U11- Space Exploration Test Review

Science is the study of the .......

• natural world

• supernatural world

• life in the universe

• EVERYTHING.

Which event happened first?

• Sputnik satellite

• Yuri Gagarin into space

• Challenger disaster killed 7

• Laika the dog sent into space

Mr. Betta buys a telescope on eBay. This telescope bends light by using a lens. He later returns it because the images were too distorted. What kind of telescope did Mr. Betta buy?

• reflecting telescope

• refracting telescope

• Infrared telescope

• Radio Telescope

• big mamma llamma telescope

The sun is _______ from Earth

• 1 AU

• 100 AU

• 1 LY

• 100 LY

Which of the following happened most recently?

• Sputnik satellite into space

• Neil Armstrong and """""""""BUZZ""""""""""" Aldrin walk on the moon

• Soviets land space probe on the moon

• Hubble telescope was launched into space

Why do we experience seasons?

• The tilt of the Earth combined with the revolution of the Earth around the sun

• The tilt of the Earth combined with the revolution of the sun around the earth

• The rotation of the Earth combined with the revolution of the sun around the Earth

• Santa claus did it

• When the earth is the closest to the sun, we experience summer, vice versa.

Nommag wants to see how plants grow in space compared to Earth. He grows a sunflower on Earth and (somehow) grows a sunflower on the International Space Station. Over the next 30 days he records how big each flower grows. What is the independent variable here?

• The location the flower was planted.

• The sunflowers

• How big each flower grows

• The soil each sunflower was planted in.

Right ascension on the celestial sphere is most similar to _______

• longitude

• latitude

• declination

• left ascension

• the declaration of independence

Energy (Heat) can be transferred in many ways. The sun emits ultraviolet rays which transfer electromagnetic energy into our skin and give us sunburn. What form of heat transfer would this be?

• radiation

• convection

• conduction

• collection

• sun spots

first telescope in space= ______ telescope