Ch. 2 Exploring Space

Scientist learned much about the moon by studying rocks brought back by astronauts

• True

• False

The reaction force that propels a rocket forwar is called

• gravity

• inertia

• velocity

• thrust

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The space station being built now is called International Space Station

• True

• False

A multistage rocket has parts that fall off after their fuel is burned up

• True

• False

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Collecting information about an object without being in direct contact with it is called

• remote sensing

• satellite

• space station

• geostationary orbit

When did Tsiolkovsky and Goddard begin developing modern rockets?

• in the early 1900s

• in the 1100s

• in the 1860s

• during World War II

The space station being built now is called Mir

• False

• True

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Exploration of space beyond the moon has been done by

• space probes with no human crew

• astronauts in space shuttes

• space probes with human crews

• the International Space Station

One of the main uses of satellites is

• launching deep-space expeditions

• controlling the weather

• observing Earth's surface

• preventing ozone depletion

Nasa astronauts are carried into space mainly by space stations.

• True

• False