WorksheetsApollo 13 Documentary
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
What was the rocket called that was used to launch the Apollo mission in the movie?
Saturn V
NASA Type I
Space Shuttle
Apollo 13
Which Apollo mission was the movie about?
Apollo 10
Apollo 17
Apollo 12
Apollo 13
How many people were in the crew of the Apollo mission?
1
2
3
4
Which year did the Apollo mission you watched take place?
1970
1913
1965
1999
Which of the following men was not part of the crew?
James Lovell
Fred Haise
John Swaggert
John Glenn
Where did the Apollo 11 lunar lander land on the moon?
Star Base
Madaken Maria
The Sea of Tranquility
Luna Terrae
Where did the Apollo 12 lunar walk take place?
The Sea of Tranquility
The Madaken Maria
The Ocean of Storms
The Regolith Range
Why was Apollo 13 going to land in the rocky area?
To test the Lunar Landing/Lift Off gear of the spaceship.
To test rocks that scientists thought held the secrets to the origins of the universe.
To allow the US to claim even more land on the moon for the country.
To give the astronauts an easier way to lift off because the mountainous region is higher.
Why is there no original rock on Earth?
Earth never had original rock.
Erosion
The atomoshere has too much oxygen.
The ozone layer doesn't let rock through from space to Earth.
Who was the flight director for Apollo 13?
Gene Kranz
James Lovell
John Swiggert
Neil Armstrong
Why didn't Ken Mattingly get to go on Apollo 13?
He was too tall.
He had been exposed to the flu.
He was exposed to the chicken pox.
He was exposed to the measles.
What happened 16 seconds after Jack Swiggert stirred the fan tanks?
There was an explosion
The rocket lost momentum
Nothing
The lunar lander lost power
What did James Lovell see when he looked out window 5?
Stars
The Moon
A fire
Vapor coming from the aircraft
What tragedy happened to three astronauts on the launchpad in 1967?
A Fire
Nothing
A loss of oxygen
A loss of acceleration
What did the Apollo 13 use for a lifeboat in the mission?
The thrusters
The landing parachute
The lunar module
What problem did the debris cloud from the explosion create for the astronauts?
Meteors
Asteroids
Sprites
False Stars
What temperature did the Lunar Module reach?
38 deg F
38 deg C
100 deg F
100 deg C
What was collecting in the Lunar Module causing equipment to overheat?
oxygen
nitrogen
water
electric charge
What did the NASA computers use instead of a calculator?
A mainframe
A slide rule
A ruler
A guidance computer
When were the astronauts out of communication with the Earth?
When the explosion happened
When the spaceship needed to reorient itself
On the darkside of the moon
When the carbon dioxide got too high.
Which item was not used to make the new air purifier?
Duct Tape
A Sock
A plastic Tube
A shoestring
What was used to slingshot the lunar module back to Earth?
Earth's Gravity
Solar Wind
Oxygen Explosion
Moon's Gravity
What were the engineers worried about not having enough of for re-entry?
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Water
Electricity
How many hours of sleep per night were the astronauts getting?
8
5
3
1
How many minutes did it take the crew to do the new procedure before re-entry?
30
33
19
21
What weather problem did the Navy worry about with rentry?
A tornado
A hurricane
A typhoon
A tidal wave
How long did it take for Apollo 13 to talk to Mission Control on reentry?
4 minutes
5 minutes
5 minutes 27 seconds
4 minutes 27 seconds
In what state where the Apollo 13 astronauts reunited with their families?
Florida
Texas
California
Hawaii
Which astronaut had a bladder infection and high fever?
John (Jack) Swigert
Fred Haise
Jack Lovell
Glenn Kranz
