WorksheetsSpace Exploration
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these is a place where humans live and study space?
a)
Moon probe
b)
Mars Rover
c)
Space Shuttle
d)
International Space Station
2.
Which country was the first to send a man into space?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
United States of America
3.
The United States launched its own artificial satellite, _______ into space in 1958.
a)
Explorer I
b)
Sputnik
4.
Any object that revolves around another object
a)
orbiter
b)
satellite
c)
moon
d)
stalker
5.
What object is launched into orbit and designed to send and receive information?
a)
rover
b)
satellite
c)
space shuttle
d)
space probe
6.
A person who is trained for traveling in space
a)
Astronaut
b)
Sputnik
c)
Light-year
d)
Satellite
7.
Used to fly astronauts into space
a)
Space Shuttle
b)
Space suit
c)
Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin
d)
light- year
8.
Has no people on it, used to gather information
a)
spaceprobe
b)
Space Shuttle
c)
spacecraft
d)
launch-pad
9.
Special protective clothes worn by astronauts in space
a)
Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin
b)
space suit
c)
Astronaut
d)
light-year
10.
Which vehicle’s engine is filled with chemical propellants?
a)
rocket
b)
rover
c)
satellite
d)
space shuttle
11.
To which rocky planet are scientists planning a manned space mission
a)
Jupiter
b)
Mars
c)
Neptune
d)
Venus
12.
A light waves travel at _______km/s
a)
30,000
b)
300,000
c)
400,000
d)
500,000
13.
What is the longest wavelength in the electromagnetic spectrum
a)
X rays
b)
Radio Waves
c)
Infrared Waves
d)
Gamma Rays
14.
A _________________________ is a sphere of very hot, burning gas.
a)
star
b)
galaxy
c)
moon
15.
Which object in space makes it's own light?
a)
the Moon
b)
Earth
c)
Mars
d)
the Sun
16.
What type of telescope can work 24 hours a day and even be used in the rain?
a)
Refracting Telescope
b)
Radio Telescope
c)
Newtonian Telescope
d)
Solar Telescope
17.
Reflecting telescopes use _______ to focus light.
a)
Lenses
b)
Flat mirrors
c)
Curved Mirrors
d)
A lens and lasers
18.
A refracting telescope uses _______ to focus light.
a)
Lenses
b)
Mirrors
c)
Lasers
d)
Water
19.
What is study of life in the universe, including life on Earth and the possibility of extraterrestrial life?
a)
extraterrestrial life
b)
astrobiology
20.
List the inner planets in order from the Sun.
a)
Earth, Mercury, Mars, Venus
b)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
c)
Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus
d)
Earth, Mars, Venus, Mercury
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