Exploring Space Chapter 22

A natural satellite is:

• Sputnik 1

• Apollo

• the moon

A reflecting telescope uses:

• lenses

• mirrors

• x rays

The Hubble Space Telescope is in which orbit:

• MEO

• HEO

• LEO

Earth's gravity is a force that needs to be figured out in order to:

• launch a rocket

• fly a kite

• fly an airplane

The final stage of the U.S. program to reach the moon was called:

• Project Apollo

• Project Mercury

• Project Gemini

This is an instrument that gathers information and sends it back to earth and among these are both Voyager spacecrafts :

• rocket

• space probe

• space station

This is a space station that over 15 countries support:

• ISS

• Project Mercury

• Sputnik

What year did Neil Armstrong walk on the moon:

• 1968

• 1969

• 1979

To launch a rocket into space and overcome Earth's gravity, the rocket has to travel at:

• 11 km/s

• 11,000 km/s

• 300 km/s

• 300,000 km/s

Which space station orbits Earth at approximately 350 km:

• Skylab

• Apollo

• ISS