Mars is known by what nickname due to its covering of soil, rock, and dust?
Mars is named after the Roman god of what?
Mars has 2 small moons. Can you name both?
What was the name of the spacecraft that made the first ever successful landing on Mars on July 20, 1976?
How long is a year on Mars: (a) 287 days, (b) 487 days, or (c) 687 days?
Mars is home to the highest mountain in our solar system. Can you name it?
95% of Mars' atmosphere is composed of which chemical compound?
Mars is what number planet from the sun?
What are Martian days called?
Who was the first person to observe Mars with a telescope?
Which Dutch astronomer was the first person to draw a map of Mars displaying terrain and features?
Is the minimum distance from Earth to Mars 3.4 million miles or 34 million miles?
Answers
Red Planet (iron oxide gives the surface a red rusty colour)
Roman god of war.
Phobos and Deimos (of interest, Phobos has a diameter of 13.8 miles while Deimos measures 7.8 miles across. Compare that to our Moon's diameter of 2,159 miles.)
Viking 1
(c) 687 days
Olympus Mons (a dormant volcano)
Carbon dioxide
4th planet from the sun
Sols (short for "solar day)
Galileo Galilei (1610)
Christiaan Huygens
34 million miles (note: for comparison, the Moon is an average of 238,855 miles from Earth.)