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WorksheetsPlanet Mars and the Perseverance Rover
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
On the 18 February 2021 at 20:55 Greenwich Mean Time, NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory landed another rover on the surface of Mars, What is its name?
Perseverance
Spirit
Curiosity
Endeavour
What nickname has been given to the Perseverance rover?
Mercy
Percy
Larry
Sue
The Perseverance rover's goals include identifying ancient Martian environments capable of supporting life. What feature, visible on Mars, will the scientists explore with the rover?
Mountains
Ancient lake and river bed
Polar Ice caps
The Perseverance rover's predecessor, Curiosity, found pebbles on the surface of Mars. Why do scientists think that these pebbles show evidence that the planet had running water on the surface?
They were polished and rounded
They shouldn't have been there
They were all found in a pile
They were all found scattered across the floor
According to Professor Cox, Mars used to be a world covered in water. approximately how long ago was this?
1 billion years ago
2 billion years ago
3 billion years ago
4 billion years ago
During the late heavy bombardment, a violent period in the formation of the solar system, asteroids rained down on the Martian surface. How much fell on the planet - Choose the correct estimate below?
53 tonnes per square metre
53 tonnes per square kilometre
53 tonnes per square mile
53 tonnes
How long ago do scientists think that life was present on Earth?
3.7 billion years ago
3.8 billion years ago
3.9 billion years ago
3.6 billion years ago
Mars has the largest known___________ in the solar system?
Waterfall
Ice caps
Mountain
Mars also has the tallest planetary mountain, and the second tallest mountain currently discovered in the Solar System - what is its name?
Olympus Mons
Mount Everest
Mauna Loa
Rheasilvia central peak
What causes the Aurora Borealis?
Magic
Charged particles from the sun interacting with the earths magnetic field
not this answer
Mars no longer has a magnetic field to protect it from the solar wind. between 3.5 and 4 billion years ago it stopped. What happened to Mars afterwards?
The atmosphere was stripped away
The Seas evaporated
The surface froze
All of the above
How long did it take to get Perseverance to Mars?
6 months
7 months
8 months
9 months
The perseverance and Curiosity rovers shared similar landing technology, How did NASA control the descent of both rovers allowing smooth landing?
Heat shield, parachute and skycrane
Parachute
Airbags
Skycrane
The Perseverance rover is also traveling with a Mars helicopter experiment, what is the name of this device?
Drone
Ingenuity
Creativity
Cunning
Scientists and Engineers hit a secret message in the parachute, what was the secret message?
Dare mighty things
The GPS coordinates for the JPL's headquarters in Pasadena
To infinity and beyond
