Week 3 Astronomy Quiz

1. What was the name of the landing craft used by Neil

Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to go explore the moon?

• the hawk

• the eagle

• the columbia

• the challenger

2. What does heliocentric mean?

• the earth is the center

• gravity is the center

• the sun is the center

• the stars are the center

3. How many years did NASA use space shuttles for

missions?

• 20 years

• 15 years

• 10 years

• 30 years

4. What does the text say about NASA’s future plans to

explore space?

• the will send the astronauts

• they will send unmanned probes and satellites

• the will send drones

• the will use a flying saucers

5. Where did Nicolaus Copernicus make his observations?

• a cathedral bell tower

• on a mountain top

• with a telescope

• from his roof

6. Who disagreed with Copernicus’s theory?

• his school

• his family

• his wife

• the church

7. What tool was named after Edwin Hubble?

• the hubble rocket

• the hubble rover

• the hubble telescope

• the hubble space shuttle

8. How many astronauts can live at the International

Space Station at one time?

• two

• five

• four

• three

9. Where was Mae Jemison born?

• Decatur, Alabama

• Peace Corps HQ in Africa

• Chicago, Illinois

• Standford California

10. Which statement is the not true about Mae Jemison?

• She was chosen as an astronaut

  the first time she applied.

• She went to college at Stanford

  University.

• She joined the Peace Corps.

• She started her own company.