Space Exploration

Why is space exploration important to us?

• Improve

  world safety

• Develop

  new technology

• Search for

  resources

• Learn more about science and the universe

• all of the above

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Which Country used the armillary sphere in the past to measure the position of celestial bodies?

• China

• England

• Japan

• Korea

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Scientists invent and use ____ to study space.

• glasses

• microscope

• telescope

• stethoscope

What are the limitations of studying space from the Earth?

( choose three answers )

• light pollution

• noise pollution

• water pollution

• changes in the weather

• changes in the atmosphere

What do humans use to overcome the limitations of studying space from the Earth??

• planes

• trains

• rockets

• ships

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A rocket takes off by ____ .

• Marvel heroes

• using extraordinary powers

• blowing wind

• burning fuel

When fuel is burned, the gas produces a force in the opposite direction that pushes the rocket upwards.

What is this called?

• action

• reaction

• opposite force

• upward force

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A spacecraft takes off with the help of a ____ .

• space shuttle

• rocket

• artificial satellite

• parachute

In which year was the first artificial satellite sent to orbit the Earth.

• 1957

• 1967

• 1977

• 1987

In 1969, two American astronauts became the first humans to walk on ____ .

• Mercury

• the Moon

• Mars

• Jupiter

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