| During a Mars winter, almost 20% of the air freezes. |
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| If you weigh 100 pounds or kg on Earth, you would weigh 38 pounds or kg on Mars. |
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| Like Earth, the poles of Mars are covered in ice. |
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| Mars has the tallest Volcano in the Solar System named Olympus Mons and it is 15 miles high which is three times the height of Mount Everest. |
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| Mars is named after the roman god of war. |
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| Mars is red because it is rusty. There is a lot of iron in the soil, and the air on Mars has made it turn red-just like rusty iron on Earth. |
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| Mars is the closest planet to the earth. |
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| Mars is the only planet whose surface can be seen in detail from the earth. |
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| The 'Red Planet' isn't really red at all, NASA photographs indicate that it is more of a tan or butterscotch color. |
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| The Sun appears about half the size on Mars as it does from Earth. |
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| The temperature on Mars can drop to as low as -133 degrees Celsius, or -207 degrees Fahrenheit. |
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| There are a number of volcanoes on Mars but none seem to be geologically active. |
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| There is clear geological evidence that there has been water on Mars. |
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