Space Exploration Vocabulary Quiz

What is the definition of SPACE?

• A vehicle that travels to the moon

• Everything beyond the Earth's atmosphere

• A person who explores new places

• To send something into the air

What does it mean to LAUNCH something?

• To bring it down to the ground

• To wear a special suit

• To send it into the air or into space

• To travel around a planet

If something is LUNAR, it is related to:

• The Sun

• The Stars

• The Moon

• Mars

Who is an ASTRONAUT?

• A scientist who studies stars

• A person trained to travel and work in space

• the first animal in space

• An object that collects information

A ROCKET is a powerful...

• suit that protects you

• vehicle that travels through space

• capsule that lands on the moon

• object that orbits Earth

What is a SATELLITE?

• A small container for astronauts

• The first man on the moon

• An object sent to orbit a planet and collect information

• The activity of going to new places

What does it mean to LAND a spacecraft?

• To send it into space

• To break it apart

• To bring it down to a surface

• To orbit a planet

EXPLORATION is:

• building a powerful vehicle

• the activity of traveling to learn about new places

• living in a small container

• sending objects into the air

Where do astronauts live during a space flight?

• In a rocket

• In a satellite

• In a capsule

• On a launch pad

Which word means "to fly through space"?

• upward

• spaceflight

• sunlight

• air supply