- 1. What did Percival Lowell do before he got interested in Mars?
- He was a rich industrialist
He was an astrophysicist
He was a diplomat and oriental scholar
He was a famous actor
- 2. Where did he build his observatory?
- Houston, Texas
Boulder, Colorado
Flagstaff, Arizona
Silverton, Oregon
- 3. What did the color of Mars mean to Lowell?
- It looked like a great place to live
It implied the future extinction of Martian life
The red color meant that the Martian cities had rusted over
That the Earth's atmosphere filtered out all but the red light
- 4. What did he conclude about its smaller size compared to the Earth?
- That it was farther along evolutionary path than Earth was
That the Martians could orbit their planet quicker
That any Martian moons would have a greater tidal force
There would be less of a magnetic field
- 5. Lowell thought that Martians made the canals he saw
- True
False
- 6. Where did Lowell think most of the Martian water was?
- Frozen out in the polar ice caps
Underground in the Martian regolith
Mixed in the air as water vapor
In large, artificial cisterns built by Martians
- 7. What region on the Earth did Lowell keep comparing Mars to?
- Eastern Washington State, USA
Devon Island, Northern Canada
The Sahara Desert, Northern Africa
Central Mongolia, Asia
- 8. What did Lowell conclude about the increased visibility of the canals?
- Pollution from the Martian steel mills
Increased vegetation growth from the melting ice caps
The water froze and reflected more light
More Martian boats were sailing on the growing canals
- 9. What aspects of Martian life did Lowell conclude existed?
- A cold and dry place with no life
Dense rain forests
An advanced Martian civilization
Simple lichens and single-celled bacteria
- 10. What did he conclude about the future of Mars?
- A vibrant planet, blossoming into another Earth
A place rocked by many marsquakes
A dying planet that would soon become lifeless
It would be destroyed by a shower of asteroids
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