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Q: What do rocks tell us about life on mars?
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Why do we need to collect rocks from surface of mars?

The composition of rocks on Mars will likely reveal the history of the planet, and help us understand the geological processes that have occurred there and those that are still occurring. This will probably determine how we establish any manned colonies there, which will be somewhat different from colonies on the Moon, where there is no atmosphere at all. Acquiring water will likely be easier on Mars, compared to the Moon where the only source seems to be deep craters far from the lunar equator. More prosaically, the rocks on Mars may reveal if any form of native life has ever existed there. Tests done by Mars rovers seem to indicate that it has not, but other clues suggest it is still possible.


Why do we need to collect rocks from the surface of Mars?

The composition of rocks on Mars will likely reveal the history of the planet, and help us understand the geological processes that have occurred there and those that are still occurring. This will probably determine how we establish any manned colonies there, which will be somewhat different from colonies on the Moon, where there is no atmosphere at all. Acquiring water will likely be easier on Mars, compared to the Moon where the only source seems to be deep craters far from the lunar equator. More prosaically, the rocks on Mars may reveal if any form of native life has ever existed there. Tests done by Mars rovers seem to indicate that it has not, but other clues suggest it is still possible.


Why do we need collect rocks from the surface of mars?

The composition of rocks on Mars will likely reveal the history of the planet, and help us understand the geological processes that have occurred there and those that are still occurring. This will probably determine how we establish any manned colonies there, which will be somewhat different from colonies on the Moon, where there is no atmosphere at all. Acquiring water will likely be easier on Mars, compared to the Moon where the only source seems to be deep craters far from the lunar equator. More prosaically, the rocks on Mars may reveal if any form of native life has ever existed there. Tests done by Mars rovers seem to indicate that it has not, but other clues suggest it is still possible.


What are inhabitant of Mars?

Truthfully on Mars there is no proven life but for fictional films they are called MARTIONS. Well if we call them martions they will call us earthlings so the species is a big (?) because we don't know if there is any life on mars


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Is it true when you study earth's interior geologists often rely on indirect such as evidence from fossils?

No. Fossils tell us about what was living at or near the earths surface in the past, they do not tell us about the Earth's interior. When studying the Earth's interior, geologists look at micro gravity variations (which tell us about density differences in deep rocks), magnetic variations (which tell us a bit about the deep rocks composition) and most importantly seismic records (which tell us about the physical properties of the deep rocks). We also look for deep rocks that have been brought to the surface during the collision of continents (the roots of mountains) and volcanic events (such as diamond pipes).