Maybe spend a little less time playing video games and more time reading or listening to your teachers? Mars is the 4th planet in the solar system and not the furthest - that distinction belongs to Neptune, but used to be Pluto before is was declassified as planet back in 2006 and became a dwarf planet. Our solar system is separated into an Inner solar system and an Outer solar system Inner: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars Outer: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune (aka the gas giants) As for it being red - that is due to the high concentration of iron oxide in the surface material. And for a bonus - Why is color red - red? That is because the color red absorbs the blue and green wavelengths of the light spectrum while reflecting the red wavelengths. See you learn something new everyday and this case, you get a two for one special.