CH 30.2

Question 1

mercury

Answer 1

smallest and closest planet to the sun

Question 2

mars

Answer 2

fourth planet from the sun

Question 3

earth

Answer 3

third planet from the sun

Question 4

venus

Answer 4

second planet from the sun

Question 5

what is earths sister planet

Answer 5

Venus

Question 6

earths temperature allows water to exist in what states

Answer 6

solid, liquid, and gas

Question 7

another name for mars is

Answer 7

the red planet.

Question 8

why is mars red

Answer 8

iron oxide

Question 9

what are mars’s two moon

Answer 9

Phobos and Deimos

Question 10

what does Phobos and Deimos mean

Answer 10

panic and fear

Question 11

what did the mars reconnaissance orbiter discover

Answer 11

sediment layering and gullies

Question 12

what was spirit and opportunity’s mission

Answer 12

to find liquid water on mars

Question 13

what did mariner 9 discover

Answer 13

extincted volcanoes, and valles mariner

Question 14

what was viking 1 and viking 2’s mission

Answer 14

photograph the surface of mars from orbit

Question 15

what did the global surveyor discover in valles mariner

Answer 15

distinct layers similar to the ones in the grand canyon

Question 16

what did odyssey discover

Answer 16

water frozen under the soil

Question 17

what did the mars pathfinder rover

Answer 17

iron in mars crust may have been leached out by ground water

Question 18

where did the curiosity land

Answer 18

the gale crater

Question 19

what was curiosity’s mission

Answer 19

to investigate the martian climate and geology, to find evidence of microbial life, planet habitability studies for future human exploration