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Question 1

how did the solar system form

Answer 1

from a nebula that collapse

Question 2

how long ago did the solar system form

Answer 2

4.6 billion years ago

Question 3

what is mercury’s atmosphere like

Answer 3

has no true atmosphere

Question 4

which planet is referred as earth’s sister planet

Answer 4

venus

Question 5

what is venus’s atmosphere like

Answer 5

dense and hot

Question 6

what states can water exist as on earth due to the temperatures

Answer 6

as a solid, liquid, or gas

Question 7

what is mars also known as

Answer 7

the red planet

Question 8

why is mars red

Answer 8

due to the iron oxide

Question 9

how many moons does mars have

Answer 9

2

Question 10

what are the names of the moons

Answer 10

phobos and deimos

Question 11

what does phobos and deimos mean

Answer 11

phobos means fear and deimos means panic

Question 12

what was the mission of spirit and opportunity

Answer 12

to search for liquid water

Question 13

what did the mars reconnaissance orbiter discover

Answer 13

sediment layering, and gullies

Question 14

what did the mariner 9 space probe discover

Answer 14

valles marineris/large canyon, along with extinct volcanoes

Question 15

what did viking 1 and viking 2 do

Answer 15

photographed the entire surface of mars

Question 16

global surveyor

Answer 16

found that the valles marineris have similar walls to the grand canyon

Question 17

what did the mars odyssey discover

Answer 17

water is frost beneath the cold soil

Question 18

what data was gathered by the pathfinder and its rover sojourner

Answer 18

that iron may have been leached out by groundwater

Question 19

where did the curiosity rover land

Answer 19

gale crater

Question 20

what were the goals of curiosity

Answer 20

investigate climate and geology
to collect evidence for microbial life
to study planetary habitability