Space Exploration

The first Soviet Union artificial satellite?

• Explorer 1

• Sputnik 1

• Voyager

• The Great Space Coaster

Voyager 1 is a spacecraft that took pictures of Jupiter and was the first to leave our Solar System. What type of probe was is?

Artemis' goal is to land a spacecraft on the _______ and then have Orion continue to ________.

• Jupiter/Mars

• The moon/ Mars

• The moon/ Venus

• Mars/ Neptune

A ___________ travels through the void of space.

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Cloud

The first spacecraft to land on the moon was _______. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.

• Apollo 17

• Apollo 1

• Apollo 13

• Apollo 11

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What type of spacecraft would you use to study the surfaces of the other planets?

• A rocket

• A shuttle

• A probe

• A crewed ship

What craft overcomes the force of gravity and send objects into space?

• A rocket

• A jet

• The Magic School bus

• Thor

The Earth is resistant to change in motion. The tendency to resist change is......

• Gravity

• Flexibility

• Speed

• Inertia

One factor that keeps the planets in orbit is the sun's _________.

• Density

• Speed

• Friction

• Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

__________ is the region where Pluto is found. It is just beyond Neptune.

• Oort Cloud

• Kuiper Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Orion's Belt