The Galileo Mission to Jupiter (LR)

The Galileo Mission to Jupiter (LR)

By Ryan Posey

Open Ended

What do you think this book is about and how does it connect to the science unit?

Multiple Choice

There were 15 astronauts aboard.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Where is the space shuttle going?

• Mars

• the moon

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Open Ended

What does shadowy phases mean?

Multiple Choice

The original Galileo invented the telescope.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

The spacecraft was built after a(n) __.

• Italian astronaut.

• Italian astronomer.

• Spanish astronomer.

• English astonomer.

Open Ended

What cool event did the cameras on Galileo see in July of 1994?

Fill in the Blanks

Gaspa and Ida are two large

.

Open Ended

What is the main idea of chapter 4?

Multiple Choice

Jupiter has __ moons than Earth.

• more

• less

Open Ended

What were some of Galileo's goals while investigating Jupiter?

Multiple Choice

Jupiter rotates __.

• very slow

• at an average speed

• very fast

Fill in the Blanks

In the end, NASA crashed Galileo into

.

Multiple Select

Which are names of moons of Jupiter?

• Ganymeade

• Europa

• Callisto

• Jutiper

• Mars

Multiple Choice

an important task that one is sent out to do, or a goal that a person strongly feels that he or she must go out and achieve.

• mission

• solar system

• atmosphere

• astonomer

• orbit

Multiple Choice

a scientist who studies the universe beyond the earth.

• mission

• solar system

• atmosphere

• astonomer

• orbit

Multiple Choice

our Sun, its eight planets and their moons, and all other bodies that travel around the Sun, or any system that includes a star and all of the matter which orbits that star, including planets and moons.

• mission

• solar system

• atmosphere

• astonomer

• orbit

Multiple Choice

the gases surrounding the earth or other similar objects in outer space.

• mission

• solar system

• atmosphere

• astonomer

• orbit

Multiple Choice

the curved path in which a planet, satellite, or spacecraft moves in a circle around another body.

• mission

• solar system

• atmosphere

• astonomer

• orbit

Multiple Choice

any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

• outer planet

• flybys

• asteroid

• comet

Multiple Choice

a flight of a spacecraft past a celestial body (such as Mars) close enough to obtain scientific data

• outer planet

• flybys

• asteroid

• comet

Multiple Choice

a celestial body that appears as a fuzzy head usually surrounding a bright nucleus, that has a usually highly eccentric orbit, that consists primarily of ice and dust, and that often develops one or more long tails when near the sun

• outer planet

• flybys

• asteroid

• comet

Multiple Choice

a flight of a spacecraft past a celestial body (such as Mars) close enough to obtain scientific data

• outer planet

• flybys

• asteroid

• comet