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Mars is the second smallest planet in the solar system and fourth from the sun. It has a thin atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, Mars likely had a denser atmosphere and surface water, but as the atmosphere thinned the planet became dry and cold. Today, Mars has an average temperature range of -153 to 20 degrees Celsius and its gravity is about 62.5% weaker than Earth's due to its smaller size. Dust storms can cover the entire planet for months at a time.

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Solar System

Mars is the second smallest planet in the solar system and fourth from the sun. It has a thin atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, Mars likely had a denser atmosphere and surface water, but as the atmosphere thinned the planet became dry and cold. Today, Mars has an average temperature range of -153 to 20 degrees Celsius and its gravity is about 62.5% weaker than Earth's due to its smaller size. Dust storms can cover the entire planet for months at a time.

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Solar System

Do you know what is the fourth planet from the solar system?
[Mars]
That’s right! It’s Mars! Today I am going to present about Mars
 Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after
Mercury.
As you can see from the picture it is true that mars is the fourth planet from the sun and is the second
smallest planet from the solar system.
 Why is it called a red planet?
It is because the iron oxide on its surface gives it a reddish appearance.

 Physical Characteristics
Mars is approximately half the diameter of Earth with a surface area only slightly less than the
total area of Earth's dry land

 Orbit of Mars
Distance from the sun
o Mars's average distance from the Sun is roughly 230 million km.

Orbital Period
o A year on Mars lasts 669.6 sols, which is the same as 687 Earth days.

Solar Day
o The solar day (or sol) on Mars is only slightly longer than an Earth day: 24 hours, 39
minutes, and 35.244 seconds.

 The Structure of Mars


Mars has a dense core at its center and It's made of iron, nickel and sulfur. Surrounding the core
is a rocky mantle and above that, a crust made of iron, magnesium, aluminum, calcium and
potassium.

 Atmosphere on Mars
Mars has a thin atmosphere made up mostly of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and argon gases.
As you can see from the picture, 96 percent of the atmosphere consists of carbon dioxide, less
than 2 percent is Argon, and then less than 2 percent is nitrogen.

How about the temperature on Mars?


 The temperature on Mars can be as high as 70 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius) or as low
as about -225 degrees Fahrenheit (-153 degrees Celsius).

 Gravity on Mars
On Mars, you would experience 62.5% less gravity than you used to. It is weaker than Earth’s
gravity due to the planet’s smaller mass.
How about your weight?
This is fun fact if you weighed 45kg on Earth you would weigh 17 kg on Mars

 Mars Mass
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 Dust Storms on Mars
(before/after) dust storm (July 2018)
Mars has the largest dust storms in the Solar System. It is because winds on Mars are strong
enough to create dust storms that cover much of the planet. After such storms, it can be months
before all of the dust settles.

 Earth and Mars Comparison


This is the summary of earth and mars. AS you can see the distance from the sun to mars is
141.6 Million Miles or 230 million km and the distance from the sun to earth is 93 Million Miles
or 150 million km and the diameter of mars is …….. and the eart is ……….
And the last thing is temperature range, on mars the temperature is about -127 C to 17 C
however, on the Earth the temperature is -88 C to 58 C

 Mars Evolution
What did mars look like billion years ago? This is how it looks like
Billions of years ago when the Red Planet was young, it appears to have had a thick atmosphere
that was warm enough to support oceans of liquid water.

I have the animation of wet mars turning into dry mars


Scientists think that billions of years ago, the atmosphere of Mars was much denser and warm
enough to form rivers, lakes, and perhaps even oceans of water. As the planet cooled and lost
its global magnetic field, the solar wind and solar storms eroded away to space a significant
amount of the planet’s atmosphere, turning Mars into the cold, arid desert we see today.

 Mars Transition
Early Mars likely was wetter and probably loo ked more like Earth, but as the atmosphere
thinned, the planet dried out. The animation shows how the surface of Mars might have
appeared during this ancient clement period, beginning with a flyover of a Martian lake. The
lakes dry up, while the atmosphere gradually transitions from Earthlike blue skies to the dusty
pink and tan hues seen on Mars today.

 Galleries
o As you can see from the first picture NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this picture of
Mars.
o The next picture is The Mars of today is dry and dusty, with an atmosphere that is just
one percent as thick as Earth's.
o The last picture, in this picture of Mars, you can see water-ice clouds, polar ice, and
some rocky features.

Ok thank you for your attention, this is the end of my presentation. Does anyone have a question?

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