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Quiz 3 — Space Observation & Mars Rovers

Telescopes, Hubble, JWST, light-years, and Mars exploration.

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  1. 1

    Which telescope is located in space?

  2. 2

    A key advantage of space telescopes is:

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    Ground-based telescopes suffer mostly from:

  4. 4

    Hubble was launched in:

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    The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) primarily observes in:

  6. 6

    JWST is located at which point?

  7. 7

    Which telescope discovered evidence supporting the accelerating expansion of the universe?

  8. 8

    A light-year is a unit of:

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    One light-year is approximately:

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    Proxima Centauri is about how many light-years from us?

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    Adaptive optics help ground telescopes by:

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    Radio telescopes detect:

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    Which is NOT a space telescope?

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    Chandra observes in which wavelength?

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    Hubble's mirror initial flaw was corrected by:

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    JWST launched in which year?

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    A key JWST science goal is to observe:

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    Light-year is best described as the distance light travels in:

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    Robots are used in space mainly because:

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    Which rover was the FIRST successful Mars rover after Sojourner?

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    Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars in:

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    Curiosity landed on Mars in:

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    Perseverance landed on Mars in:

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    Which rover carried the Ingenuity helicopter?

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    Perseverance's mission includes:

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    Which rover was nuclear-powered (RTG)?

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    Sojourner rover was part of which mission?

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    A common task of Mars rovers is:

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    Which rover found strong evidence of ancient water on Mars?

  30. 30

    Curiosity is exploring which crater?

  31. 31

    Perseverance is exploring which crater?

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    Rovers communicate with Earth mainly via:

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    A rover's mast camera is used to:

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    The delay in signals between Earth and Mars is about (average):

  35. 35

    Which is a challenge for Mars rovers?

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    Which rover officially ended its mission after getting stuck in sand?

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    Opportunity ended its mission after which event?

  38. 38

    The purpose of collecting Mars rocks is to:

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    Which instrument on Perseverance produced oxygen from Mars' atmosphere?

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    Ingenuity is a Mars:

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