Harbours to Highlands A Geography Manual
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"The Solar System"
Supplementary Exercise -- Mars*

Space missions have been successful in getting photos and information about Mars. In 1965, the Mariner 3 took the first close-up pictures of Mars. If we could land on Mars, what do you think we would find?
Do some research and choose the correct answers to the multiple choice questions below.
 

1. Mars has:
  a) lot of water b) very little water.
2. Every twenty-four hours, the Earth makes one complete rotation on its axis.
  a) Mars takes more time. b) Mars takes less time.
3. The Earth's axis is tilted 23 ½ degrees. Mars is:
  a) not tilted. b) tilted 23 ½ degrees like Earth
  c) tilted 25 degrees.  
4. Mars has seasons like the Earth.  
  a) This statement is true. b) This statement is false.
5. The red color that Mars has is caused by:
  a) fire. b) red dust and rocks.
  c) fumes.  
6. Mars' atmosphere has clouds.  
  a) This statement is true. b) This statement is false.
7. The different colors on Mars are caused by:
  a) blowing sand. b) vegetation.
  c) rocks  
(View answers)
   
  * For sources to this exercise, see the Answer Key.

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