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Timetogettoknowthe"Red"Planetalittlebitbetter.

Inordertounderstandtheplanetyouaregoingtobecolonizingitisagoodideatodoa
littleresearchcomparingtheMarstoEarth.Usethelinksbelow,(orfindyourown)to
answerthequestions.PostyourresponsestotheMars/Earthcomparisonpageonyour
Weebly
.

Mars

LengthofDay(rotation)

24hours40minutes

24hours

LengthofYear(revolution)

687Earthdays

365days

DistancefromSun

141.6millionmiles

92.96millionmiles

Diameter(Size)

4,212miles

7,917.5miles

NumberofSatellites
(moons)

CompositionofAtmosphere 95.32%CarbonDioxide
and2.7%Nitrogen

Earth

nitrogen(78%),oxygen
(21%),argon(1%),andthen
traceamountsofcarbon
dioxide,neon,helium,
methane,krypton,hydrogen,
nitrousoxide,xenon,ozone,
iodine,carbonmonoxide,and
ammonia.Loweraltitudesalso
havequantitiesofwater
vapor.

LayersofAtmosphere

TheatmosphereofMars
isdividedintoonlythree
layers.

Excludingtheexosphere,
Earthhasfourprimary
layers,whicharethe
troposphere,stratosphere,
mesosphere,and
thermosphere.

AverageTemperatureofthe
Surface(C)

55celsius

15celsius

AverageGravitationalPull

3.711m/s

9.807m/s

(Gravity)
TheEarthistiltedby23.5
degrees

TiltofAxisindegrees
(Seasons)

25degrees

Thicknessoflayersofthe
planet

Core1700kminradius
040kmCrust
mantleasthickasEarth's 40400kmUppermantle
andacrust80kmthick
400650kmTransition

region
6502700kmLowermantle
27002890kmD''layer
28905150kmOutercore
51506378kmInnercore
CompositionofCrust

ThecrustofMarsmostly
includesvolcanicbasalt
rock.

PossibleNaturalResources Air,water,soil,plants,

Thecrustismadeofminerals
androcks.

Oxygen,hydrogen,soil,

animals,minerals,space,
land,wind,geothermal,
tidal,andsolarenergy

TectonicPlateMovement

PlatetectonicsonEarth
movebecauseofthe
convectioncurrentsthat
arecreated.

Noplatetectonicsmovement.

VolcanicActivity

Nocurrentactivity

Consistentandrelevant

Linksforresearch:

http://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/planets.html

http://nineplanets.org/
http://www.space.com/16895whatismarsmadeof.html

http://nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/crust/

Postresearchquestions:
Basedonyourresearch,howdoesMarscomparetotheEarth?

MarsissharesalotofqualitiestoEarthbutit'salmostlikeit'sadeadversionofEarth

HowwouldyourlifeonMarsbedifferentthanonEarth?

LifeonMarswouldbelikelifeonEarthbutwithmanyrestrictionslikeairlocksoxygentanksetc.
TheotherbiggestdealwouldbethegravitydifferencefromEarthtoMarsbecauseitwould
changebasiclifestyle

Howdoyouplantoadapttothedifferentlengthofdayandyear?
WecouldhaveartificiallightinginsideourmainlivingareastogivetheillusionofEarthdayand
nightandyearseven.

DoyouthinkthatMarsiscapableofsustaininghumanlife?
Yes,becauseMarsiscloseenoughtoEarthandscientistshavefoundwateronMars.

Whichresourcesdoyouplanonexploitingwhenyougetthere?Makealist:

Iron
Waterinsidetheplanet
Craters
Mountains

Whatwillyouusethemfor,bespecific?
Ironbuildings
Watertodrinkafterfilteringit
CratersToprotectusfromstrongwinds
Mountainsforashelter

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