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were still being pulled together throughthe process of solar system accretion(gathering of material into planetarybodies). As time passed, the impactswere caused by the smaller pieces ofmaterial leftover from the accretionprocess, thus making smaller craters.7. Which way does the land slope? The landslopes downwards from the west to theeast. River channels combine as you godownhill. A map of the Mississippi Riveror some other terrestrial river basin maybe used as a comparison. These Marschannels do not show a delta formation assome may suggest.30 Destination: Mars 10/97 NASA JSC
Student SheetMars MappingObjectiveTo make a simple features map and interpret the geologic history of a part of Mars’surface.BackgroundScientists use maps to illustrate the geologic history of a planet or moon. Geologicmaps show present day features and evidence of past events. The maps showfeatures that were formed earlier or later than others, giving scientists a relative timesequence of events, although not precise dates. On Earth these maps are made usingphotographs taken from airplanes and spacecraft, and from research on the Earth’ssurface. To make maps of other planets we must use photographs taken byspacecraft and use lander information from the planet’s surface.The area in the photograph of Mars is about 200 kilometers across and showsimpact craters and river channels. Mark these features on the photograph using theexamples below. Then answer the questions on the back of this page.Features found in the photograph are:1. Craters with continuous, sharp-edged, unbroken rims.Carefully outline the rims all such craters Red.2. Craters with uneven, eroded, broken rims.Carefully outline the rims of all such craters Green3. River channels.Color (not outline) all channels Blue.10/97 NASA JSC Destination: Mars 31
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Page 3 and 4: Lesson One Getting There!Navigation
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