WorksheetsSpace Technology
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which type of apparatus do scientists use to collect visible light and separate it into bands of color seen in the image?
spectroscope
telescope
Seismograph
Space probe
The first major optical space telescope to be put into space was the Hubble Telescope
Hubble Telescope
Mir
James Webb Space Telescope
Voyager
A small robotic space probe that can move about on the surface of a planet or moon is
Orbiter
Rover
Space Station
Apollo
Unmanned space vehicles that take instruments into space to collect data are called
Satellite
Space Shuttle
Rocket
Space Probe
Scientists at NASA are planning a human mission to the space station. Which of these spacecraft would they use to deliver astronauts to the space station?
Space Shuttle
Rover
Space Probe
Satellite
A Telescope that uses a set of lenses to gather and focus light from distant objects is called a
refracting telescope
optical looking device
spectroscope
reflecting telescope
A telescope that uses a curved mirror to gather and focus light from distant objects is called a ____________
reflecting telescope
refracting telescope
spectroscope
optical looking device
All of the following are benefits of unmanned space crafts EXCEPT
instruments can be sent to places humans cannot go
not required to carry luggage (oxygen, water, food)
it can overcome any harsh atmospheric conditions
Analysis time is delayed
What are some useful benefits of satellites? Choose 2.
They take images of celestial objects too distant for humans to explore.
They transport humans to the International Space Station.
They provide television, phone, navigational services, and weather information.
They deliver rovers to distant planets for observation.
They travel to distant planets to test atmospheres.
Space Probe
Space Shuttle
Satellite
Lander/Rover
Rocket
Which is an advantage of a space probe compared to a space shuttle?
Space probes can travel further into space since they are unmanned.
Space probes may need human intervention if problems arise.
Space probes transmit information back to Earth.
Space probes are not able to be used more than once.
What type of space vehicle is shown?
Rover
Satellite
Space Probe
Rocket
What type of space vehicle is shown?
Rover
Satellite
Space Probe
Rocket
Unmanned space vehicles that take instruments into space to collect data are called
Space Probe
Rover
Lander
Shuttle
A small robotic space probe that can move about on the surface of a planet or moon is
Rover
Lander
Rocket
Shuttle
Artificial satellites are launched into space on rockets.
True
False
(a) satellites help us communicate and even observe the distant Universe.
What tool can help us see things that are far away?
telescope
microscope
calculator
