Martian salt streaks painted by liquid water

_______ (SCIENCE) think they can now tie dark streaks seen on the surface of Mars to periodic
flows of liquid water. Data from a Nasa satellite shows the features, which ______
(APPEARANCE) on slopes, to be associated with salt deposits.
Crucially, such salts could alter the freezing and ______ (VAPORIZE) points of water in Mars's
sparse air, keeping it in a fluid state long enough to move. Luju Ojha and colleagues report the
findings in the journal Nature Geoscience.
There are ______ (IMPLY) for the existence of life on the planet today, because any liquid water
raises the possibility that microbes could also be present. And for future astronauts on Mars, the
______ (IDENTIFY) of water supplies near the surface would make it easier for them to "live off the
land".
"It may decrease the cost - and increase the ______ (RESILIENT) - of human activity on the
planet," co-author Mary-Beth Willhelm, from the Nasa Ames Research Center in California, said in
a US space agency media briefing on Monday.
______ (RESEARCH) have long wondered whether liquid water might occasionally flow across the
surface today. It is not a simple proposition, because the temperatures are ______ (USUAL) well
below zero Celsius and the ______ (ATMOSPHERE) pressure is so low that any liquid H2O will
rapidly boil. But the observation over the past 15 years of gullies and surface streaks that appear to
change with the seasons has heightened the ______ (SPECULATE).

Martian salt streaks painted by liquid water

_______ (SCIENCE) think they can now tie dark streaks seen on the surface of Mars to periodic
flows of liquid water. Data from a Nasa satellite shows the features, which ______
(APPEARANCE) on slopes, to be associated with salt deposits.
Crucially, such salts could alter the freezing and ______ (VAPORIZE) points of water in Mars's
sparse air, keeping it in a fluid state long enough to move. Luju Ojha and colleagues report the
findings in the journal Nature Geoscience.
There are ______ (IMPLY) for the existence of life on the planet today, because any liquid water
raises the possibility that microbes could also be present. And for future astronauts on Mars, the
______ (IDENTIFY) of water supplies near the surface would make it easier for them to "live off the
land".
"It may decrease the cost - and increase the ______ (RESILIENT) - of human activity on the
planet," co-author Mary-Beth Willhelm, from the Nasa Ames Research Center in California, said in
a US space agency media briefing on Monday.
______ (RESEARCH) have long wondered whether liquid water might occasionally flow across the
surface today. It is not a simple proposition, because the temperatures are ______ (USUAL) well
below zero Celsius and the ______ (ATMOSPHERE) pressure is so low that any liquid H2O will
rapidly boil. But the observation over the past 15 years of gullies and surface streaks that appear to
change with the seasons has heightened the ______ (SPECULATE).