7.4 Vocab Review

An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer is known as what?

• telescope

• space probe

• space shuttle

• rocket

The Hubble Space Telescope ....

• first permanent space telescope above Earth’s atmosphere

• gathers detailed photos about the universe

• gathers detailed data about the universe

• all of the above

 Telescope in space designed to detect X-ray emissions from hot regions of the universe

• Sputnik

• Spitzer Space Telescope

• Hubble Space Telescope

• Chandra X-Ray Observatory

A rover is a small robot used to explore the surface of other planetary bodies such as Mars.

• True

• False

A space probe is a spacecraft that ...

• carries scientific instruments

• collects data

• has a human crew

• Both A and B

A spacecraft or orbiter capable of carrying astronauts into space and can be reused is called a ______.

• Space Shuttle

• Rocket

• Space Probe

• Rover

 The Space Race was a competition between two "Cold War" rivals to be the best in space flight capability

• True

• False

The first satellite placed in orbit by the former Soviet Union (Russia) is known as what?

• Hubble Space Telescope

• Spitzer Space Telescope

• Sputnik

• None of these

The Apollo Missions ...

• were a series of U.S. missions to the moon

• proved that humans can live and work in space

• Both of these

• None of these

Designed to detect infrared radiation to study objects ranging from our solar system to distance regions of the universe.

• Sputnik

• Spitzer Space Telescope

• Hubble Space Telescope

• Chandra X-Ray Observatory