“Space Exploration” Quiz E1.3

 In preparing for the challenges of space exploration, people have developed ____ and ____ that have become very important in enriching our lives.

Which words below complete the statement above to make it correct?

• foods; products

• food; planets

• water; products

• space stations; rockets

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Which of these is an unpiloted spacecraft designed to gather information while orbiting planets other than Earth?

• Space probe

• Space shuttle

• Space telescopes

• Space station

Some astronauts may spend several months in space orbiting Earth.

Where do these astronauts most likely stay while in space?

• On a space probe.

• In a space shuttle.

• On a space station.

• In a lunar module.

Products that were created for the space program and have been modified to be used here on Earth they are called ...?

• Spinoffs

• Originals

• Designs

• Specials

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Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been orbiting Earth and sending back images of space for astronomers to view and interpret. 

What is a benefit of a telescope that orbits Earth?

• Human error is reduced by the use of the Hubble telescope.

• Views from outer space telescopes are clearer than those from Earth-based telescopes.

• Earth-based telescopes have a greater range of light detection.

• The Hubble telescope is used to examine events that cannot be explained.