WorksheetsF3 : Space Exploration
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who were the first to walk on the moon?
a)
Buzz Lightyear and Woody
b)
Alan Shepard and Sally Ride
c)
Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong
d)
John Glenn and Yuri Gargarin
2.
What does the ISS stand for?
a)
International Student Services
b)
Inside Sun Secrets
c)
International Space Station
d)
Iraq Space Services
3.
What year was the first space shuttle flight? STS-1
a)
1929
b)
1969
c)
1981
d)
2001
4.
How do astronauts protect their bone health while in space?
a)
drink lots of fluids
b)
exercise with equipment
c)
special space suits
d)
special medicine
5.
What year did the first space tourist go to space?
a)
2001
b)
2011
c)
2016
d)
hasn't happened
6.
He was the first American in space.
a)
Alan Shepard
b)
Neil Armstrong
c)
Buzz Aldrin
d)
Tom Hanks
7.
Why would animals be sent to space before humans?
a)
Because they are much cuter
b)
Because they can withstand more force
c)
To test for safety
d)
Because they didn't have to pay them
8.
Which happened first? First humans in space or first animal is space?
a)
first humans in space
b)
first animal in space
c)
happened same time
d)
neither happened
9.
The investigation of physical conditions in space and on stars, planets, and other celestial bodies through the use of satellites, space probes, or spacecrafts with human crews.
a)
Space Exploration
b)
Newton's Law of Gravity
c)
the ISS
10.
The father of modern science who made improvements to the telescope and discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Isaac Newton
c)
Galileo Galilei
11.
A vehicle for exploring the surface of an extraterrestrial object.
a)
rover
b)
the International Space Station
c)
Observetory
12.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA is the agency dedicated to exploring space and represents:
a)
Germany, Russia, and the USA
b)
The NATO conference
c)
The United States government
13.
Something that orbits around another object
a)
rocket
b)
satellite
c)
space shuttle
14.
Which vehicle’s engine is filled with chemical propellants?
a)
rocket
b)
rover
c)
satellite
15.
What is designed and built to transport people and cargo between Earth and space?
a)
space rocket
b)
space shuttle
c)
space prove
16.
The International Space Station began in
a)
1988
b)
1998
c)
2000
17.
To which rocky planet are scientists planning a manned space mission
a)
Jupiter
b)
Mars
c)
Neptune
18.
Which tool allows scientists to take pictures very distant objects such as other galaxies, stars, and planets?
a)
telescope
b)
periscope
c)
space shuttle
19.
Which space equipment transports humans into space from Earth?
a)
space shuttle
b)
space prove
c)
satellite
20.
How did Galileo discover the moons on Jupiter
a)
space mission
b)
rover
c)
telescope
21.
What object is launched into orbit and designed to send and receive information?
a)
rover
b)
satellite
c)
space shuttle
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