Mars presentation by srah and millen

1. MARS
BY SARAH QIU AND MILLEN JONES
The Red Planet

2. INTRODUCTION
What is mars? Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and the second smallest planet in the
solar system after Mercury. Mars is slightly bigger than half of Earth. Earth has one moon, but
Mars has two moons. Mars’ moons are called Phobos and Deimos.
Mars, or the ‘Red Planet’, is a terrestrial planet that means it has a rocky, dusty surface and it
has a thin atmosphere. The temperature on Mars is cold.

3. DISTANCE FROM
THE SUN
THERE ARE TWO DISTANCES FROM
THE SUN AS THE PATHWAY IS WIDER
AT A CERTAIN POINT DURING ITS
ORBIT. THE FURTHEST DISTANCE IS
CALLED APHELION AND IS 249
MILLION KILOMETRES FROM THE SUN.
PERIHELION IS THE CLOSEST POINT
THE PLANET CAN BE TO THE SUN
AND IS 206 MILLION KILOMETRES
FROM THE SUN.

4. SOME INTERESTING FACTS
• MARS IS LARGER THAN OUR MOON.
• DID YOU KNOW THAT MARS IS 30% BIGGER THAN
MERCURY?
• DID YOU KNOW THAT MARS MIGHT HAVE HAD WATER
ON IT IN THE PAST AND NOW THERE MIGHT BE ICE ON
MARS. IN THE PAST THERE WAS A THICKER
ATMOSPHERE ON MARS BUT NOW THERE’S A THINNER
ATMOSPHERE. SCIENTISTS HAVE PUT ROBOTS ON
MARS.
• THERE ARE PIECES OF MARS ON EARTH.

5. MARS’ MOONS
PHOBOS
• DIEMOS AND PHOBOS ARE NAMED
AFTER THE SONS OF THE GREEK GOD
OF WAR.
• DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT IN THE
NEXT MILLION YEARS PHOBOS IS
EXPECTED TO BE TORN APART BY
GRAVITY?
DEIMOS
• DEIMOS IS A BIT SMALLER THEN
PHOBOS. IN MY OPINION, I THINK
THEY LOOK LIKE POTATOES!

6. THE
TEMPERATURE
ON MARS IT IS COLD UNLIKE OUR PLANET. THIS IS BECAUSE
MARS IS FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SUN. THE TEMPERATURE
ON MARS IS ABOUT MINUS 60 DEGREES CELSIUS. IN WINTER,
IN THE POLAR REGIONS, TEMPERATURES CAN GET DOWN TO
MINUS 125 DEGREES CELSIUS.

7. SURFACE
THE SURFACE OF MARS INCLUDES
SOME OF THE TALLEST VOLCANOES
AND CANYONS WE KNOW ABOUT IN
THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT IT’S
SURFACE IS RED BECAUSE OF AN ORE
THAT IS CALLED IRON OXIDE?

8. CONCLUSION
MARS IS A FASCINATING PLANET. IT LOOKS HOT BECAUSE OF ITS RED COLOUR MADE UP OF
IRON OXIDE; HOWEVER, IT IS EXTREMELY COLD. I’M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
VISIT THIS PLANET BECAUSE IT DOESN’T SUPPORT LIFE OF ANY FORM AND IT WOULD BE
FREEEEZZZZING!

9. THANKS FOR WATCHING!