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Exploring Mars: A Quiz on the TV Series and Planet

Test your knowledge about the TV series Mars and the planet itself with this engaging quiz. Answer questions about characters, actors, and fascinating facts about Mars.

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1 What role did Nils Allen Stewart play in the TV series Mars?

2 Who played ESA Commander David Jones in the TV series Mars?

3 What role did Scott Valentine play in the TV series Mars?

4 Mars has two ________, Phobos and Deimos, which are small and irregularly shaped.

5 What role did Yana Yesipovich play in the TV series Mars?

6 What role did Cynthia Watros play in the TV series Mars?

7 What role did Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya play in the TV series Mars?

8 What is the aphelion of Mars?

9 These seasonal actions transport large amounts of dust and water vapor, giving rise to Earth-like ________ and large cirrus clouds.

10 What role did James Kochalka play in the TV series Mars?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Tagish Lake meteorite that impacted Canada on January 18, 2000 may be a broken off piece of the 773 Irmintraud asteroid that orbits between the planets Mars and Jupiter.
  • the Tooting impact crater on Mars was named after the London suburb of the same name because the discoverer "thought [his] mum and brother would get a kick out of having their home town paired with a land form on Mars".
  • the only known source of the mineral Macaulayite in the world is in a quarry at the foot of Bennachie, Aberdeenshire – but it may also be present on Mars.
  • troilite, a form of pyrrhotite, is extremely rare on Earth but is abundant on Mars (pictured).
  • a fossilized delta in Eberswalde crater provides strong evidence for flowing water on Mars.
  • Yogi Rock is a rock found on Mars by the Mars Pathfinder mission that looks surprisingly like Yogi Bear's head.
  • Mars' south polar ice cap may be melting due to regional climate change.
  • NASA conducts field trials, called Desert RATS, for new technologies for manned exploration of the surface of the Moon, Mars, or beyond.
  • CRISM is a spectrometer on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and will be used to find minerals on the surface of Mars.
  • ejecta from the impact that created Zunil crater in Athabasca Valles on Mars is a possible source of Martian meteorites.
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