Rover Quiz

What is the source of power for Perseverance?

• Battery

• Anti-matter

• Solar

• Nuclear

What is the MOXIE instrument testing out?

• Turn CO2 into O2

• Turn CO2 into H2O

• Turn Fe into Rust

• None of the Above

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What is Ingenuity?

• A mini land rover

• A return sample rocket

• A mini helicopter

• None of the above

Why was Jezero Crater picked as a landing site?

• It has an ancient river delta

• It has lots of craters

• It has underground caves

• None of the above

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What will Perseverance do with its collected rock samples?

• Launch them back to earth

• Drop them for later return mission.

• Throw them away once tested

• None of the above

What are the Mars Rovers?

• robotic vehicles sent to Mars by NASA

• robotic vehicles sent to Mars by Russia

• automatic vehicles sent to Mars by NASA

• robotic vehicles sent to the moon by NASA

What is the environment and terrain like in Mars?

• icy cold and covered in reddish dust and dirt

• Mars has volcanoes, gullies, and flat plains

• there are channels that look like they were carved by rivers and streams a long time ago

• all of the above

What is the name of the first wheeled robot to rove the Red Planet?

• Spirit

• Sojourner

• Perseverance

• Curiosity

The rocks that Spirit and Opportunity studied showed scientists that a long time ago, water on Mars may have looked a lot like water on Earth.

• TRUE

• FALSE

This rover was equipped with a laser and drill to conduct geological tests on the Martian rock with the primary goal of finding out if Mars ever once could have supported life.

• Spirit

• Curiosity

• Opportunity

• Endeavor

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