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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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