WorksheetsQuiz #2: Perseverance & Ingenuity Lands on Mars
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
When did Perseverance land on Mars?
Feb. 18, 2020
Feb. 18, 2021
Feb. 20, 2021
Jan. 18, 2021
How far is Mars from Earth?
131 miles
131,000 miles
131 million miles
131 billion miles
What is the Entry, Descent, and Landing procedure also called?
7 miles of terror
7 hours of terror
7 minutes of terror
7 days of terror
Which of these happens first?
The rover enters the Mars atmosphere.
The rover sheds the cruise stage.
The rover releases the heat shield.
The parachute is deployed.
How hot does the spacecraft get as it enters the atmosphere?
2,370 degrees Fahrenheit
2 million degrees Fahrenheit
237 degrees Fahrenheit
1,000 degrees Celsius
What keeps the rover from getting hot in the space craft as it enters the atmosphere?
heat shield
cruise stage
solar panels
parachute
How fast is the spacecraft going when it enters Mars' atmosphere?
12,000 miles per hour
12 million miles per hour
1,200 miles per hour
120 miles per hour
When the supersonic parachute opens to slow down the space craft, how large is it?
7,000 feet in diameter
700 feet in diameter
70 feet in diameter
70 square meters
The descent stage separates from the heat shield and parachute when it is how far above the ground?
69,000 miles
6,900 miles
690 miles
69 miles
Which part has 8 booster rockets attached to it?
cruise stage
descent stage
entry stage
sky crane
Which letter is next to the heat shield?
A
B
C
D
E
Which letter is next to the Cruise Stage?
A
B
C
D
E
How many blades does the Ingenuity helicopter have?
one
two
three
four
What makes the Ingenuity helicopter unique?
It's the first helicopter with cameras.
It's the first aircraft to attempt a controlled flight on another planet.
It's the first aircraft to run on solar cells.
It's the first NASA equipment on Mars.
When did NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) begin testing the Ingenuity helicopter?
2000
2005
2014
2019
What is NOT an obstacle for flying the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars?
safely charging itself with its solar panels
surviving the cold Martian nights
being able to fly on Mar's thin atmosphere
being able to take pictures
How many equipment/tools are on the Perseverance rover?
five
six
seven
eight
The Perseverance rover has an equipment that can change the Martian air (carbon dioxide) to oxygen, which humans can breathe. What is it called?
Trixie
Oxy
Poxy
Moxie
The SuperCAM on the Perseverance Rover is what kind of equipment?
camera
spectrometer
radar
drill
Perseverance's main mission is astrobiology, which means?
searching for signs of ancient microbial life
discovering plants and animals on earth
searching for gold and silver in space
discovering new elements in other planets
