Mars Information Report

Mars Information Report

People call mars the red planet due to the  red colour from the iron oxide in its soil.

Mars is about ⅙ the size of Earth.It’s the fourth planet from the sun.It’s  more than 142 million miles from the sun.

Mars is named for the ancient Roman god of war.The Greeks called the planet Ares.The Romans and Greeks associated the planet with war because the red colour  resembles the colour of blood.

Mars has two small moons named Phobos Deimos.Phobos is a bit larger than Deimos.Phobos means fear and Deimos means flight in Greek.

Mars surface is rocky, with canyons, volcanoes, dry lake beds and craters all over it.Mars also has clouds and wind just like Earth.Sometimes the wind will blow the red dust into a dust storm.

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The Treasure

The Treasure

He swam deeper and deeper and deeper in his scuba gear and then all of a sudden there it was the golden glow of the treasure surely he was close to it now.He had been waiting a long time for this he was going to be the first person to get it.He must be so close to it now.Just a little bit longer he said to himself.But he was wrong.When he got to the glow he realised that it was just a globfish he saw the real glow he new it now because it was to bright to be a fish and the colour the colour it was just to beautiful to be true.His feet were paddling madly down to the bottom.”YES!!”He shouted.”I have found it at last”.He grabbed the chest and paddled back up to the surface.

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