Exploring Space

The arrangement of electromagnetic radiation by wavelength is called the ________.

• gamma arrangement

• electromagnetic spectrum

• ultraviolet spectrum

• observatory

The first telescope to view space from outside Earth's atmosphere was ____.

• the space shuttle

• the Hubble Space Telescope

• the Very Large Array

• Mir

What are spacecraft designed to travel far into the solar system-and-beyond called

• satellites

• rockets

• space probes

• the Hubble Space Telescope

In what year did Apollo 11 land on the Moon?

• 1961

• 1969

• 1972

• 1989

What is a spacecraft with living quarters, work and exercise areas, and a life support system called?

• space probe

• satellite

• space station

• Apollo

At 300,000 km per second, how long would it take light from the Sun to reach a planet 9,000,000,000 km away?

• 3 seconds

• 30 seconds

• 30,000 seconds

• It would never travel that far.

For a timeline on the history of space exploration, what years would you pick for your beginning and ending points?

• 1950 and 2000

• 1057 and 1969

• 1957 and 2000

• 1957 and the current year

What kind of concept map would you use to describe the journey of a space shuttle?

• events chain

• spider map

• cycle map

• fishbone map

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How could you summarize the activities of various national space programs from Sputnik to the International Space Station?

• Competition to Cooperation

• Cooperation to Competition

• To the Moon and Back

• To Mars and Beyond

Looking at distant objects in space, as the Next Generation Space Telescope will do, is the same as ___.

• looking forward in time

• looking at near objects in space

• looking backward in time

• looking directly into the sun