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Thursday, 19 December, 2002, 10:43 GMT

Quiz: Test your knowledge of Mars

Name the two moons of Mars?


	A: Europa and Ganymede


	B: Rachel and Phoebe


	C: Deimos and Phobos

What is the name of the British-led effort to land on Mars as part of the European Space Agency�s Mars Express mission to be launched in June 2003?


	A: Beagle 1


	B: Beagle 2


	C: Beagle 3

What is the common name of the meteorite found in 1984, in Victoria Land, Antarctica that was thought to contain microscopic bacteria fossils from Mars?


	A: Los Angeles Meteorite


	B: Allen Hills Meteorite


	C: Zagami Meteorite

Percival Lowell, an early authority on Mars, said that canal-like channels on the surface of Mars


	A: Were caused by earthquakes on the surface of Mars?


	B: Were built by intelligent beings?


	C: Remained when the ocean bed dried?

If you weighed 100 pounds on earth. How much would you weigh on Mars?


	A: 38 pounds


	B: 68 pounds


	C: 98 pounds

How long would it take (in NASA's current mission scenario) to travel from Earth to Mars, explore the planet and return home.


	A: 3 months


	B: 2.5 years


	C: 5 years

What is the highest point on Mars?


	A: Hellas Planitia


	B: Olympus Mons


	C: Valleris Marineris

How long is a Mars year?


	A: 687 days


	B: 522 days


	C: 365 days

What was the first spacecraft to Mars in 1965 called?


	A: Mariner 4


	B: Mars 1


	C: Sputnik 29

Compared to the Earth is Mars


	A: Bigger?


	B: Smaller?


	C: The same size?

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