Mars Rover: Perseverance

What is Mars also called?

• The Blue planet

• The Green planet

• The Red planet

• The Purple planet

What is the name of the most recent Mars rover?

• Curiosity

• Perseverance

• Wonder

• Ingenuity

What nickname has been given to the Perseverance rover?

• Mercy

• Percy

• Larry

• Sue

What is the purpose of sending Perseverance to the red planet?

• To get closer to Jupiter

• To communicate with aliens

• To build a space station

• To look for signs of ancient (past) life

What is Ingenuity?

• A mini land rover

• A return sample rocket

• A mini helicopter

• None of the above

True or false: Mars' atmosphere is extremely thick compared to Earth's.

Why was there concern about Ingenuity taking flight?

• We have never flown a device on a different planet

• The engineers who built it rushed

• The helicopter is too heavy

• There were no concerns

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Describe the particles of a THIN atmosphere.

• The particles are very close together

• The particles are really large

• The particles are very spread out

• The particles shrink