Space Race

Space Race

9th - 12th Grade

25 Qs

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Space Race

Space Race

Assessment

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Science

9th - 12th Grade

Easy

NGSS
HS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-1, HS-ESS1-4

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What event marked the beginning of the Space Race?

The United States launching the satellite Explorer I

The Soviet Union launching Laika into orbit

Yuri Gagarin becoming the first man launched into space

The Soviet Union launching the satellite Sputnik I

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

American space pilots were called astronauts, what were Soviet space pilots called?

Comradenauts

Rocketmen

Cosmonauts

Stalinauts

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first woman in space?

Sally Ride

Svetlana Savitskaya

Valentina Tereshkova

Mae Jemison

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first American in space?

John Glenn

Alan Shepard

Gus Grissom

Neil Armstrong

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

WHAT DOES NASA  STAND FOR ?  
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION FOR SPACE AND AIR EXPLORATION
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SPACE AND AIR TRAVEL 
NAUTICAL ADMINISTRATION AND SPACE TRAVEL

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following is evidence for the US winning the space race?

US LAUNCHED THEIR OWN SATELLITE

USSR LAUNCHED A FEMALE ASTRONAUT INTO SPACE

NEIL ARMSTRONG TOOK THE FIRST STEPS ON THE MOON

JOHN GLENN ORBITED THE EARTH

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

WHICH PRESIDENT WAS COMMITTED TO SENDING A MAN TO THE MOON ?

Lyndon B. Johnson

John F. Kennedy

Dwight Eisenhower

Joseph Stalin

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