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Where would a space probe best be used?

• sun

• my backyard

• Saturn

• International Space Station

Which one does Mars not have?

• Plenty of red dust

• Rocky interior

• Plenty of water

• Probes that land on it

We used to abandon our space vehicles in outer space, now we

• Reuse them

• Blow them up

• Launch them further into space

• Use them as space apartments

If the sun´s gravity was not so strong, we would...

• have a longer day and night

• have a longer year

• float in an s shape

• float in a straight line

Scientist measure distances in space by...

• kilograms

• Star Units

• Astronomical units

• Mile Units

Galileo discovered moons orbiting around Jupiter and that made us realize that we were not the center of the universe. What did we think before?

• That everything revolved around Earth.

• That everything revolved around the moon.

• That everything revolved around Jupiter.

• That nothing revolved around anything.

A spinoff of the space program was cordless power tools. We have stolen this idea to use on Earth. How did cordless tools help the astronauts?

• They didn´t have to charge their tools anymore.

• They didn´t get tangled up in the cords.

• They liked the sound of cordless over ones with wires.

• They sometimes lost power.

What object is most likely described as rocky, irregular and found between Mars and Jupiter?

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Pluto

What object would be described as mostly made of ice?

• Comet

• Cupid

• Donner

• Blitzen

The correct name for our orbit path is...

• smooshed circle

• egg shape

• oval

• ellipse