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WorksheetsSpace Race
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
WHAT STARTED THE SPACE RACE ?
a)
SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED SPUTNIK
b)
UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED NASA
c)
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM
d)
1ST FEMALE COSMONAUT LAUNCHED INTO SPACE
2.
WHAT DOES NASA STAND FOR ?
a)
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
b)
NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION FOR SPACE AND AIR EXPLORATION
c)
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SPACE AND AIR TRAVEL
d)
NAUTICAL ADMINISTRATION AND SPACE TRAVEL
3.
HOW DID THE U.S. WIN THE SPACE RACE?
a)
LAUNCHED THEIR OWN SATELLITE
b)
LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST FEMALE ASTRONAUT INTO SPACE
c)
THE 1ST ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON
d)
JOHN GLENN ORBITING THE EARTH
4.
WHO WAS THE 1ST SOVIET COSMONAUT TO ORBIT THE EARTH ?
a)
JOHN GLENN
b)
VALENTINA TERESHKOVA
c)
YURI GAGARIN
d)
PAVEL POPOVICH
5.
WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL DID THE U.S. USE TO LAUNCH INTO SPACE BEFORE HUMANS ?
a)
CATS
b)
MONKEYS
c)
SNAKES
d)
DOGS
6.
WHICH NATION WAS THE 1ST TO LAUNCH A WOMAN INTO SPACE?
a)
SOVIET UNION
b)
UNITED STATES
7.
WHICH PRESIDENT WAS COMMITTED TO SENDING A MAN TO THE MOON ?
a)
Lyndon B. Johnson
b)
John F Kennedy
c)
Dwight Eisenhower
d)
Robert Kennedy
8.
which of the following were not part of the Apollo program?
a)
Buzz Aldrin
b)
Neil Armstrong
c)
Yuri Gagarin
d)
Michael Collins
9.
Who made it to space first?
a)
U.S.S.R
b)
United States
c)
China
d)
Smith Station High School
10.
When did the Space Race start?
a)
1957
b)
2019
c)
1955
d)
1800
11.
What happened to Apollo 13?
a)
Never happened
b)
Hit by asteroid
c)
Got lost in space and never landed
d)
Oxygen tank Blew up
12.
What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit?
a)
Sputnik I
b)
Apollo 11
c)
Friendship 7
d)
Vostok I
13.
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
a)
John Kennedy
b)
Neil Armstrong
c)
Buzz Aldrin
d)
John Glenn
14.
What was the name of the first space probe to actually hit the moon?
a)
Sputnik
b)
Explorer
c)
Luna 2
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