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MEET MARS, THE FOURTH PLANET FROM THE SUN.
ANSWERS
1. True: Mars is named after the Roman god of war.
2. False: Mars has two small moons Deimos and Phobos.
3. False: The brightest star in the Earth’s night sky is Sirius. Mars appears as a bright
orange star
4. False: The surface of Mars is like an icy dusty desert, with a lot of sandy craters and
canyons.
5. True: It has days and nights like our planet. The Martian day is 24.6 hours, just over 24
hours.
6. True: The Martian year, the time it takes to rotate the sun, is almost twice that of
Earth. One Mars year is 669 Mars days.
7. True: Mars can be seen from Earth with the naked eye.
8. True: The Martian winter, spring, summer and fall are similar to Earth’s.