Science quiz: Mars is more than just the red planet
Visual: Name this NASA mission that definitively recorded the first quakes on Mars in addition to seismic waves in a layer 5.4 km beneath Mars’s floor.
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Name this NASA mission (proven on the image) that definitively recorded the first quakes on Mars in addition to, lately, that discovered seismic waves decelerate in a layer 5.4 km beneath Mars’s floor.
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The earth has blue skies throughout the day and red-orange sunsets whereas Mars has red-orange skies throughout the day and blue sunsets. This is as a result of Rayleigh scattering dominates on the earth whereas X dominates on Mars. Name X.
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Mars doesn’t have a world magnetic area right now however scientists imagine it did in the previous. The proof is in the type of the imprint of an historical magnetic area recorded in _______ __________ accessible to review on the earth, similar to ALH84001. Fill in the blanks.
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Because Mars has no water on its floor, it has no ___ _____. Scientists adjusted by adopting an imaginary floor known as the areoid as the reference floor on the planet. Fill in the blanks.
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One of the options of the areoid (from Q3) is that the atmospheric strain at this floor is solely 610.5 pascal, which permits water to exist in its ______ _____: i.e. when its strong, liquid, and gasoline phases can coexist (relying on temperature). Fill in the blanks.
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Scientists should not clear the place Mars’s moons got here from, though their similarity to sure asteroids suggests Mars captured them from the asteroid belt. Name the moons.
Published – May 14, 2025 05:00 pm IST