Space
Programming and Logic
Math and Physics
Zero-G IDE
SPHERES and Astrobees
200

The mission of this US government space agency is to understand Earth’s placement in the universe and to explore space.

What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA?

200

This data type/variable type possesses the ability to store decimal numbers, also known as floating-point numbers.

What is a float?

200

This is the acronym for the correct order of operations.

What is PEMDAS? (Note: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division, and Addition/Subtraction.)

200

This API function allows a satellite to point in a certain direction.

What is setAttitudeTarget?

200

True or False: Once the Astrobee system has been fully commissioned, it will take over for SPHERES as the space station’s robotic test facility, helping us to learn new capabilities in our journey to explore space.

What is true?

400

This satellite has astronauts living on it! It has housed people from not one, but 14 different countries.

What is the International Space Station or ISS?

400

Conditional statements are a way to give instructions about when to do something. They are often referred to as this.

What are if-then statements?

400

In this quadrant of a typical graph, x is negative and y is positive.

What is Quadrant II?

400

Calling this API function returns information about the position and orientation of the red satellite.

What is getOtherZRState?

400

The Astrobee named Honey is this color.

What is yellow?

600

Most space debris is found here.

What is Low Earth Orbit or LEO?

600

This data structure holds a row of elements that store information.

What is an array?

600

The mass of an elephant that is six tons on Earth is _____ tons on the moon.

What is 6?

600

Before editing or sharing code, it is always a good idea to do this.

What is save a copy of the current version?

600

SPHERES, as with many other types of robots need power and fuel to operate. Type AA _____ power the SPHERES and _____ is the fuel in the small tanks used.

What are batteries and carbon dioxide?

800

In 1969, this mission was “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

What is the Apollo 11 Mission?

800

The logic symbol != indicates this.

What is not equal to or does not equal?

800

This commonly used entity in mathematics possesses magnitude and direction.

What is a vector?

800

This is the coding language used by the IDE.

What is C?

800

The three SPHERES stopped working in this order (use colors).

What is orange, red, then blue?

1000

This next destination for human exploration includes plans to establish a permanent human settlement.

What is Mars?

1000

To declare a variable, these three pieces of information are required.

What are typename, and initial value?

1000

This law dictates that the total energy of an isolated system remains constant.

What is the Law of Conservation of Energy? (Note: The energy of the Universe is constant; it can neither be created nor destroyed, only transferred and transformed.)

1000

This is the number of words allocated when considering code size estimate.

What is 1500?

1000

The three Astrobees have been/will be set up on the ISS in this order (use names).

What is Bumble, Honey, then Queen?