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Space Travel

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When will NASA go to mars?


a)
2030
b)
2050
c)
2019
2.
What was the date of the first moon landing?
a)
July 4, 1985
b)
July 20, 1969
c)
August 1, 1950
d)
September 11, 2001
3.
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
a)
Neil Armstrong
b)
Buzz Aldrin
c)
Yuri Gagarin
d)
John Glenn
4.
What force must be overcome to leave Earth?
a)
Momentum
b)
Gravity
c)
Will Power
d)
Magnetism
5.
The first reusable space craft left for its first mission in 1981. What was the name of this craft?
a)
Saturn rocket
b)
Space shuttle
c)
Orion
d)
Friendship 7
6.
Which space shuttle exploded shortly after take off?
a)
Challenger
b)
Explorer
c)
Enterprise
d)
Serenity
7.
The moon is an example of a natural _______________.
a)
rocket
b)
satellite
c)
space probe
8.
What is it called when a space shuttle is in space?
a)
hanging out
b)
transcend
c)
orbit
d)
uplift
9.
What helps lift the space shuttle from the launching pad?
a)
engines
b)
boosters
c)
trampoline
d)
gravity
10.
What is it called when a space shuttle goes up?
a)
liftoff
b)
take off
c)
rise up
d)
jump up
11.
What is a person who travels in space called?
a)
star gazer
b)
astronaut
c)
space man
d)
moon man
12.
Who was the first human to orbit the Earth?
a)
Yuri Gagarin
b)
Neil Armstrong
c)
Buzz Aldrin
d)
John Glenn
13.
The sun and everything that revolves around it.
a)
solar system
b)
galaxy
c)
universe
d)
rotation
14.
The star at the center of our solar system.
a)
Sun
b)
moon
c)
orbit
d)
axis
15.
The rotation of Earth on its axis causes the pattern of _____.
a)
night and day
b)
constellations
c)
Earth's seasons
d)
the phases of the moon
16.
It takes Earth _____________ to make one revolution or orbit around the Sun.
a)
365 days
b)
365 hours
c)
28 days
d)
24 hours
17.
It takes about _____________ for the moon to go through all of its phases.
a)
28 days
b)
365 days
c)
24 hours
d)
24 days
18.
Which is a future goal for exploring space?
a)
sending people to Mars
b)
sending people to Pluto
c)
sending people beyond the solar system