MARS

Scientist believes that 3.5 billion years ago Mars experienced...

the largest flood known in the solar system and it might have turned into lakes or shallow oceans

What allowded scientist to begin studying Mars prior to launching missions?

Pieces of mars falling to earth

Valles Marineris canyon

Stretched 4,000 km along Mars equator and deep as 7 km. Could stretch right across the USA

Olympus Mons

Tallest mountain in the solar system. Shield volcano.

Who called it Ares after their god of war?

The Greeks

Who associated the planet's red color to their god of war?

The Romans

How did Chinese astronomers called mars?

The fire star

How did Egyptian priest called mars?

The red one

Dark blotches on the surface of mars were interprted as

lakes or oceans ans some even saw dark lines crisscrossing the surface but they weres just optical illusions and mars is a dry dusrty desert

Martian days

24 hours; 39 min; 35sec

Surface winds are up to

40 meters per sec (80 miles per hour)

150 on earth

47 pounds on mars

revovles around the sun every

687 earth days

Atmosphere consist of __% carbon dioxide, _% nitrogen, _._% argon and traces of...

95%; 3%, 1.6%; water and oxygen

Why would you die immediately in Mars surface without spacesuit?

Because of the cold temperatures and because of the thin atmosphere.

Why is mars red?

Because of the dust and rocks being rich in iron

half the size of _____ and twice the size of ______

Earth, moon

Air pressure at the surface of Mars is only ___% the pressure we enjoy here on earth

1%

Phobos and Deimos

Two irregular moons, phobos is the largest and deimos the smallest

Largest dust storms

can last for months ad cover the entire planet.

Described as

cold desert planet

Mars is the ______ planet from the sun

fourth

Sun appears....

half the size as it does on Earth

Farthest point from the sun

northern hemisphere: leans toward sun ; long and mild summer southern hemisphere: lengthy, cold winter

Closest point to the sun

southern hemisphere: leans toward the sun; short and intense hot summer northern hemisphere: cold winter