🌆 Chapter 4: Modern Canada
What is the Canadarm?
Correct answer: A robot arm operated in space
✓ A robot arm operated in space
B A Canadian-built satellite
C A radio telescope in Alberta
D A wireless telephone network
💡 Explanation
The Canadarm is a robotic arm for use in space, developed by SPAR Aerospace with the National Research Council.
Key facts to remember
- Pioneer thinkers included Marshall McLuhan and Harold Innis
- Canadian research attracts world-class students, academics and entrepreneurs
- Fields include medical research and telecommunications
- Canadian astronauts and the space agency have worked in space since 1989
- The Canadarm is a Canadian design, built in Canada
- Nobel winners: Herzberg, Polanyi, Altman, Taylor, Smith, Brockhouse
- Herzberg reached Canada as a refugee from Nazi Germany
Why this is the answer
From the official Discover Canada study guide — 4.6.1 Science and Technology:
Canadian work in science and technology is respected everywhere. It has altered the way the world communicates and does business. Pioneer thinkers included Marshall McLuhan and Harold Innis. Research done in Canada has won international recognition. It keeps attracting top students, academics and entrepreneurs from other countries. They work in medical research, in telecommunications and in many other fields. Science is one of the areas where Canada's influence reaches far beyond its own borders.
Canada's work in space started in 1989. Since then, Canadian astronauts and the Canadian Space Agency have joined in exploring space. The tool they often use is the Canadarm, which was designed and built in Canada. Nobel Prizes have gone to Canadian scientists as well. One winner was Gerhard Herzberg, who had come to the country as a refugee from Nazi Germany. The others are Bertram Brockhouse, Sidney Altman, Michael Smith, John Polanyi and Richard E. Taylor.
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