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Worksheets6.8 Space History
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What country was the first to put a man into space?
a)
USA
b)
Canada
c)
Russia
d)
England
2.
What was the name of the first satellite to orbit Earth?
a)
Sputnik
b)
Skylab
c)
Challenger
d)
Curiosity
3.
How often does "leap year" occur?
a)
every 4 years
b)
every year
c)
every 2 years
d)
once a decade
4.
What word correctly describes our solar system?
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
Earthocentric
d)
Sunnycentric
5.
What two scientists correctly believed that the planets revolved around the sun?
a)
Aristotle and Ptolemy
b)
Copernicus and Gallileo
c)
Copernicus and Aristotle
d)
Keptler and Ptolemy
6.
Who was the first person to see the planets through a telescope?
a)
Gallileo
b)
Copernicus
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Kepler
7.
What is the name of the space station launched by the U.S.?
a)
Skylab
b)
Sputnik
c)
Sky Station
d)
Space Stop-In
8.
What month has the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere?
a)
January
b)
April
c)
June
d)
October
9.
Earth's revolutions around the sun cause __.
a)
tides
b)
day and night
c)
seasons
d)
months
10.
The oval-shaped orbital motion of the planets around the sun is called __.
a)
ellipse
b)
eclipse
c)
circular
d)
rectangular
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