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MARS

MARS. Why Mars?. History and Naming. Mars is named after the ancient Roman God of War because of its bloody red color. Romans copied the Greeks, who named the fourth planet from the sun after their god of war Ares.

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MARS

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  1. MARS

  2. Why Mars?

  3. History and Naming • Mars is named after the ancient Roman God of War because of its bloody red color. • Romans copied the Greeks, who named the fourth planet from the sun after their god of war Ares. • The bright rust color Mars is known for its iron-rich minerals in its regolith.

  4. Surface • This planet surface has seen: • volcanoes, • Meteor impacts, • shifting tectonic plates, • huge dust storms.

  5. Geology • Thin and cold atmosphere, which does not allow water tosurvive for a length of time. • Half the diameter of Earth, even though they have the same amount of dry land. • Has the largest volcanoes in the solar system. • Fourth planet from the sun. • Seventh largest planet.

  6. Climate • Much cooler than Earth • Temperature is about minus 80 degrees F( minus 60 degrees C) • Carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere is 100 times less dense than Earths. • Frequent dust storms.

  7. Composition and Structure • 95.32 percent carbon dioxide • 2.7 percent nitrogen • 1.6 percent argon • 0.13 percent oxygen • 0.08 percent carbon monoxide

  8. Contains • Minor amounts of water • Nitrogen oxide • Neon • Hydrogen-deuterium-oxygen • Krypton • Xenon

  9. The Moons Of Mars • Phobos and Deimos were discovered by American astronomer Asaph Hall over the course of a week in 1877. • It remains a mystery how they was formed.

  10. See What You Learned • Quiz Time Don’t disappoint Mars.

  11. Funny Video THE CHEAT SONG

  12. Work Cited • http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/mars-article/ • http://www.space.com/47-mars-the-red-planet-fourth-planet-from-the-sun.html Earth Now Mars Later

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