Robert Goddard's Space Exploration Quiz

What was Robert Goddard's dream related to space?

• To build a space station

• To send a rocket into space

• To travel to the moon

• To create a space shuttle

What did Goddard use instead of solid fuel for his rocket?

• Coal

• Wood

• Liquid fuel

• Gasoline

What happened when Goddard and his crew lit the fuse?

• The rocket exploded

• The rocket lifted off immediately

• Nothing happened at first, then it lifted off

• The rocket fell over

What is a combustion chamber?

• A container for burning things

• A storage for liquids

• A cooling device

• A navigation tool

What did Goddard believe about liquid-fueled rockets?

• They could make it to the moon

• They were too heavy to fly

• They were only for short distances

• They were not reliable

How did newspapers react to Goddard's work?

• They laughed at him

• They praised him

• They ignored him

• They supported him

Who helped Robert Goddard by giving him money to work on his experiments full-time?

• Neil Armstrong

• Charles Lindbergh

• Albert Einstein

• Thomas Edison

What nickname was Robert Goddard given for his achievements in rocketry?

• Rocket Man

• Space Pioneer

• Father of Modern Rocketry

• Moon Man

What is named after Robert Goddard in Maryland?

• A university

• A space center

• A museum

• A library

Which sentence describes the main idea of paragraph 1?

• Goddard dreamed of rockets that could travel to space and read everything he could about the subject.

• Goddard was born years before NASA was formed by the United States to explore space.

• Goddard did many experiments with rockets but most of them ended in failure.

• Goddard was convinced that space travel was possible long before anybody else.