Basics
Mars Exploration
Mars vs. Earth
Moons
Misc.
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What is the main element in the atmosphere of Mars?
Carbon Dioxide
100
What is the name of the 2 missions that sent rovers to Mars in search of life?
The Viking Missions
100
Mars's season are how much longer than Earth's?
Twice as long
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What is the larger moon of Mars that translates to "fear"?
Phobos
100
What is the Mars pathfinder landing site?
Ares Vallis
200
What is the nickname of Mars?
"The Red Planet"
200
What is the first rover to land on Mars?
The Sojourner Truth
200
What is the number of minutes that a Martian day is longer than Earth?
37 minutes
200
What is Phobos's orbital period?
7.66 hours
200
What is one day on Mars?
A Sol.
300
What the 4th planet from the sun?
Mars.
300
What is the name lander that landed on Mars on July 4th, 1997?
Mars Pathfinder
300
What is the number of Earth days in one Martian year?
687
300
What is the smaller moon of Mars that translates to "terror"
Deimos
300
What is the angle of the tilt of Mars's axis?
25.5 degrees
400
The only traces of water on Mars are where?
the polar ice caps
400
What spacecraft performed the frst succesful Mars flyby?
Mariner IV
400
What is the size of Mars compared to that of Earth?
1/2 diameter
400
What is Deimos's orbital period?
30.35 hours
400
What is the largest volcano on Mars and the entire solar system?
Olympus Mons
500
Mars is named after the Roman god of what?
The God of War
500
What is the method in which the Mars pathfinder landed?
A parachute and a giant system of airbags.
500
How much is Mars's atmospheric pressure less than Earth?
1%
500
Phobos and Deimos are thought to be what?
Captured Asteroids
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What is the largest canyon on Mars and the entire solar system?
Valles Marineris
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