Geology of Mars Unit 1

​In 1877, the Italian Astronomer Giovanni Schiarparelli looked through a telescope at the surface of Mars and saw straight lines that he believed were...

• Fissures in the surface that proved a hot interior.

• Mountain ranges that proved the existence of tectonic plates moving on the surface.

• Canals that proved the existence of intelligent life on the surface.

• Ice sheets of frozen water that fractured along faults in the surface.

The Italian Astronomer Giovanni Schiarparelli's assumptions about the surface of Mars were proven wrong when better telescopes proved they were...

• optical illusions

• reflections of the Earth's surface

• images of the wrong planet

• part of a conspiracy theory to get him fired

This 2012 Mars robot has instruments mounted on mast, the end of its arm, and inside of its body. And it is still operating to this day.

• The Opportunity rover

• The Schiarparelli drone.

• The Olympus Mons satellite

• The Curiosity rover

After an image of rocks in the triangular landform was taken, the channel on Mars was determined to be caused by...

• flowing water in recent times.

• flowing water a very long time ago.

• flowing lava in recent times.

• flowing lava a very long time ago.

What was termed a "__" object was found to be a rock disturbed by Opportunity's wheels.

• dust bowl

• fungus

• smiley face

• jelly donut

Tags

NGSS.2-PS1-1

Which of the following does NOT apply to the Mars rovers?

• runs on coal as fuel

• designed as a six-wheeled mobile unit

• unmanned

• instruments on mast, arm, and inside

The rock type that is formed by flowing water, made of multiple sediment types, and is light in color.

• granite

• basalt

• conglomerate

• shale

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

The rock type that is formed by flowing lava that has cooled, made of a single rock type, and is dark in color.

• granite

• basalt

• conglomerate

• shale

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

The tendency to look at and give more weight to evidence that supports a favored theory.

• bias

• persistence

• reasoning

• annotating

In the flowing lava model we watched a video in which __ was used to simulate lava.

• melted lead

• vanilla pudding

• melted wax

• mucous