On Earth
This amount of Earth is covered by water.
71% or about 3/4ths of the surface
Mars is known for being this color, even when seen by the human eye from Earth.
What is Red?
Given the following two items, what is important to know about the moon's atmosphere?
100 lbs. oxygen tanks and a box of matches
What is that there is no atmosphere on the moon?
or what is that there is no oxygen on the moon?
This modern day communication device would currently be useless if you were living on a colony on Mars.
What is a cell phone?
Earth has this many natural satellites.
One - the moon!
This force is what holds us to the Earth's surface.
What is gravity?
The surface gravity on Mars is ____ than the surface gravity on Earth.
Less
Besides a lack of breathable atmosphere, this is another reason you would need a space suit on the moon.
What is temperature?
*The average temperature on the Moon (at the equator and mid latitudes) varies from -298 degrees Fahrenheit (-183 degrees Celsius), at night, to 224 degrees Fahrenheit (106 degrees Celsius) during the day.
In order to save engine fuel on the way to the space colony, scientists have suggested bringing edible plants in this form.
What are seeds/seedlings?
Mars is ______ in size than Earth.
What is smaller?
This planet is next in line after earth if you were headed to mars.
What is mars?
The atmosphere on Mars is made up of mainly this compound which, although not helpful to humans, is helpful to plants.
What is carbon dioxide?
A silk parachute could be useful for this if you were walking a long distance across the lighted side.
What is sunblock/ a shield from the suns rays?
Decreased pressure on the spine in zero-g causes most space travelers to grow about this many inches.
What is two?
The US sent a space mission to be first to land on the moon in this year.
What is 1969?
What shape is earth's orbit around the sun?
What is elliptical?
*like an oval
Water on Mars is in this form or state of matter.
What is frozen? or What is solid?
The four basic phases of the moon in order
What are new, waxing, full, and waning?
This would happen to your bones in space if you were to spend several months outside of Earth's gravity.
What is become less dense?
A day on Mars is only slightly _______ than a day on Earth.
What is longer?
Seasons on Earth are the result of...
(explain why we have seasons on earth)
Answer must include mention of:
-Earth's elliptical orbit around sun
-tilted axis of Earth
-angle of sun's rays affecting exposure of geography to light for varying times
This element gives Mars its ruddy/reddish hue.
What is iron?
The moon has this amount (in %) of gravity compared to the Earth; thus if you weighed 100 lbs on Earth, you would weigh 16.2 lbs on the moon.
What is between 16 and 17%?
In space, without the pull of gravity, the blood moves to the upper body and head. Water in the body also does the same thing. It makes astronauts' faces look puffy. Blood and water are fluids in the body that move from the bottom of the body to the top. The brain thinks that there are too many fluids. It will tell the body to make ____.
What is less?
He was the first person to set foot on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?