Wednesday, November 24, 2010

What I've Learned About Mars

What I've Learned About Mars


1. There are signs of water on Mars.
2. There might be life there.

3. Mars is red because of iron dust.
4. NASA is sending rovers like Opportunity and Spirit to the surface.

5. The rovers have found ice which melts underneath the surface.
6. Part of Mars used to be an ocean. They know this because of the kinds of rocks and the minerals on the surface.
7.
Small spherical "blueberries" are like rocks on the ocean bottom.
8. Mars wobb
les because it has two moons and because it has a very small magnetic field.
9. The south pole has more ice and the north pole has less.
10. Some of the theories about Mars are that it was hit by a giant meteorite that shattered the surface and the atmosp
here blew off into space.
11. There are huge volcanoes on Mars--much bigger than Earth
's.
12. NASA is working on vehicles to get humans to Mars to explore.

Dictated by Isaiah 11.24.10