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Quiz #2: Perseverance & Ingenuity Lands on Mars

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did Perseverance land on Mars?

a)

Feb. 18, 2020

b)

Feb. 18, 2021

c)

Feb. 20, 2021

d)

Jan. 18, 2021

2.

How far is Mars from Earth?

a)

131 miles

b)

131,000 miles

c)

131 million miles

d)

131 billion miles

3.

What is the Entry, Descent, and Landing procedure also called?

a)

7 miles of terror

b)

7 hours of terror

c)

7 minutes of terror

d)

7 days of terror

4.

Which of these happens first?

a)

The rover enters the Mars atmosphere.

b)

The rover sheds the cruise stage.

c)

The rover releases the heat shield.

d)

The parachute is deployed.

5.

How hot does the spacecraft get as it enters the atmosphere?

a)

2,370 degrees Fahrenheit

b)

2 million degrees Fahrenheit

c)

237 degrees Fahrenheit

d)

1,000 degrees Celsius

6.

What keeps the rover from getting hot in the space craft as it enters the atmosphere?

a)

heat shield

b)

cruise stage

c)

solar panels

d)

parachute

7.

How fast is the spacecraft going when it enters Mars' atmosphere?

a)

12,000 miles per hour

b)

12 million miles per hour

c)

1,200 miles per hour

d)

120 miles per hour

8.

When the supersonic parachute opens to slow down the space craft, how large is it?

a)

7,000 feet in diameter

b)

700 feet in diameter

c)

70 feet in diameter

d)

70 square meters

9.

The descent stage separates from the heat shield and parachute when it is how far above the ground?

a)

69,000 miles

b)

6,900 miles

c)

690 miles

d)

69 miles

10.

Which part has 8 booster rockets attached to it?

a)

cruise stage

b)

descent stage

c)

entry stage

d)

sky crane

11.

Which letter is next to the heat shield?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

12.

Which letter is next to the Cruise Stage?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

13.

How many blades does the Ingenuity helicopter have?

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

14.

What makes the Ingenuity helicopter unique?

a)

It's the first helicopter with cameras.

b)

It's the first aircraft to attempt a controlled flight on another planet.

c)

It's the first aircraft to run on solar cells.

d)

It's the first NASA equipment on Mars.

15.

When did NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) begin testing the Ingenuity helicopter?

a)

2000

b)

2005

c)

2014

d)

2019

16.

What is NOT an obstacle for flying the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars?

a)

safely charging itself with its solar panels

b)

surviving the cold Martian nights

c)

being able to fly on Mar's thin atmosphere

d)

being able to take pictures

17.

How many equipment/tools are on the Perseverance rover?

a)

five

b)

six

c)

seven

d)

eight

18.

The Perseverance rover has an equipment that can change the Martian air (carbon dioxide) to oxygen, which humans can breathe. What is it called?

a)

Trixie

b)

Oxy

c)

Poxy

d)

Moxie

19.

The SuperCAM on the Perseverance Rover is what kind of equipment?

a)

camera

b)

spectrometer

c)

radar

d)

drill

20.

Perseverance's main mission is astrobiology, which means?

a)

searching for signs of ancient microbial life

b)

discovering plants and animals on earth

c)

searching for gold and silver in space

d)

discovering new elements in other planets