Mars: The Red Planet Questions
- Find and copy the correct word to complete the sentence.
Mars is named after the God of war.
- Which of these are reasons why Mars is a good place to explore?
- Mars gets enough sunlight to use solar power.
- A day on Mars is very short.
- There is no gravity on Mars.
- There is a little water in the soil on Mars.
- How many moons does Mars have and what are their names?
Mars has 2 moons called Phobos and Deimos
- What is a day called on Mars and how long is it?
A day is called a sol and is only a little longer than an earth's day
approximately 24 hours 39 minutes and 35 seconds long.
- Find and copy a word from the text which means ‘working’
moving.
- Write true or false next to the following statements.
- Venus is so hot that lead would melt on its surface. True
- Mars has a diameter of 6,793km. False
- A day on Mars is slightly shorter than a day on Earth. False
- Which planet has the highest possible temperature: Earth or
- Mars? Earth
- Why does it seem odd at first that NASA has chosen to
- explore Mars and not Venus? Because Venus is closer to Earth than Mars.
- Look at the section titled ‘The Mars Rover’. What other subtitle
- could you use for this section? Explain why you have chosen it.
The robotic car because that is what the mars rover is.
10. Look at the section titled ‘Why Mars?’. Why do you think the author has put the facts about Mars into bullet points? So reading can see the main facts more clearly.
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