The Space Race - Week 28 Assessment

Which country was the first in space?

• China

• Germany

• Soviet Union

• United States

Who was the first person on the moon?

• Yuri Gagarin

• John Glenn

• Alexei Leonov

• Neil Armstrong

Which country had advanced rockets at the end of WWII?

• China

• Germany

• the Soviet Union

• the United States

All satellites orbit the Earth.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What causes weightlessness?

• lack of gravity

• moving really fast

• wearing spacesuits

• traveling in a rocket

Who became NASA’s first African American female engineer?

• Mary Jackson

• Kathryn Sullivan

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Katherine Johnson

What happens to liquid in space?

• It hits the wall.

• It turns into a solid.

• It sticks to surfaces.

• It becomes a sphere.