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Early Space Exploration

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who became the first person to journey into outer space traveling aboard Vostok 1 in April of 1961?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

2.

How does Newton's third law explain how a rocket will take off?

a)

The rocket doesn't move until ignition

b)

The more mass the rocket has the more force is needs to take off

c)

Gas pushes down, the rocket goes up.

d)

It doesn't.

3.

What is a satellite?

a)

Planet, machine, or moon that orbits a star or planet

b)

A pile of rubbish in space

c)

A planet that sends information to other planets

d)

A moon that has information about other planets

4.

How do satellites help weather forecasters?

a)

by sending phone calls

b)

by beaming TV signals

c)

by taking pictures of Earth

d)

by taking pictures of space

5.

What is the ISS?

a)

Internesting Student Selection

b)

Inside Sun Secrets

c)

International Space Station

d)

Ireland's Space Satellite

6.

Ceramic braces were developed from technology used on...

a)

Lunar rovers

b)

The Space Transportation Systems program

c)

Outer planet probes

d)

Natural Satellites

7.

Which is not a natural satellite?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.
Final stage of USA’s goal to get to the Moon. This program landed a spacecraft on the Moon.
a)
Project Moon
b)
Project Apollo
c)
Project Mercury
d)
Project Gemini
9.

What name is given to an instrument that travels into the solar system, gathers information and sends it back to Earth

a)

Space shuttle

b)

Rocket

c)

Space ship

d)

Space probe

10.

I photographed pictures of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and sent them back to NASA on Earth. What type of space probe am I?

a)

Lander

b)

Flyby

c)

Orbiter

d)

Shuttle