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Mars: Glossary
A
- Ares
- Greek god of war
- atmosphere
- the gases that surround a planet
C
- Chinese
- people from China or who live in China
- carbon dioxide
- a colorless, odorless gas
D
- Deimos
- smaller of the two moons that orbit Mars
E
- Egyptians
- people from Egypt or who live in Egypt
- earthquakes
- the movement of the surface of a planet - usually Earth, but in this case refers to the surface of Mars
- equipment
- tools
- erosion
- the movement of soil usually by wind or water
- evidence
- clues
G
- Greeks
- people from Greece or who live in Greece
- ground water
- water found under the ground
I
- in-situ
- in the original, natural position - undisturbed
- ingredients
- mponent parts of a mixture, items combined to make a product
- instruments
- tools
L
- laboratories
- aces where scientific research is done
M
- Mars
- Roman god of war
- manned mission
- a mission that includes sending humans
- meteor impacts
- craters left by the impact of a meteor
P
- Phobos
- larger of the two moons that orbit Mars
- polar regions
- areas near the north and south pole
- prehistoric
- before written history
- propelled
- ving ahead by means of a power source
R
- Romans
- people from Rome or who live in Rome
- riverbeds
- the land under a river - usually after the river is dried up
- robotic arm
- arm like part of a powered tool which can work in place of a human arm
S
- seasons
- the cycles of spring, summer, autumn and winter
U
- US Naval Observatory
- the official location for a series of astronomical studies and the official time keeper for the United States
V
- volcanoes
- geologic feature that allows magma or gases to vent from inside a moon or planet
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