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quiz about Mars

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True or false? Mars is named after the Roman God of war

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True or fase? Mars is the second planet from the sun in our solar system.

False. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun in our solar system.

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True or false? Mars is also called the ‘Red Planet’ because, it has red colour!

False. Depending on what minerals are around, some landscapes can be more golden, brown, tan, or even a little greenish.

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True or false? Mars is the second smallest planet in the solar system after Mercury.

True.

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True or false? Mars is half the size of Earth.

True.

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True or false? It's really hot on Mars.

False. At the equator, temperatures can reach 20°C, but at its poles -140°C.

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True or false? There are plenty of mountins on Mars, but all of them are not very high.

False. Mars is home to the highest mountain in our solar system – a volcano "Olympus Mons". It's 24 km high, it’s about three times higher than Mount Everest

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True or false? You could jump around three times higher on Mars than you can on Earth.

True. This is because the planet’s gravity – the force that keeps us on the ground – is much weaker.

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True or false? Mars has two moons!

True. One is called Phobos and the other Deimos.

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True or false? a year on Mars lasts 389 days.

False. A year on Mars lasts 687 Earth days!

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True or false? The first spacecraft to land on Mars touched the surface in 1976.

True. The first spacecraft to land on Mars were the Viking Landers in 1976.

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