Grade 6 Destination Moon/Destination Mars worksheet Answers

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Destination Moon

1.           a.     Crater rims may have some frozen water

b.     There is a lot of sunlight

c.      There is a flat surface

2.     There is/are:

a.      No air

b.     Extreme temperatures

c.      Micro meteors

d.     No insulation

e.     No protection from solar radiation

They could protect themselves with:

a. space suits

b. oxygen tanks

c. gold coated visors

d. special gloves

e. cover spacecraft with insulation

3.     The atmosphere blurs the view

4.     There is not atmosphere to blur the view, there is no wind or weather

5.           a.     The gravity is one sixth of the Earth so it is faster than a bullet

b.     Less energy used

c.      Cheaper

Destination Mars

1.           a.     They would exercise

b.     They would tie themselves down

c.      Use Velcro

d.     No crumby food

e.     Bite size snacks and recycled urine

f.       Use silly putty to stick things

2.                a.     There is an equator

b.     There are canyons

c.      Once had water

d.     Mountains

e.     Volcanoes

3.     Mars has a thin atmosphere and very thin ozone layer. Mars is very cold and it is very red. Has a poisonous atmosphere.

4.                a.     robot arm

b.     laser vaporizer

c.      weather station

d.     3D cameras

e.     Radiation arm

f.       On board lab

g.     Spectrometer

h.     Power supply

5.                a.      Add greenhouse gases to create a runaway greenhouse effect

b.     This will heat the poles and melt water

c.      Add plants to use CO2 and create O2