METHANE ON MARS

Question 1

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Answer 1

NASA’s Curiosity rover found methane on Mars, leading to excitement whether this was an indication of life. However, later it fallen back to usual levels.

Question 2

What caused this variation?

Answer 2

transient methane plume,

Question 3

Significance of its discovery on Mars?

Answer 3

methane asel mhnje already mars var life ahe asa tyacha arth hoto,pan ajun confirm nahi jhalay.

Question 4

What is Methane?

Answer 4

-naturally occuring gases

-Most of the methane on Earth is produced in
biological processes — by microbes, as underground natural gas that formed by earlier generations of microbial life.

• most of the methane-producing microbes live in the digestive systems of animals, especially cows.
• it also occur in formations such as rocks, springs and aquifers.
• it’s short lived.

Question 5

NASA’s Curiosity

Answer 5

• car-sized robotic rover
• The rover’s goals include: investigation of the Martian climate and geology ; are the conditions their favorable for microbial life, including investigation of the role of water