Objective – Understand current attempts to better understand Mars.
Name ______
MSIP Resource Manual Worksheet, Chapters 4 & 5
Chapter 4: Mars Odyssey Timeline
Using the information in Chapter 4, place these events in the proper order. #1 is the first event and #9 is the final event.
_____1. The first orbit around Mars took 18.5 hours_____2. Entered Mars orbit October 24, 2001, universal time
_____3. Launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on April 7, 2001
_____4. From the time it left Earth orbit, Odyssey was able to communicate with
Earth through NASA’s Deep Space Network 24 hours a day
_____5. Odyssey’s primary mission began February 2002
_____6. The last trajectory correction took place seven hours before arriving at
Mars.
_____7. After entering Mars orbit, it took one week to complete aerobraking
_____8. Just before entering Mars orbit, From the time Odyssey left Earth,
Odyssey had traveled about 200 days to arrive at Mars.
_____9. After Odyssey completed aerobraking, it was in a two hour circular orbit / A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
F. 6
G. 7
H. 8
I. 9
Chapter 5: An Introduction to THEMIS
Seeing the Invisible
10. This is one of the instruments you will be using as a part of your MSIP project.
a. THEMIS (Thermal Emission Imaging System)
b. VIS (Visual Camera)
c. HiRise (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment)
d. CRISM (Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars)
11. THEMIS is composed of two instruments (cameras). They are a(n)…(There are two answers to this question.)
a. CICLOPS camerac. RAT camera
b. IR camerad. VIS camera
12. One THEMIS instrument measures what type of radiation?
a. Alphac. Infrared (IR)
b. Betad. Ultraviolet (UV)
13. We also call infrared (IR) radiation heat.
a. Trueb. False
14. Can your eye detect a color “redder than red?”
a. Yesb. No
15. The THEMIS IR camera has detectors sensitive to ______different “colors” of infrared light. (Enter a number)
16. Minerals on and just below Mars’s surface absorb heat and radiate it back into space. THEMIS can identify minerals based on the ______of the IR radiation radiated by the rocks.
a. colorc. size
b. frequencyd. wavelength
17. The THEMIS IR and VIS cameras are high-resolution. This means they can…
a. see large details on the surface of Mars clearly.
b. see small details on the surface of Mars.
c. take sharp and clear images from a long distance.
d. take very sharp and clear images.
18. The VIS camera can resolve features as small as ______meters.
19. Which camera is used by the Mars Student Imaging Project?
a.THEMIS IRb. THEMIS VIS
20. All communication with Odyssey is done through…
a. Lockheed Martin Astronautics in Denver.
b. NASA’s Deep Space Network.
c. the scientist who is the principle investigator.
d. the THEMIS mission planner.
21. Exploring a planet is never a routine job!
a. Trueb. False
MSIP Resource Manual Worksheet, Chapters 4 & 5
F 1. The first orbit took 18.5 hours
E 2. Entered Martian orbit October 24, 2001, universal time
A 3. Launched on April 7, 2001
B 4. Odyssey was able to communicate with Earth through NASA’s Deep Space Network 24 hours a day
I 5. Primary mission began February 2002
C 6. The last trajectory correction took place seven hours before arriving at Mars.
H 7. Took one week to complete aerobraking
D 8. It took about 200 days to arrive at Mars.
G 9.Used aerobraking to change orbit to a two hour circular orbit
10. This is one of the instruments you will be using as a part of your MSIP project.
A. THEMIS (Thermal Emission Imaging System)
11. THEMIS is composed of two instruments (cameras). They are a(n)… (There are two answers to this question.)
b. IR camera; d. VIS camera
12. One THEMIS instrument measures what type of radiation?
c. Infrared (IR)
13. We also call infrared (IR) radiation heat.
a. True
14. Can your eye detect a color “redder than red?”
b. No
15. The THEMIS IR camera has detectors sensitive to ______different “colors” of infrared light. (Enter a number)
9
16. Minerals on and just below Mars’s surface absorb heat and radiate it back into space. THEMIS can identify minerals based on the ______of the IR radiation radiated by the rocks.
a. color
17. The THEMIS IR and VIS cameras are high-resolution. This means they can…
b. see small details on the surface of Mars.
18. The VIS camera can resolve features as small as ______meters.
18
19. Which camera is used by the Mars Student Imaging Project?
b. THEMIS VIS
20. All communication with Odyssey is done through…
b. NASA’s Deep Space Network.
21. Exploring a planet is never a routine job!
a. True
MSIP Resource Manual Worksheet, Chapters 4 & 5 – Scoring Guide
1. F (9 choices)2. E (9 choices)
3. A (9 choices)
4. B (9 choices)
5. I (9 choices)
6. C (9 choices)
7. H (9 choices)
8. D (9 choices)
9. G (9 choices)
10. a
11. b, d
12. c
13. a (2 choices)
14. b (2 choices)
15. 9
16. a
17. b
18. 18
19. b
20. a
21. a (2 choices) / Scoring Guide
20-21 – 4
18-19 – 3.5
15-17 – 3
14 – 2.5
12-13 – 2
11 – 1.5
9-10 – 1
1-8 – .5
0 – 0
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