Scouts Group 2
Are you a curious person? Do you like to travel? Do you mind cold weather? If you answered yes to these questions, Mars is the place for you! Our purpose for this project is to increase space for life. As you are reading this, the worlds population is increasing. But what happens when we run out of space for living creatures? That is where Mars comes in handy.
Land forms on Mars
Olympus Mons
This volcano is located on Mars and stands 14 miles tall! The average slope on the volcano's flanks is only 5°!
Valles Marineris
This land form runs 2,500 miles long and 120 miles wide. That's huge! Valles Marineris is a large tectonic crack in the crust.
Hellas Plantilia
Hellas is the second or third largest impact crater and the largest visible impact crater known in the Solar System. The basin floor is about 23,465 ft.
Pictures
Day and Night
Similarities: Caused by the sun, Caused by axis tilts
Differences: Different lengths of rotation, Axis tilts are different
Seasons
Similarities: Has four seasons, Caused be the axis tilt and sun
Differences: Axis tilts, thickness of atmosphere
Phases of the Moon
Similarities: Waxing and Waning, Causes gravitational pull
Differences: No tides, Amount of moons
Eclipses
Similarities: Has solar eclipses, Has lunar eclipses
Differences: Eclipse time, How often