Space Rovers

Rover: a planetary surface exploration device designed to move across the __________ surface on a planet.

• gaseous

• liquid

• solid

• plasma

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rovers are typically created to land on another planet (other than Earth) via a __________-style spacecraft.

• orbiter

• swimmer

• lander

• rocket

Rovers have to withstand high levels of acceleration, high and low _____________, pressure, dust, corrosion, cosmic rays, remaining functional without repair for a needed period of time.

• altitude

• vegetation

• sound

• temperature

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Rovers cannot be ____________ controlled in real-time since the speed at which radio signals travel is far too slow for real-time or near-real-time communication.

• specially

• remotely

• personally

• automatically

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Plan a NASA scientific mission to Mars. Consider the objectives, the equipment needed, the potential challenges, and the benefits of the mission.

• Send a robot to collect soil samples, study potential for life, face challenges like dust storms, benefit by understanding if humans can live on Mars.

• Send a telescope to Mars to observe Earth from a distance, face challenges like light pollution, benefit by getting clearer images of space.

• Send a manned mission to explore the deep seas of Mars, face challenges like underwater navigation, benefit by discovering new marine species.

• Send a satellite to orbit Mars to play music, face challenges like signal transmission, benefit by entertaining astronauts on Mars.

Answer explanation

Send a robot to collect soil samples, study potential for life, face challenges like dust storms, benefit by understanding if humans can live on Mars.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

The Mars Pathfinder mission included Sojourner, the first rover to successfully deploy on another _____________.

• Moon

• Comet

• planet

• asteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission was a robotic space mission involving two Mars ___________, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars.

• landers

• orbitters

• satellite

• rovers

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

___________ was launched from Cape Canaveral on 26 November 2011 and landed on Aeolis Palus inside Gale crater on Mars on 6 August 2012.

• Pathfinder

• Curiosity

• Perserverance

• Lunar 1

Rovers are designed to collect information about the ___________, and to take crust samples such as dust, soil, rocks, and even liquids.

• terrain

• chemicals

• aerosols

• sky

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

These rovers are thus capable of operating autonomously with little assistance from ground control as far as ______________ and data acquisition are concerned,

• signal

• composotion

• navigation

• adherence