Question

Polar ice caps of the planet Mars are due to
a. Solidified water
b. Solidified carbon dioxide
c. Volcano eruption near the poles
d. Cover of dust particles that reflect light .

Answer 1

The answer is due to solidified Carbon dioxide.

Hope this helps you.

Answer 2

Mars has two polar ice caps.

It is dark during the winters.

The frozen carbon dioxide turns into gas when it is exposed to the sun.

Both the caps are actually frozen water.

The outer layer is of frozen carbon dioxide which is one metre think on the north pole and eight metres thick on the south pole.

The poles have deposits on them which is known as polar-layered deposits.