Astronaut Test

Astronaut Test

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Multiple Choice

"In all, Ellen has spent around 40 days in space! And she has spent many more helping astronauts and scientists from the ground." As used in the text, what does the phrase "from the ground" most nearly mean?

• from space

• from a spacecraft

• from the surface of the moon

• from the earth

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of this text?

• Astronauts set up labs on the International Space Station so that they can study space and study the earth from space.

• The world's first Hispanic female astronaut, Ellen Ochoa, has traveled to space to study the sun and the earth.

• NASA chooses only people who meet certain requirements to become astronauts.

• Ellen Ochoa has studied how the sun's energy affects the earth's climate and environment.

Multiple Choice

Why might the International Space Station have been built?

• because it allows people to travel to the sun

• because it allows people to travel to the other planets

• because it helps people study the earth and space

• because it stops space objects from hitting the earth

Multiple Choice

What does the word requirement mean?

• Something that must be done.

• It is a place on the moon.

• You can you can choose to do.

• Something people love doing.

Multiple Choice

There are many requirements to become an astronaut. Name one requirement.

• Spend many years studying history and English.

• Spend many years studying science, engineering, or math.

• Must have good hearing.

• Must work at NASA for at least ten years.

Multiple Choice

Ellen Ochoa made history in 1991 by doing what?

• becoming the world's first Hispanic female astronaut

• becoming the first astronaut to visit space

• becoming the first Hispanic female doctor

• becoming the first Hispanic astronaut