Unit 4- Space

Question 1

What date would have the sun above the horizon for most hours?

Answer 1

June 22

Question 2

In which direction is the sun at noon in the winter?

Answer 2

South

Question 3

Suppose the sun rises due east. When will the sun next rise due east?

Answer 3

Six months

Question 4

If you see the moon rise tonight at 9:00P.M., approximately what time will it rise tomorrow night?

Answer 4

10:00 pm

Question 5

Approximately how many hours of daylight do you get in the summer?

Answer 5

12 to 16

Question 6

In which season can you see the Big Dipper?

Answer 6

All year

Question 7

How many time is there Between full Moons?

Answer 7

29 days

Question 8

Suppose you see the sun south of you. It’s sets and rises the next day. How much time will pass until the sun is exactly south of you again?

Answer 8

24 h

Question 9

What event causes the astronauts to abort the mission?

Answer 9

A sand storm strikes their landing site.

Question 10

What does the pilot do to keep the MAV upright after it tips past 13 degrees?

Answer 10

Launching rockets on the nose cone.

Question 11

According to Watney, the earliest that another manned mission could rescue him is in four years. How long is his habitat, or “Hab” designed to last?

Answer 11

31 days

Question 12

Where does he grow potatoes and how?

Answer 12

In the Hab, by varying dirt in.

Question 13

What does he mix into the soil to provide the needed bacteria?

Answer 13

Human feces

Question 14

How does NASA figure out that Watney is alive?

Answer 14

Satellite imaging

Question 15

According to Watney, if he does not use his heater in the rover he will be “slowly killed by the laws of . . .”

Answer 15

Thermodynamics

Question 16

How does Watney solve the heat problem in the rover?

Answer 16

He digs up the box of plutonium and puts it in the rover.

Question 17

What does Watney use to reestablish communication with NASA?

Answer 17

The Pathfinder Probe

Question 18

What does Watney seal the hole caused by the airlock explosion?

Answer 18

He covers it with plastic and duck tape.

Question 19

What happens to the rocket that is carrying Watney’s extra food?

Answer 19

It explodes on takeoff

Question 20

NASA has a secret meeting that they code name “Council of . . .”

Answer 20

Elrond

Question 21

What does the crew of the Hermes decide to do to help Watney?

Answer 21

Slingshot around earth and travel back to pick him up

Question 22

What does Watney have to remove from the MAV in order to get it light enough to launch at the speeds that he needs?

Answer 22

Nose cone, windows and life support

Question 23

What does the Hermes crew use to slow down the ship?

Answer 23

A bomb hooked to a lighting panel