The Moon

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10th Grade
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Russell Williams
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What period of heightened political tension is associated with the Space Race?
World War I
The Cold War
The Industrial Revolution
The Renaissance
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
During the late 1950s, space became a dramatic arena for competition between which two countries?
United States and China
United States and Soviet Union
Soviet Union and Germany
United States and Japan
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In October 1957, a Soviet missile launched ______, the world’s first artificial satellite.
Apollo
Sputnik
Voyager
Hubble
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following statements is true?
Alan Shepard orbited the Earth once.
Yuri Gagarin was the first American in space.
Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth once.
Alan Shepard was the first person to enter space.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When did the the Apollo 11 (when humans first landed on the moon) mission take place?
1965
1969
1972
1980
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Complete the famous quote by Neil Armstrong: "One small step for man, one giant leap for _______."
humanity
mankind
the world
the universe
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fill in the blank: We only ever see one side of the moon from the Earth's surface because the moon is ________ to the Earth.
gravitationally pulled
tidally locked
magnetically attracted
orbitally aligned
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
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