Facts About Mars by Mrs. DeTore https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku Made with no regrets, whatsoever en-us 2016-10-07 17:48:30 UTC 2017-05-17 05:46:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Planets.png https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132181829
  • The Red Planet, as Mars is often called, is the fourth planet from the sun (Earth is the third). ...

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  • Polar Ice Caps – Mars has both North and South polar ice caps, much like Earth.

    • ]]>     2016-10-20 18:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132182871     https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132184178 Mars is the second smallest planet inthe solar system and the last of the terrestrial planets.]]> 2016-10-20 18:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132184178 https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132184919 For many years, scientists wondered if life could exist on Mars, sometimes called the Red Planet. ]]> 2016-10-20 18:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132184919 https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132186954  Giant canyons and crevices mark the surface and scientists believe Mars once had lots of water. Today, though, only a little ice can be found.]]> 2016-10-20 18:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132186954  Mars has huge volcanoes and craters. The temperature is very cold, but it might have been warmer a few million years ago. https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132187689 2016-10-20 18:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132187689 t4 https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132704012 Mars has a very thin atmosphere made mostly of carbon dioxide. It is not thick enough to trap the sun's heat like Venus, so the planet is very cold. ]]> 2016-10-24 14:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132704012 t4 https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132707062  In a lot of ways, Mars looks a lot like our home, though instead of blue oceans and green land, Mars is home to an ever present red tint.]]> 2016-10-24 14:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132707062 Named after the Roman god of war, Mars is also often described as the “Red Planet” due to its reddish appearance https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132710977 2016-10-24 14:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132710977 t4 https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132712211  While a year on Mars might be almost twice as long as a year on Earth, the length of a day there is almost identical.]]> 2016-10-24 14:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132712211 t4 https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132712968 . These seasons are much longer than Earth seasons because Mars is so much farther from the sun.]]> 2016-10-24 14:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132712968 t4 https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132713414  the average high during a Martian summer day is 23 degrees F (-5 degrees C) – ]]> 2016-10-24 14:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132713414 t4 https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132714348 Mars is not much farther from the Sun than Earth. As a result, a typical year on Mars is 1 year and 687 days. ]]> 2016-10-24 14:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132714348 t4 https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132715016  A Martian day is 24 hours and 39 minutes long, less than an hour longer than a day on Earth.
     
    ]]>     2016-10-24 14:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132715016     t4 https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132715776  on Mars is the largest mountain in the solar system at more than 25 kilometers high .]]> 2016-10-24 14:37:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132715776 https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132716086  is the largest canyon in the solar system, stretching 4,000 kilometers across the planet’s surface. ]]> 2016-10-24 14:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132716086 t4 https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132717503
  • Mars has very weak gravity which cannot hold onto the atmosphere well.

    • ]]>     2016-10-24 14:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132717503     https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132718407  Its reddish color comes from the high amounts of iron oxide on its surface. ]]> 2016-10-24 14:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132718407 https://padlet.com/cdetore/3ttbazsa11ku/wish/132719208 It is a terrestrial planet which means that it has a hard rocky surface that you could walk on

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