Science 9 Space Exploration & Society

What is the ISS?

• International Student Services
• Inside Sun Secrets
• International Space Station
• Iraq Space Services

During Apollo 11's mission, what was the difficulty in landing the Eagle?

• rocket was low on fuel

• landing site was too rocky

• communication to Earth ceased

• landing gear failed

What can interfere with the launch of a rocket?

• poor weather conditions

• malfunctioning equipment

• birds

• all of the above

The huge blast of electrically charged particles that the Sun sometimes emits can burn up the (a)   circuits in a satellite.

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(a)   radiation comes from the Milky Way and other galaxies.

What happens if a spacecraft re-enters the atmosphere at a steep angle?

• re-entry is turbulent

• bounce off atmosphere back to space

• move too quickly and burn up

• nothing

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Which of the following are space junk?

• flecks of paint

• bits of meteorites

• satellites

• garbage thrown from ISS

• bolts

How fast can micrometeorites (small pieces of space junk) move?

• 2000 km/h

• 5000 km/h

• 10000 km/h

• 20000 km/h

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In January 1978, when a nuclear-powered Soviet satellite crashed into the Great Slave Lake area of the Northwest Territories.

• True

• False

What is Canada's most significant contribution to space?

(a)