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Space Race--Class with highest points wins a prize!!!

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where would a space probe best be used?

a)

sun

b)

my backyard

c)

Saturn

d)

International Space Station

2.

Which one does Mars not have?

a)

Plenty of red dust

b)

Rocky interior

c)

Plenty of water

d)

Probes that land on it

3.

We used to abandon our space vehicles in outer space, now we

a)

Reuse them

b)

Blow them up

c)

Launch them further into space

d)

Use them as space apartments

4.

If the sun´s gravity was not so strong, we would...

a)

have a longer day and night

b)

have a longer year

c)

float in an s shape

d)

float in a straight line

5.

Scientist measure distances in space by...

a)

kilograms

b)

Star Units

c)

Astronomical units

d)

Mile Units

6.

Galileo discovered moons orbiting around Jupiter and that made us realize that we were not the center of the universe. What did we think before?

a)

That everything revolved around Earth.

b)

That everything revolved around the moon.

c)

That everything revolved around Jupiter.

d)

That nothing revolved around anything.

7.

A spinoff of the space program was cordless power tools. We have stolen this idea to use on Earth. How did cordless tools help the astronauts?

a)

They didn´t have to charge their tools anymore.

b)

They didn´t get tangled up in the cords.

c)

They liked the sound of cordless over ones with wires.

d)

They sometimes lost power.

8.

What object is most likely described as rocky, irregular and found between Mars and Jupiter?

a)

Comet

b)

Meteor

c)

Asteroid

d)

Pluto

9.

What object would be described as mostly made of ice?

a)

Comet

b)

Cupid

c)

Donner

d)

Blitzen

10.

The correct name for our orbit path is...

a)

smooshed circle

b)

egg shape

c)

oval

d)

ellipse

11.

The larger the mass, the

a)

stronger the gravitational pull

b)

weaker the gravitational pull

12.

The closer an object...

a)

the stronger the gravitational pull

b)

the weaker the gravitational pull