Space Exploration Review

Quiz
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Science
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6th Grade
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Hard
+4
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
For rockets to orbit Earth, it must have enough thrust to reach............
escape velocity
orbital velocity
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
For a rocket to travel beyond Earth's orbit - to completely break away from the planet's gravitational pull - it must achieve............
orbital velocity
escape velocity
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS2-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The United States successfully launched its first satellite, _________________, in 1958.
Sputnik 1
Explorer 1
Challenger
Discovery
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who said landing on the moon was "one step for man, one giant leap for mankind"?
Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Charles Conrad
James Irwin
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What country launched the world's first satellite in 1957?
Russia
United States
China
Japan
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This observatory was launched by NASA in 1991 and features four main telescopes in one spacecraft.
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
Hubble Telescope
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Spitzer Space Telescope
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This observatory remained in orbit 10 years longer than its design life.
Hubble Telescope
Chandra X-Ray Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
Compton Gamma Ray Telescope
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