Mars+2+VOTE


 * Daughter of Mars questions document! **

We have now come to Part 2 of our research topic selection process. Below are the 5 popular areas that you have decided were interesting enough and could possibly be done by using our Mars image plus other data: 1. Layers of ice in the polar caps 2. The possibility of underground liquid water 3. The possibility of life in the ice or in underground liquid water 4. Global warming/ Ice Ages on Mars 5. Glaciers and ice discoveries in areas of Mars where it was not expected I (Hesmaster) have organized the most popular (and surviving) questions into one or more of these categories. Read through all of the topics and questions. At the end of each topic, I have linked one or two articles for you that may help to explain or clarify the topic- what we already know, what scientists are wondering about.  1, 3, 4 On this site they have pictures showing layers of ice on Mars. Looking at these pictures what can learn about Mars past? How these are similar to analyzing Earth's ice cores? 1, 3 If below the surface of Mars there is ice, could life be living in that ice? On Earth thousands of micro-organisms live in water and ice so does that mean that the same thing is possible on Mars? 1, 2, 3 Are there large craters or caverns in the ice? If Mars did support life, would any of these caverns house life?? 1, 2, 3, 4 What can we apply about Martian ice from looking and studying Antartic Ice? 1, 5 What could be trapped inside mars ice? Objects that came into mars through space? What could these objects tell us about not only mars but mabye other planets? 1 ** Why is the ice on the Northern side of Mars more shallow than the ice on the Southern side? ** 1, 5 // The ice on Mars has an ability and tendency to be thick and below the surface; does erosion take place to allow this depth to be reached? //
 * Your next assignment is to write – in the wiki under the category of your choice - your *one* vote for what you think we should do and *why* you chose that topic. You must vote by this Sunday night, Feb. 8 in order to get credit for this assignment. Include your first name or username by your vote. As an example I put a sample vote under category 5 in purple. **
 * 1. Layers of ice in the polar caps **

1, 5 I remember the video we saw earlier regarding global warming. If we are able to take ice on Earth and see how the climate changes due to the layers of the ice, would we be able to do the same with Mars’ ice? HiRISE is a new very high resolution imager on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. It is currently in orbit around Mars and produces new images weekly. It also has an extensive image gallery. http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/HiRISE/science_themes/polar_geology.html  THEMIS stands for the Thermal Emission Imaging System. This is the camera that made the large images we used in the Mars surface images lab and it's the one that we will use to take our image of Mars. This link takes you to the ice images gallery. http://themis.asu.edu/theme-polar_ice  Phoenix discovers ice on Mars - one of the many new articles from the June 2008 discovery. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=red-planet-alert-massive Mars Ice Consortium http://www.mars-ice.org/ Polar Trek is an online web journal site that allows students and teachers to interact with researchers who are now doing work in Antarctica. One of the researchers there is working in an area that has been compared to Mars.http://www.polartrec.com/ancient-buried-ice-in-antarctica I vote for Number 1 because i think its the most practical, and the one we can do the best using what technology we have. - FiveSevenTwo
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2, 3 one would assume that the water would run off underground, and is it possible there is life with that water much like fish that may inhabit underground pools
 * 2. The possibility of underground liquid water **

2 Does the ice have a discrete liquid stage at all? 1, 2, 3 Are there large craters or caverns in the ice? If Mars did support life, would any of these caverns house life??

1, 2, 3, 4 What can we apply about Martian ice from looking and studying Antartic Ice? 

Phoenix discovers ice on Mars - one of the many new articles from the June 2008 discovery. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=red-planet-alert-massive Ice and flooding on Mars http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2013114.stm Polar Trek is an online web journal site that allows students and teachers to interact with researchers who are now doing work in Antarctica. One of the researchers there is working in an area that has been compared to Mars.http://www.polartrec.com/ancient-buried-ice-in-antarctica i vote for #2 because it is a very interesting subject to study that we can use Earth to help us with hypothesis about underground water. --Kelsey <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 149); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(255, 0, 209);"><span style="color: rgb(82, 199, 102); background-color: rgb(211, 244, 205);">I vote #4 because global warming that is present here and iceage chances may be also possible on Mars too.-Julian R.    I vote for nubmber 2 because it is interestinggreg <span style="color: rgb(230, 15, 5); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(11, 10, 9);">I'm voting for #2 because that studying for an underground system of water can be very benefitial to NASA and any other people studying Mars. Also I believe that some of the other topics are irrelevant - Ron I <span style="color: rgb(0, 94, 255);">I voted for #2 because I think it will interest our classes best and help us learn more than we already know. - Dani P. <span style="color: rgb(255, 110, 0);"> I vote for #2 because underground liquid water could allow us to learn so much more about Mars.DANIELLE. (SHE'S SO COOL!!) I vote for #2 because it would be interesting to learn more about underground liquid when there is so much ice on mars.- stacy <span style="background: rgb(254, 220, 249) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> 1, 3, 4 On this site they have pictures showing layers of ice on Mars. Looking at these pictures what can learn about Mars past? How these are similar to analyzing Earth's ice cores? 1, 3 If below the surface of Mars there is ice, could life be living in that ice? On Earth thousands of micro-organisms live in water and ice so does that mean that the same thing is possible on Mars? 1, 2, 3 Are there large craters or caverns in the ice? If Mars did support life, would any of these caverns house life?? 1, 2, 3, 4 What can we apply about Martian ice from looking and studying Antartic Ice? 3 Looking at the organisms in Antarctic ice, would it be anything similar to what we would expect the life in Mars ice to be like IF mars ever did contain life? 3 ** The link says that the ice stretches down into Mars so far to points of which it could be warm, maybe warm enough for living life. **
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 * 3. The possibility of life in the ice or in underground liquid water **

Ice and flooding on Mars <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2013114.stm Polar Trek is an online web journal site that allows students and teachers to interact with researchers who are now doing work in Antarctica. One of the researchers there is working in an area that has been compared to Mars.<span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">http://www.polartrec.com/ancient-buried-ice-in-antarctica Little Green Men Need Water Too: http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Mars/MarsThePlanet/MarsWater.html Methane on Mars could signal life: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3577551.stm Life on Mars? http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/marsmethane.html i think it would be interesting to see is there was life in underground ice or liquid water.-Philip Lecznar
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<span style="color: rgb(33, 242, 42);"><span style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(28, 255, 0);">I think it would be interesting to see if live did flourish on Mars (or if it still does in oceans/rivers/etc.) and if we happened to find dead microorganisms in the ice, we'd have to conclude that Mars is in a current Ice Age. (*whew* It took me a while to think of a good reason! lol) -Kimi I vote #3 because it would be an exciting discovery, and it would help clarify the fantastical stories about "Martians". -nicole

I vote for number three because I think it is an enticing subject and it would be fun to explore. How cool would it be to find evidence of life on Mars?-peacethroughmusic

I vote for #3 because it would answer a lot of the questions about "aliens", and i think it would be interesting to find out because no one is really positive of what kind of life is on mars, if any. -Casey

I vote for #3 because it would be very exciting to find life on a planet so close to earth.-Peter Shea

<span style="background: rgb(254, 220, 249) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">1, 3, 4 On this site they have pictures showing layers of ice on Mars. Looking at these pictures what can learn about Mars past? How these are similar to analyzing Earth's ice cores? 1, 2, 3, 4 What can we apply about Martian ice from looking and studying Antartic Ice? <span style="background: rgb(254, 220, 249) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> 4 Would it be possible for Mars to be going through a similar ice age that was forsaken upon Earth, giving that there is a large amount of ice on Mars plus a temperature drop in Mars.
 * 4. Global warming/ Ice Ages on Mars **

4 If we looked at records of Mars ice and we were to notice a drop of ice in Mars, could we imply a possible //Natural// Global Warming on Mars, as we had on earth hundreds of thousands of years ago.

4 The article says that Mars has gone through climate changes. On earth, global warming is greatly attributed to human activity. Since Mars has no humans, what influenced their periods of warmer weather?

** 4 What caused the changes in Mars temperature? In the past there were flood waters and today there is only ice. Is this Mars' form of Global Warming? **
 * 4 ** They say the ice that was found is thin and clear, does this mean that water is being forzen and melted all the time?

4 A quote from this article says that ice should not collect and stay for the temperature Mars is right now. So how does the ice accumulate and stay on Mars how it does now? 4 could studying mars' climate changes and 'ice ages' potentially help us figure out Earth's climate change i.e. global warming?

4 This article says that Mars has so much ice that if it melted it could flood the planet. So is there a large possibility of this happening? And what major changes would the melting of the ice have on the planet as a whole? Now, if that had happened, would that start a cycle for Mars? For instance, would it start a cycle of its own in which it had a period of cooling and then a period of heating or warming. 2. Many similarities to what we have as far as underwater pools, possibly housing life??? sorry about how late this is but i couldnt remember my password - knolan knesel **__ Articles to read: __** Phoenix discovers ice on Mars - one of the many new articles from the June 2008 discovery. <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=red-planet-alert-massive Martian ice ages? <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/05/the-ice-ages-of.html Mars Ice Consortium <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">http://www.mars-ice.org/ Ice and flooding on Mars <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2013114.stm Polar Trek is an online web journal site that allows students and teachers to interact with researchers who are now doing work in Antarctica. One of the researchers there is working in an area that has been compared to Mars: <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">http://www.polartrec.com/ancient-buried-ice-in-antarctica This is an article off of MSNBC's website showing that ice is not only found on the surface of mars but down further, even further than most scientists expected. <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">[|http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27827606] <span style="color: rgb(132, 239, 246); background-color: rgb(187, 0, 40);">I vote for #4 because global warming is an issue now happening to our earth and studying the atmosphere change on mars may help us.- Kyle <span style="color: rgb(0, 118, 255); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">-I vote for #4 because I think it would be interesting to learn about it because it is relatable to Earth and not many people now much about it. <span style="color: rgb(0, 118, 255); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">-molly i vote for #4 also because it can also help us learn about earth and why we are going through a time of global warming. -amy I vote #4. Since mars is like earth studying mars could possibly help us with our own problems. - Terry Peralta <span style="color: rgb(93, 213, 98);">I vote #4. It would be a good topic because we could possibly find out how the global warming/ice ages on Mars are similar to those on Earth, and answer questions we have about Earth's global warming. -Colleen I think we should do #4 because studying possibilities of Global warming on mars might help us figure out the warming crisis on earth- morgan <span style="color: rgb(212, 22, 22);">I vote #4 because I beleive #4 would be more likely to have signs of it showing from space.. We could see paterns in the ground to look how ice evolved through it. -Nick <span style="color: rgb(255, 128, 0);"> I would vote for #4 because Global warming is an important issue. Perhaps studying Mars can help us see what we can do to help our planet by observing others.- Megan
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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(134, 132, 131);"> <span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(117, 117, 117);">I vote for number four, because it would be interesting to try to compare and see much of our global warming was through natural processes, other then human activity. -Teri

<span style="color: rgb(255, 26, 20); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">i vote for #4 because it would be great 2 compare mars possible global warming/ice ages with earths. -sara
1, 5 What could be trapped inside mars ice? Objects that came into mars through space? What could these objects tell us about not only mars but mabye other planets?
 * 5. Glaciers and ice discoveries in areas of Mars where it was not expected **

5 Can there be ice on all areas of mars? Or are there some areas of mars where ice cannot be found?

5 The article talks about the glaciers near the equator of Mars. How is the composition of these glaciers different than the composition of earth's glaciers? The glaciers interest me because it says that the ones near the equator should not exist because the climate there is not suitable for glacial formation.

5 <span style="background: rgb(170, 255, 170) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">How did the large glaciers and ice on Mars get buried? 1, 5 // The ice on Mars has an ability and tendency to be thick and below the surface; does **erosion** take place to allow this depth to be reached? //

1, 5 I remember the video we saw earlier regarding global warming. If we are able to take ice on Earth and see how the climate changes due to the layers of the ice, would we be able to do the same with Mars’ ice? HiRISE is a new very high resolution imager on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. It is currently in orbit around Mars and produces new images weekly. It also has an extensive image gallery. <span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 196);"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/HiRISE/science_themes/polar_geology.html Glaciers on Mars. recently Phoenix helped to make the discovery of large buried glaciers on Mars. <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/06_20_pr.php Mars Ice Consortium <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">http://www.mars-ice.org/ This is an article off of MSNBC's website showing that ice is not only found on the surface of mars but down further, even further than most scientists expected. <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">[|http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27827606] I vote for number 5 beacuse most of the ice of mars was hidden due to its red dust. Until recently by some photographs there were new discoveries of ice on and underground on Mars. Tim1415
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 * <span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 255);"> (Sample vote) I vote for #5 because I think this is an exciting new discovery that not too many people have studied yet. -Hesmaster **