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Rocket Trivia Quizizz - Euclid

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Euclid is operated by which space agency?

a)

ESA

b)

NASA

c)

JAXA

d)

Roscosmos

2.

Which of these light spectra is Euclid able to see the MOST of?

a)

Infrared

b)

Visible

c)

Ultraviolet

d)

Radio

3.

What orbit does Euclid operate in?

a)

Low Earth Orbit

b)

High Polar Orbit

c)

Lissajous Orbit

d)

Geostationary Orbit

4.

What launch vehicle was originally slated to launch Euclid before it was moved to the Falcon 9?

a)

Vega-C

b)

Atlas V

c)

Ariane 5

d)

Soyuz

5.

Which of these designs does Euclid have in common with the James Webb Space Telescope?

a)

Sunshield

b)

Exposed Mirror

c)

Cryocooler

d)

Ion Thruster

6.

Which of these is closest to the launch mass, in metric tonnes, of Euclid?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

7.

Which one of these companies mainly manufactured Euclid at the request of ESA?

a)

The Boeing Company

b)

Airbus Defence and Space

c)

Thales Alenia Space

d)

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

8.

True or False: Euclid is the second ESA project that did not utilize aid from NASA.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

How long is the nominal mission time, in years, for Euclid?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

10

d)

12

10.

What fraction of the sky is Euclid expected to observe?

a)

1/2

b)

1/3

c)

3/5

d)

All

11.

Euclid's observations will focus on the part of the sky that faces _____ the Milky Way.

a)

Away from

b)

Towards

12.

How "far back in the past" is Euclid able to see?

a)

4 billion years

b)

6 billion years

c)

8 billion years

d)

10 billion years

13.

In what year was Euclid formally selected by the ESA Science Programme Committee for implementation?

a)

2010

b)

2011

c)

2012

d)

2013

14.

True or False: The Euclid spacecraft uses both X-Band and K-Band frequencies for data acquisition.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Which one of these mission proposals was not part of the ESA 2015-2025 Cosmic Vision Call for Proposals in 2007 that resulted in Euclid's development?

a)

DUNE

b)

SPACE

c)

Solar Orbiter

d)

JUICE