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WorksheetsRobots + Gold Record
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 9mins
What was the main subject of Cassini's mission?
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
The main subject of Opportunity's mission was to study the surface of which planet?
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Neptune
The voyager record included greetings in 55 human languages and which non-human language?
Humpback Whale Song
Bottle-nose Dolphin Chatter
Gorilla Sign Language
Howler Monkey Growls
A short musical idea.
Motif
Augmentation
Stacatto
Pianissimo
This is name of the rover that got stuck on Mars in 2010.
Spirit
Cassini
Voyager
Mariner
Why were images of people eating and drinking included in the golden record?
to show aggression
to show how humans obtain their energy
to express love
to cause confusion
What is the name of the American musician from the 1920s that was blinded at the age of seven and went on to write highly influential blues and gospel songs.
Blind Willie Johnson
James Brown
Michael Jackson
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
What song by a German composer and pianist features the most famous motif in western music?
Symphony No. 5
Rite of Spring
The Seasons
Clair de Lune
This is the name given to a low sustained humming sound that is featured in Tchakrulo.
drone
howl
jomb
worlb
Tchakrulo is about...
a dispute between peasants and a land owner.
a coronation.
celebrating good fortunes.
riding a horse through difficult terrain.
The emotion conveyed by the song Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground, can best be described as...
happiness
despair
love
pride
What does this represent?
our location relative to nearby neutron stars
the distribution of nucleobases in human DNA
the golden ratio
a supernova
The Quechuan song included in the golden record deals with the subject of...
a young girl being tricked into marriage.
losing a family member to a jaguar.
the stars.
a Peruvian myth about the creation of the Earth.
What instrument is played in the song Flowing Streams?
Qin
Sitar
Tablas
Banjo
What instrument is played in the song Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground?
Slide Guitar
Cello
Violin
Qin
What planets were the subject of Voyager 2's mission?
Jupiter; Mars; Venus; Earth
Jupiter; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune
Uranus; Neptune; Pluto; Planet X
Mercury; Venus; Mars; Asteroid Belt
What does this image establish?
Unit of time reference based on the transition between the two lowest energy states of hydrogen.
A base two number system (binary)
Information about how to properly align the record before attempting to listen to its sounds.
Basic math operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
What is this?
A calibration circle
The orbital path of the Earth around the Sun.
A shape with minimal area for a given circumference.
What is the purpose of the golden record?
An attempt to communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials.
To keep a record of Jimmy Carter's favorite songs and images.
A seed vault from which future people can restore extinct plants from our planet.
Which of the following least accurately represents the surface of Venus?
hot
hellish
corrosive
hospitable
Which of the following was NOT depicted in the images contained in the golden record?
War
Mathematical Definitions
Stages of Human Development
Transportation
