MARS

IS THERE WATER ON MARS?

• Yes there is water on mars
• The water on Mars is frozen
• A rover found the frozen water

HOW AND WHEN WAS MARS DICOVERED

• 400bc it was called Nergal.
• The first observation of Mars was through a telescope in 1609
• 1576 Yucho Brahe uses his eyes to calculate the position of Mars
• 1604 revolutionary idea of an elliptical orbit

WHAT IS MARS MADE OF

• Mars formed from giant clouds of gas and dust in outer space
• As the Solar System began to form,the dust cloud spun faster and faster
• Circulating dust grain and gas molecules began to merge into larger objects
• Random collisions between these objects kept increasing the objects size
• Until after millions of years whole planets began to shape

INFORMATION ON MARS

• 7 planets the size of mars can fit into Earth.
• Schiaparelli in the 1800's sall channel's,rivers,lakes,and canals.
• She believed that Martians dug tunnels so they could live.
• Mars has 2 moons,Phobos and Deimos.
• Mars has volcanoes the biggest is 3 times bigger than mounteverast.

FUN FACTS

• Mars is hot
• There's no oxygen on mars
• Not one person has stepped on mars

SITES

• Www.biguniverse.com/read kids books/read/2061/mars
• Brain pop jr.
• Http://library.thinkquest.org/o31/d851/about mars-history.htn
• Http://www.sciencekidsco.nz/science facts /planets/mars.htmi

BY:AUDREY&CHLOE