6.8 Space History

What country was the first to put a man into space?

• USA
• Canada
• Russia
• England

What was the name of the first satellite to orbit Earth?

• Sputnik
• Skylab
• Challenger
• Curiosity

How often does "leap year" occur?

• every 4 years
• every year
• every 2 years
• once a decade

What word correctly describes our solar system?

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• Earthocentric
• Sunnycentric

What two scientists correctly believed that the planets revolved around the sun?

• Aristotle and Ptolemy
• Copernicus and Gallileo
• Copernicus and Aristotle
• Keptler and Ptolemy

Who was the first person to see the planets through a telescope?

• Gallileo
• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Kepler

What is the name of the space station launched by the U.S.?

• Skylab
• Sputnik
• Sky Station
• Space Stop-In

What month has the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere?

• January
• April
• June
• October

Earth's revolutions around the sun cause __.

• tides
• day and night
• seasons
• months

The oval-shaped orbital motion of the planets around the sun is called __.

• ellipse
• eclipse
• circular
• rectangular