G2 History 3.4/3.5 - The Space Age & Reaching the moon

Which word means "to go around a planet"?

• spacewalk

• astronaut

• orbit

• cable

Which word means "moving around in space, outside a spacecraft?"

• astronaut

• orbit

• Vomit Comet

• spacewalk

Which word means "a person who travels into space"?

• Sputnik

• aircraft

• astronaut

• Apollo

What was the first machine in space called?

• Laika

• Sputnik

• Vostok 1

• Apollo 11

For how long did Sputnik orbit the Earth?

• 22 days

• 22 months

• 2 days

• 2 months

How many transmitters did Sputnik have to send messages back to Earth?

• ten

• one

• four

• two

Sputnik was the first __________ that orbited the Earth and sent messages.

• satellite

• dog

• astronaut

• moon rock

What shape and size was Sputnik?

• a metal ball the size of a golf ball

• a wooden ball the size of basketball

• a metal ball the size of a beach ball

• a plastic ball the size of a Poke ball

What was the first animal in space?

• Sputnik (a squirrel)

• Yuri (a cat)

• Laika (a dog)

• Alexey (a parrot)

What did sending Laika into space prove?

• satellites could send messages back to Earth

• people could walk on the moon

• people could walk in space

• animals could stay alive in space