Apollo 13 Characters
Apollo 13 Locations
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Films about Space
8th-Grade Science
100

Answer: The mission commander of Apollo 13, a veteran astronaut who finds himself facing numerous challenges during the mission. (Must include first and last name.)

Who is Jim Lovell?

100

Answer: The part of the spacecraft designed to land on the moon.

What is the Lunar Excursion Module or LEM or Aquarius?

100

Answer: The film is based on the true story of the Apollo 13 mission, which was the ______ (NUMBER) attempt to LAND on the moon.

What is third?

100

Answer: The original 1977 Star Wars film that introduced audiences to a galaxy far, far away and the iconic characters like Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia.

What is "A New Hope?"

100

The appearance of different constellations in the night sky during the year provides evidence that the Earth moves around this object.

What is the sun?

200

Answer: The lunar module pilot of Apollo 13, responsible for piloting the lunar module and eventually becomes one of the crew members experiencing serious illness. (Must include first and last name.)

Who is Fred Haise?

200

Answer: The location of the team on Earth that communicates, guides, and engineers solutions for the astronauts in space.

What is NASA's Mission Control Center (MCC) in Houston, Texas?

200

Answer: The film accurately depicts the ______ tank explosion that occurred on the Apollo 13 spacecraft, leading to a life-threatening crisis for the astronauts.

What is oxygen?

200

Answer: A 2015 survival drama about an astronaut stranded on Mars and his resourceful efforts to survive until rescue.

What is "The Martian?"

200

When looking at undisturbed rock layers, we can say that the top layer of rock is ___________ than the layers of rock below it.

What is younger?

300

Answer: The command module pilot of Apollo 13, replacing the original pilot due to a last-minute change in the crew assignment. (Must include first and last name.)

Who is Jack Swigert?

300

Answer: The film shows this location where the Apollo 13 launch takes place. It shows the pre-launch preparations and the excitement surrounding the space mission.

What is the Kennedy Space Center in Florida?

300

Answer: The main characters in the film, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert, were the actual _______ who were part of the Apollo 13 mission.

What are astronauts or crew members?

300

Answer: A 2009 reboot film that explores an alternate timeline, featuring a young crew of the USS Enterprise and facing a powerful Romulan villain.

What is "Star Trek?"

300

If you know only the distance an object traveled and the amount of time the object took to travel that distance, you can determine this.

What is (average) speed?

400

Answer: The flight director of the Apollo 13 mission, leading the team at NASA's Mission Control in Houston to solve the critical problems faced by the crew. (First or last name is acceptable.)

Who is Gene Kranz?

400

DAILY DOUBLE

Answer: While the actual landing to this location is aborted due to the mission's critical situation, there are scenes in the film that depict this location's surface as viewed from space.

What is the Moon?

400

Answer: Due to the oxygen tank explosion, the planned ____ landing on Apollo 13 was aborted, and the mission's primary focus shifted to safely returning the astronauts to Earth.

What is lunar or moon?

400

Answer: A 2014 Marvel film following a group of misfit space adventurers led by Star-Lord.

What is "Guardians of the Galaxy?"

400

In this type of "selection," mating pairs of organisms are selected by humans, not by the organisms themselves, and a population does not necessarily become better adapted to its environment.

What is artificial selection (or selective breeding)?

500

Answer: Originally slated to be the command module pilot, he is removed from the mission due to potential exposure to measles, which creates tension and emotional challenges. (First or last name is acceptable.)

Who is Ken Mattingly?

500

Answer: Toward the end of the film, there are tense scenes showcasing the spacecraft moving through this location and the challenges faced by the astronauts during this critical phase.

What is Re-Entry into Earth's Atmosphere?

500

DAILY DOUBLE

Answer: The film portrays the ingenuity of the _____ (name of organization) team in devising creative solutions to address the life-threatening issues faced by the astronauts

What is NASA (National Aeronautic and Space Administration)?

500

Answer: While it includes speculative science-fiction elements, this 2014 film employs realistic depictions of space travel and explores concepts of interstellar travel and black holes.

What is "Interstellar?"

500

As a sound wave spreads through the air, it moves the air particles smaller and smaller distances. The decrease in the displacement of the air molecules is a change in this characteristic of the sound wave.

What is amplitude?