Basics
What is the main element in the atmosphere of Mars?
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Carbon Dioxide
What is the name of the mission that sent rovers to Mars in search of life?
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The Viking Missions
Mars's season are how much longer than Earth's?
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Twice as long
What is the larger moon of Mars that translates to "fear"?
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Phobos
What is the Mars pathfinder landing site?
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Ares Vallis
What is the nickname of Mars?
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"The Red Planet"
What is the first rover to land on Mars?
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The Sojourner Truth
What is the number of minutes that a Martian day is longer than Earth?
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37 minutes
What is Phobos's orbital period?
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7.66 hours
What is one day on Mars?
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A Sol.
What the 4th planet from the sun?
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Mars.
What is the name lander that landed on Mars on July 4th, 1997?
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Mars Pathfinder
What is the number of Earth days in one Martian year?
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687
What is the smaller moon of Mars that translates to "terror"
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Deimos
What is the angle of the tilt of Mars's axis?
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25.5 degrees
**The only traces of water on Mars are where?
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the polar ice caps
What spacecraft performed the frst succesful Mars flyby?
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Mariner IV
What is the size of Mars compared to that of Earth?
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1/2 diameter
What is Deimos's orbital period?
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30.35 hours
What is the largest volcano on Mars and the entire solar system?
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Olympus Mons
Mars is named after the Roman god of what?
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The God of War
How much is Mars's atmospheric pressure less than Earth?
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1%
Phobos and Deimos are thought to be what?
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Captured Asteroids
What is the largest canyon on Mars and the entire solar system?
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Valles Marineris