Interesting Facts About Mars – Science Game

This science game helps children practice about Mars. If you've ever wondered if Mars is habitable, here are some interesting facts. Mars is the second smallest planet in our solar system after Mercury. Its atmosphere was oxygen-rich four billion years ago. In fact, its soil is suitable for growing asparagus. Its largest sand storms are in July and August. Mars was first seen by Galileo Galilei in 1610.

Opportunity rover
After landing on Mars in 2004, the Opportunity rover travelled across the planet to study an impact crater. While there, it collected soil samples and took panoramic photographs of the landing site. This information allowed scientists to formulate hypotheses about the planet. After leaving this crater, Opportunity was directed to another location on Mars: Endurance crater. The mission was successful, and Opportunity has made significant contributions toward accomplishing the primary science goals of the mission. The rover also has collected atmospheric data and astronomical observations.
Curiosity rover
The name Curiosity, which means "friend" in Latin, has become an extremely popular nickname for the rover on Mars. Its technical name is Mars Science Laboratory, but the common name is Curiosity, because it has a lot of people's hearts on it. The rover is a high-tech space vehicle that uses a radioisotope power system to generate electricity from plutonium radioactive decay. Curiosity was designed to last for a few years, but its power system has already exceeded its design lifespan.
Perseverance rover
NASA is gearing up to launch a Mars 2020 mission, including the Mars Perseverance rover and Ingenuity small robotic coaxial helicopter. The two vehicles will work together to explore the Red Planet. The rover will be responsible for gathering data about the Martian terrain. The Ingenuity small robotic helicopter will provide navigational data to the Perseverance rover. If these missions are successful, they will launch humans to Mars.
Valles Marineris
The massive canyon system of Valles Marineris on Mars is made up of three distinct terrain types. The walls of the canyons are essentially made of volcanic rock, while the surrounding terrain is dominated by layered deposits. This type of terrain is common on Mars, but the formation processes are unknown. In fact, these canyons likely drained water, but it's not yet known what the water was made of.
Olympus Mons
One of the most amazing Olympus Mons facts about Mars is its size. The volcanoes on Mars are 10 to 100 times larger than those on Earth. They also have longer lava flows because of the lower gravity on Mars' surface. So if you want to know more about Olympus Mons, keep reading! Besides being huge, Olympus Mons is also unusually low-relief.
Temperatures on Mars
If you live in the northern hemisphere of Earth, you know about the cold winters. But what about temperatures on Mars? These are still an enigma, but we do know that Martian nighttime temperatures can drop as low as -280 degrees Fahrenheit (-180 degrees Celsius) at the end of the day. What's more, Martian winters are much longer and colder than Earth's, even though both are 78 million miles away from the Sun.
Volcanoes on Mars
Scientists recently discovered an eruption on Mars. It would be the newest eruption ever detected on Mars. This eruption was discovered using data from Mars orbiting satellites. Because Mars is a differentiated body, it contains a crust, mantle, and core. These layers are related and hot blobs of material rise to the surface. Such hot blobs feed inter-plate volcanism. In other words, Mars has volcanoes similar to Earth's.
Seasons on Mars
Seasons on Mars are much like those on Earth, but there are differences. Mars has only 10 percent of Earth's eccentricity and no oceans. The seasons on Mars are polar and aphelion. There are large temperature variations between aphelion and perihelion. Mars experiences dust storms that are as fine as cigarette ash. These storms can cause dust devils and dust storms are more common during the perihelion season.
Atmosphere on Mars
The Martian atmosphere is very thin. The surface pressure is less than 0.7% of Earth's, but atmospheric pressure on Mars changes seasonally. During winter, carbon dioxide freezes on the polar cap. When the polar cap warms up, carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. It is impossible to know what the atmosphere on Mars looks like on a daily basis, but researchers can estimate its composition. This article explains how the atmosphere on Mars differs from Earth's.
Surface temperatures on Mars
The differences in surface temperatures across the planet's different regions and periods are important for understanding the distribution of water and ice. The current mean annual surface temperatures on Mars range from 154 kelvin at the poles to 218 kelvin at the equator. This range is likely to increase over time, owing to geothermal heating that may occur from natural radioactive materials in the crust. Although no precise temperature data have yet been determined, the findings of past research suggest that water is present at many locations of the martian surface.