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First Moon Landing

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The mission that was the first to land on the moon was called....

a)

Surveyor 1

b)

Luna 22

c)

Pioneer 2

d)

Apollo 13

e)

Apollo 11

2.

The following were crew members on the first moon landing mission except...

a)

Buzz Aldrin

b)

Michael Collins

c)

John Glenn

d)

Neil Armstrong

3.

How many crew members were apart of this mission?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

4.

What was the name of the moon landing craft?

a)

Apollo

b)

Columbia

c)

Saturn

d)

Eagle

5.

The spacesuits are well padded to protect them from the jagged rocks and high-speed micrometeoroids that constantly bombard the Moon's surface.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The astronauts landed on the moon on....

a)

July 20, 1959

b)

July 20, 1969

c)

July 20, 1979

d)

July 20, 1989

7.

The commander of the mission was the first to make a footprint on the lunar soil. His famous quote was...

a)

"One small step for man, one leap for mankind"

b)

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"

c)

"One small leap for man, one big leap for mankind"

d)

"That's a small step for man and a giant leap for humankind"

8.

The first man to step on the moon was....

a)

Michael Collins

b)

Buzz Aldrin

c)

John Glenn

d)

Neil Armstrong

9.

The astronauts planted a __________ in the lunar soil.

a)

tree

b)

world flag

c)

banner

d)

US flag

10.

The astronauts set up a seismometer to record......

a)

earthquakes

b)

solar wind activity

c)

moonquakes

d)

rock and soil samples

11.

The astronauts took time to answer a call from President.....

a)

Eisenhower

b)

Kennedy

c)

Nixon

d)

Carter

12.

The astronauts were on the moon for about _________ hours.

a)

2

b)

10

c)

15

d)

24

13.

After the mission, the Eagle ________________________.

a)

lands in the ocean.

b)

crashes into the Moon

c)

orbits the Earth

d)

orbits the solar system.

14.

The astronauts splash down in which ocean?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Arctic

d)

Indian

15.

People from around the world watched the moon landing on tv.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The _____________ V rocket sent the crew and spacecraft toward the moon.

a)

Mercury

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Pluto

17.

The "_____________" was chosen as a landing site because it is flat and relatively free of large craters.

a)

Sea of Tranquility

b)

Sea of Peace

c)

Sea of Isolation

d)

Sea of the Moon

18.

The Eagle overshoots its original landing site and they have to find a new place to land.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

NASA Mission Control was located in ________________.

a)

Washington D.C.

b)

Houston, Texas

c)

San Diego, California

d)

New York City