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Journey to Saturn

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Saturn named after?

a)

Scientist who first saw the planet

b)

Roman god of farming

c)

Greek god of war

d)

The satellite that first saw the planet

2.

What is the definition of spacecraft

a)

A person who explores space

b)

A suit that people wear in space

c)

A ship that flies through space

d)

A type of plane

3.

When were Saturn's rings first seen?

a)

1650s

b)

1400s

c)

1900s

d)

2000s

4.

Orbit means?

a)

Mint Gum

b)

The rocket that takes a ship into space

c)

The person who controls a spaceship

d)

The path a spaceship flies on around a planet

5.

The probe Huygens was named after?

a)

The scientist who first saw Saturn's rings

b)

The scientist who planned the spacecraft's mission

c)

The scientist who first saw Saturn

d)

The spacecraft that flew to Saturn

6.

Earth and Saturn are different because?

a)

Earth has more moons than Saturn

b)

Earth is bigger than Saturn

c)

Only Saturn is made up mostly of gases

d)

Only Saturn has water

7.

True or False: Saturn is very far from Earth?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

On June 30, 2004, the Cassini

a)

Landed on planet Saturn

b)

Went into orbit around Saturn

c)

Landed on the moon Titan

d)

Photographed a Titan

9.

The mammoth rock rolled down the slope. Mammoth means?

a)

Tiny

b)

Secret

c)

Hairy elephant

d)

Huge

10.

Which statement is true.

a)

It would be possible to walk on the rings of Saturn

b)

Before 1650, most telescopes were not strong enough to see Saturn clearly

c)

Only missions that a single country works on can be successes

d)

It is possible to swim in Saturn's ocean

11.

The act of sending off

a)

Sailing away

b)

Saying goodbye

c)

To leave

d)

To launch

12.

What is the author's purpose in writing this article?

a)

To tell about a mission to study Saturn and Titan

b)

To tell why people should explore Saturn

c)

To tell why people are moving to Saturn

d)

To make readers afraid of what might happen to Cassini

13.

Destination

a)

The place someone or something is leaving

b)

The place someone or something is going toward

c)

A place that is hard to find

d)

Future career

14.

True or False: Saturn is very similar to Earth

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Astounding

a)

Very surprising

b)

Natural

c)

Lucky

d)

Boring

16.

Means the same as "Scientist around the world held their breath"

a)

Scientist all over the world stopped talking

b)

Scientists from every country were not pleased by what was about to happen

c)

All over the world, scientist waited to see what would happen

d)

A bad smell covered the world

17.

The statement "Getting the Cassini to Saturn was worth all the time and money spent." is a

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

18.

We can predict that

a)

Nothing much will be learned from this mission

b)

Scientist around the world will share what they learn from this mission

c)

One day we will find out that humans lived on Saturn

d)

That Saturn's frozen rings will one day melt

19.

How is the Cassini mission related to cool science?

a)

Without science, we wouldn't have this great way to learn more about the universe we live in.

b)

Because of science, the planet Saturn has interesting rings

c)

There is much that we don't know about the planet Saturn

d)

Because spacecrafts are cool and like sciency!

20.

How many Earth's could fit inside Saturn?

a)

500

b)

650

c)

700

d)

750