Living in Space

Gigantic antennas that receive radio signals are called

• refracting telescopes

• radio telescopes

• photometers

• microwaves

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What describes anything that comes from beyond Earth?

• extraterrestrial

• biospheric

• universal

• free fall

During space flight, astronauts experience_________, which is a feeling that there is no gravity.

• heaviness

• weightlessness

• gravity

• resistance to movement

What could astronauts carry with them on the International Space Station that could help them recycle materials?

• radio telescopes

• SETI

• plants

• message disks

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An object orbiting around Earth is in

• microgravity

• free fall

• zero gravity

• the extraterrestrial

Which probe carries a message disk into space?

• Pioneer 10

• Pioneer 11

• International Space Station

• Voyager 2

Astronauts on the International Space Station will______________________.

• experience very high gravity

• not need to recycle any materials

• send messages with a radio telescope

• carry out medical experiments

What do bones lose during free fall?

• calcium

• water

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

The robotic arm used to assemble and maintain the International Space Station is called the

• Drake equation

• Voyager 1

• Canadian Hand

• Extraterrestrial

What does SETI stand for?

• space for encountering traveling intelligence

• satellites for entering time intruders

• search for extraterrestrial intelligence

• sound of extraterrestrial interest