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Quiz: How much do you know about the planet Mars?
Test your knowledge.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, Nasa’s Mars Perseverance rover landed on the red planet to begin its search for traces of life.
The mission is to explore and collect samples for future return to Earth from diverse ancient environments on Mars.
Over the course of several years, it will attempt to collect 30 rock and soil samples in sealed tubes, to be eventually sent back to Earth sometime in the 2030s for lab analysis.
So, let’s see how much you know about the red planet…
Mars is the ___ planet from the sun?
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First
Second
Third
Fourth
What is the average temperature on Mars?
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-60 degrees Celsius
-13 degrees Celsius
16 degrees Celsius
21 degrees Celsius
How many moons does Mars have?
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1
2
3
4
Mars is larger than Venus. True or false?
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True
False
Mars is home to the highest mountain in our solar system, a volcano called…
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Doom Mons
Triton
Olympus Mons
Tharsis Rise
A year on Mars is how many Earth days long?
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365
687
294
712
The red planet is named after the Roman god Mars. What is he the god of?
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War
Peace
Love
Wisdom
95% of the atmosphere of Mars is made up of…
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Argon
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Carbon dioxide
Water has been discovered on Mars.
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True
False
And finally... who invented the Mars bar?
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Marcella Jones
Forrest Mars
Victoria B Mars
Marcel Reid
You scored out of !
Top Dog
Pawsitively perfect
You scored out of !
Clever Cat!
Almost purrfect
You scored out of !
Fintastic
Flippin good
You scored out of !
What are ewe doing?!
Baaaaaaad.
You scored out of !
Turtley Awful!
Shell of a bad effort.
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