Basic Facts
Exploration
Mars vs. Earth
Greek Mythology
Geography
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What is the main element in the atmosphere of Mars?
Carbon Dioxide
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What is the name of the 2 missions that sent rovers to Mars in search of life?
The Viking Missions
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Mars's seasons are how much longer than Earth's?
Twice as long
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What were the people that worshiped Ares?
The Spartans
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What is the largest volcano on Mars?
Olympus Mons
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What is the nickname of Mars?
The Red Planet
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What is the first rover to land on Mars?
The Sojourner Truth
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What is the number of minutes that a Martian day is longer than Earth?
37 minutes
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What was Ares represented as?
A god who caused trouble, conflict, and many murders
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What are some geographic features that Mars is known for?
Volcanoes, canyons,valleys, ice caps
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What number is Mars from the Sun?
4th planet
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What is the name lander that landed on Mars on July 4th of 1997?
Mars Pathfinder
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What is the number of Earth days in one Martian year?
687 days
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What animals represented Ares?
barn owl, vulture, and woodpecker
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What gives Mars its red color?
Rust
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What is the only trace of water on Mars?
the polar ice caps
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What is the spacecraft that performed the first successful Mars flyby?
Mariner IV
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What is the size of Mars compared to that of Earth?
1/2 diameter
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What were the main symbols of Ares
That he would carry a spear and torch
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What is Mars primarily composed of?
Balslt
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What is the Roman god that Mars is named after?
Ares, the God of War
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What is the method in which the Mars pathfinder landed?
A parachute and a giant system of airbags
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How much is Mars's atmospheric pressure less than Earth?
1%
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What described Ares character?
He was bloody, brutal, a coward, unskilled, and an obnoxious god that was a fierce, young warrior.
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What is the year that the first map of Mars was drawn?
1840
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