Quiz

1. What is the percentage of oxygen present in the Martian atmosphere?

20%

21%

22%

0.13%

2. What is the most abundant gas present on Mars?

Nitrogen

Oxygen

Water vapour

Carbon dioxide

3. Why is it difficult to breathe on Mars?

There is no air on Mars.

The atmosphere is too thin.

There is too little oxygen.

There is too much carbon dioxide.

4. Why is Mars' surface reddish in colour?

It is due to rivers of blood flowing on Mars.

It is due to the high temperatures on Mars.

It is due to the presence of compounds called iron oxides.

It is due to reddish gases present in Mars' atmosphere.

5. What is the name of one of the moons of Mars?

Phobos

Ares

Lucifer

Daemon

6. How many satellites orbit Mars?

1

2

3

4

7. What did the Egyptians call Mars?

The Divine One

The Red One

The Deadly One

The Sign of Death

8. Who first observed Mars through a telescope?

Charles Darwin

Albert Einstein

Galileo Galilei

Al-Khwarizmi

9. What are the moons of Mars thought to be?

Comets

Asteroids

Stars

Rocks

10. Why is Mars' surface more stable than Earth's?

The surface is harder.

The surface is much more flexible.

Mars doesn't spin on its axis.

There is a lack of plate tectonics.

11. To whom is Mars a son of?

Jupiter

Saturn

Flora

Hercules

12. Which city did Mars indirectly found?

Sicily

Venis

Rome

Paris

13. Mars is a god of:

Peace

Blood

War

Unity

14. How much is allocated for space science in Nasa's 2004 budget?

39%

26%

40%

50%

15. What is one of the reasons why Mars is difficult to colonize?

Mars has no plant life to generate oxygen naturally.

Mars is too reddish in colour.

Mars is too hot.

Mars has no carbon dioxide.