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Robots + Gold Record

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the main subject of Cassini's mission?

a)

Neptune

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Mars

2.

The main subject of Opportunity's mission was to study the surface of which planet?

a)

Venus

b)

Mars

c)

Mercury

d)

Neptune

3.

The voyager record included greetings in 55 human languages and which non-human language?

a)

Humpback Whale Song

b)

Bottle-nose Dolphin Chatter

c)

Gorilla Sign Language

d)

Howler Monkey Growls

4.

A short musical idea.

a)

Motif

b)

Augmentation

c)

Stacatto

d)

Pianissimo

5.

This is name of the rover that got stuck on Mars in 2010.

a)

Spirit

b)

Cassini

c)

Voyager

d)

Mariner

6.

Why were images of people eating and drinking included in the golden record?

a)

to show aggression

b)

to show how humans obtain their energy

c)

to express love

d)

to cause confusion

7.

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.

a)

Blind Willie Johnson

b)

James Brown

c)

Michael Jackson

d)

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie

8.

What song by a German composer and pianist features the most famous motif in western music?

a)

Symphony No. 5

b)

Rite of Spring

c)

The Seasons

d)

Clair de Lune

9.

This is the name given to a low sustained humming sound that is featured in Tchakrulo.

a)

drone

b)

howl

c)

jomb

d)

worlb

10.

Tchakrulo is about...

a)

a dispute between peasants and a land owner.

b)

a coronation.

c)

celebrating good fortunes.

d)

riding a horse through difficult terrain.

11.

The emotion conveyed by the song Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground, can best be described as...

a)

happiness

b)

despair

c)

love

d)

pride

12.

What does this represent?

a)

our location relative to nearby neutron stars

b)

the distribution of nucleobases in human DNA

c)

the golden ratio

d)

a supernova

13.

The Quechuan song included in the golden record deals with the subject of...

a)

a young girl being tricked into marriage.

b)

losing a family member to a jaguar.

c)

the stars.

d)

a Peruvian myth about the creation of the Earth.

14.

What instrument is played in the song Flowing Streams?

a)

Qin

b)

Sitar

c)

Tablas

d)

Banjo

15.

What instrument is played in the song Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground?

a)

Slide Guitar

b)

Cello

c)

Violin

d)

Qin

16.

What planets were the subject of Voyager 2's mission?

a)

Jupiter; Mars; Venus; Earth

b)

Jupiter; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune

c)

Uranus; Neptune; Pluto; Planet X

d)

Mercury; Venus; Mars; Asteroid Belt

17.

What does this image establish?

a)

Unit of time reference based on the transition between the two lowest energy states of hydrogen.

b)

A base two number system (binary)

c)

Information about how to properly align the record before attempting to listen to its sounds.

d)

Basic math operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)

18.

What is this?

a)

A calibration circle

b)

The orbital path of the Earth around the Sun.

c)

A shape with minimal area for a given circumference.

19.

What is the purpose of the golden record?

a)

An attempt to communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials.

b)

To keep a record of Jimmy Carter's favorite songs and images.

c)

A seed vault from which future people can restore extinct plants from our planet.

20.

Which of the following least accurately represents the surface of Venus?

a)

hot

b)

hellish

c)

corrosive

d)

hospitable

21.

Which of the following was NOT depicted in the images contained in the golden record?

a)

War

b)

Mathematical Definitions

c)

Stages of Human Development

d)

Transportation