every body has outer surface and inner surface, so if we talk about the temperature of outer surface then we will use the word surface temperature.
As we know that carbon dioxide is a green house gas, it means this gas increase the temperature by trapping the heat content. In the Venus atmosphere high amount of carbon dioxide is present and this atmosphere traps the heat coming from the sun and have a higher surface temperature as compare to Mercury. Because in Mercury atmosphere is absent.
Hence, given statement is true.
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