Tuesday CHALLENGE: Mars!

Names of Mars rovers that have collected data in the past and one planned for the future include;

• Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity
• Espirit, Chance, Curiosity
• Spirit, Chance, Olympus
• Olympus, Marineris, Spirit

Olympus Mons stands how many times greater than Mount Everest?

• 3 times
• 5 times
• 17 times
• 24 times

Why is Mars referred to as the Red Planet?

• high abundance of iron oxides
• red daytime sky
• light bent towards the red spectrum
• none of these answer choices

Mars has two moons; what are their names?

• Phobos and Deisha
• Deisha and Seimos
• Seimos and Deimos
• Phobos and Deimos

Fill in the blank:

Mars is the ________ planet from the sun

• 5th

• 4th

• 3rd

• 12th

 What was one of the names of the rovers explored mars?

• Apollo 11
• Viking 1
• ShipQ 9
• Turtle

How do the smaller Mars rovers generate electricity?

• solar panels

• gas generators

• nuclear battery

• wind turbines

How did Sojourner, Opportunity, and Spirit land on the surface of Mars?

• Sky crane, which was a platform with rockets and a crane slowly lowered the rover onto the surface.

• Used parachutes to slow the descent and hit the surface a little hard.

• Deployed airbags around the capsule and bounced across the surface until it stopped.

• A set of balloons deployed to slow the descent and when they hit the surface, they popped.

How did Curiosity land on the surface of Mars?

• Sky crane, which was a platform with rockets and a crane slowly lowered the rover onto the surface.

• Used parachutes to slow the descent and hit the surface a little hard.

• Deployed airbags around the capsule and bounced across the surface until it stopped.

• A set of balloons deployed to slow the descent and when they hit the surface, they popped.

About how long does it take a signal to get from Earth to Mars?

• 1 minute

• 7 minutes

• 1 hour

• 26 minutes