Traveler s Guide to the Planets Mars Video Worksheet 1. Mars is called the planet. a. blue c. green b. red d. grey 2. Which of the following features are found on Mars? (There are two or more answers to this question.) a. Polar ice caps d. Canyons b. Oceans e. Volcanoes c. Lakes 3. A day on Mars is minutes longer than a day on Earth. (Enter a 4. Mars has seasons. 5. This was the mission of the Viking landers. a. Look for ice. c. Look for rocks. b. Look for life. 6. There are no clouds in the Martian sky. 7. It is believed that valleys on Mars were carved by a. lava. c. flowing water. b. Marsquakes. d. sink holes. 8. Mars is red because of rust.
9. What is the color of the Martian sky? a. Blue c. Red b. Green d. Amber 10. Mars has two moons. What are their names? (There are two answers to this question.) a. Deimos c. Europa b. Enceladus d. Phobos 11. How many missions to Mars have failed? a. ¼ c. ½ b. 2/3 d. ¾ 12. It would take years to get to Mars and back. (Enters a 13. There is enough air for humans to breathe on Mars. 14. There are craters blasted into the surface of Mars each year. (Enter a 15. The daytime temperature is about degrees. (Enter a number). 16. The nighttime temperature of mars is about degrees below zero. (Enter a 17. There have been duststorms that have covered the entire surface of Mars. 18. This may have been responsible for creating Valles Marineris. a. Lava c. Water b. Meteorites
19. The volcano, Olympus Mons, is miles high. (Enter a 20. Things are larger on Mars because of Mars s lower gravity. 21. To find life on Mars, you must find this. a. Lava c. Water b. Meteorites 22. The Mars Phoenix lander found this just below the surface. a. Dry ice c. Molten lava b. Water ice 23. Some scientists believe life on Earth came from Mars.
Traveler s Guide to the Planets Mars Video Worksheet 1. Mars is called the planet. b. red 2. Which of the following features are found on Mars? (There are two or more answers to this question.) a. polar ice caps, d. canyons, e. volcanoes 3. A day on Mars is minutes longer than a day on Earth. (Enter a 40 4. Mars has seasons. 5. This was the mission of the Viking landers. b. Look for life. 6. There are no clouds in the Martian sky. b. False 7. It is believed that valleys on Mars were carved by c. flowing water. 8. Mars is red because of rust.
9. What is the color of the Martian sky? d. Amber 10. Mars has two moons. What are their names? (There are two answers to this question.) a. Deimos, d. Phobos 11. How many missions to Mars have failed? b. 2/3 12. It would take years to get to Mars and back. (Enters a 3 13. There is enough air for humans to breather on Mars. b. False 14. There are craters blasted into the surface of Mars each year. (Enter a 200 15. The daytime temperature is about degrees. (Enter a number). 30 16. The nighttime temperature of mars is about degrees below zero. (Enter a 100 17. There have been duststorms that have covered the entire surface of Mars.
18. This may have been responsible for creating Valles Marineris. a. Lava c. Water b. Meteorites 19. The volcano, Olympus Mons, is miles high. (Enter a 17 20. Things are larger on Mars because of Mars s lower gravity. 21. To find life on Mars, you must find this. c. Water 22. The Mars Phoenix lander found this just below the surface. b. Water ice 23. Some scientists believe life on Earth came from Mars.
Traveler s Guide to the Planets Mars Video Worksheet 1. b 2. a, d, e (5 choices) 3. 40 4. a (2 choices) 5. b (3 choices) 6. b (2 choices) 7. c 8. a (2 choices) 9. d 10. a, d 11. b 12. 3 13. b (2 choices) 14. 200 15. 30 16. 100 17. a (2 choices) 18. c (3 choices) 19. 17 20. a (2 choices) 21. c 22. b (3 choices) 23. a (2 choices) Scoring Guide Scoring Guide 23 4 22 3.5 19-21 3 17-18 2.5 15-16 2 13-14 1.5 11-12 1 1-10.5 0 0