Rockets and Space Travel

Typically, which four modes of transportations are used to get people from one point to another? Check all that apply.

• Walking

• Rockets

• Car

• Jet or Airplane

• Bicycle

Which measurement below best describes the distance across the United States.

• 100 miles

• 2,800 miles

• 10,000 miles

• 100,000 miles

What is the largest distance on earth? Hint: This is at the equator.

• 500 miles

• 10,000 miles

• 25,000 miles

• 100,000 miles

What is the distance from the Earth's surface to space?

• 15 miles

• 65 miles

• 500 miles

• 1,500 miles

How far away is the moon from earth?

• 25,000 miles

• 240,000 miles

• 500,000 miles

• 2,000,000 miles

True of False. There are single distances on earth that are greater than the distance from earth to the moon?

• True

• False

To escape earth's gravity and to travel to space, what speed did Saturn V accomplish?

• 800 mph

• 1,500 mph

• 25,000 mph

• 100,000 mph

How many days did it take Apollo 11 to reach the moon?

• 6 hrs

• 1 day

• 2 days

• 3 days

What time period did the Apollo missions occur?

• 1940 - 1950

• 1961 - 1972

• 1980 - 1990

• 2000 - 2010

What was the purpose of the Apollo missions?

• To get to space

• To orbit earth

• To have humans land on Mars.

• To have humans land on the moon.M