The Answers To These 10 True Or False Questions About Mars Are Out Of This World
The Answers To These 10 True Or False Questions About Mars Are Out Of This World
No, we are not talking about Bruno or Veronica. So hop on a rover and find out how much you truly know the "red planet".
The "red planet" has captivated the human race for as long as we've been able to look up at the sky. In the past hundred years, we have learned more about Mars than our ancestors could've ever dreamed.
But have you taken advantage of that knowledge? Take this True-or-False quiz to see if you are a true Mars expert:
No, we are not talking about Bruno or Veronica. So hop on a rover and find out how much you truly know the "red planet".
The "red planet" has captivated the human race for as long as we've been able to look up at the sky. In the past hundred years, we have learned more about Mars than our ancestors could've ever dreamed.
But have you taken advantage of that knowledge? Take this True-or-False quiz to see if you are a true Mars expert:
The Answers To These 10 True Or False Questions About Mars Are Out Of This World
Astronomer Percival Lowell discovered the existence of canals on Mars almost certainly built by intelligent life.
Mars is home to Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the entire Solar System.
Mars has a "doomed" moon that is destined to crash into the planet surface within 50 million years.
An unprotected astronaut could survive in Mars' Earth-like atmosphere for several hours.
If you weigh 100 lbs on Earth, you'd only weigh 28 lbs on Mars!
Earth's atmosphere is a majority 78% Nitrogen while Mars' atmosphere is a majority 96% methane.
Mars is much colder than Earth! The average temperature is minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (-60 degrees Celsius)
Because of Mars' elliptical, oval-shaped orbit, it has more mild seasons than on Earth.
The first person to see Mars with a telescope was the famous Galileo Galilei.
A Martian year lasts 687 days — so you're nearly half as many years old there!