Mission to Mars

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

• Earth

• Mars

Mars receives more or less sunlight than Earth?

• less

• more

The fourth planet from the Sun is ____.

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

How many Earth days is a year on Mars?

• 24 hours and 37 minutes

• 365 days

• 687 days

The time for a planet to make one revolution (orbit) around the Sun is a ____.

• day

• month

• year

• decade

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

How long is a day on Mars?

• 24 hours

• 24 hours and 37 minutes

• 365 days

• 687 days

What is the average temperature on Mars?

• 0 degrees Fahrenheit

• -81 degrees Fahrenheit

• 81 degrees Fahrenheit

• -284 degrees Fahrenheit

How hot can it get on Mars?

• 100 degrees Fahrenheit

• -81 degrees Fahrenheit

• 86 degrees Fahrenheit

• 284 degrees Fahrenheit

The atmosphere in Mars is less dense or

more dense than Earth?

• less dense

• more dense

Why is Mars unable to hold much heat?

• Because Mars has a thin atmosphere

• Because Mars has an atmosphere made mostly of oxygen

• Because Mars does not have an atmosphere