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Space Trivia-Ender's Game Challenge 3

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The day on which the Sun’s direct rays cross the celestial equator is called:

a)

Equinox

b)

Easter

c)

Solstice

d)

Ecliptic

2.

Who invented the telescope?

A : Galileo Galilei (L1)

B : Archimedes (R1)

C : Hans Lippershey (L2)

D : Johannes Kepler (R2)

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

Which of these objects is the farthest from the Sun?

a)

Neptune

b)

Saturn

c)

Kuiper Belt

d)

90377 Sedna

4.

Who was the first person in the world to land on the moon?

a)

Neil Alen Armstrong

b)

Neil Alden Armstrong

c)

Neil Aden Armstrong

d)

Neil Aldrin Armstrong

5.

Major Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space.

a)

The statement is True

b)

The statement is False

6.

Which was the first spaceship which carried three American astronauts to land two of them on the moon?

a)

Apollo - 10

b)

Apollo - 9

c)

Apollo -11

d)

Apollo -12

7.

Which was the first country to send man to the moon?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

None of the above

8.

The code name of the first vehicle driven by man on the moon's surface was ?

a)

Luna 22

b)

Rover

c)

Eagle

d)

Challenger

9.

Who was the first American to orbit Earth in Friendship 7?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

10.

Which country was the first to send a man into space?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

United States of America

11.

The United States launched its own artificial satellite, _______ into space in 1958.

a)

Explorer I

b)

Sputnik

12.

The ________ was the first human spaceflight program of the United States to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely.

a)

Project Mercury

b)

Project Apollo

13.

The ________ was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth.

a)

Project Apollo

b)

Project Mercury

14.

The Soviet Union launched ________, the worlds first artificial satellite, into the Earth's orbit in 1957.

a)

Sputnik

b)

Explorer I

15.

First American to orbit Earth?

a)

Alan B. Shepherd

b)

John Glenn

c)

Buzz Lightyear

d)

Neil Armstrong

e)

Lance Armstrong

16.

Which US Space Shuttle (1986) ended in an explosive tragedy 73 seconds after liftoff?

a)

Challenger

b)

Apollo

c)

Hubble

d)

Enterprise

e)

Columbia

17.

The telescope in space that allow us to see farther into space and takes pictures of stars, galaxies, and other objects in space

a)

James Webb telescope

b)

Hubble Space telescope

c)

John's Reflecting telescope

d)

Simmons Refracting telescope

18.
Phase 2 of getting to the Moon. Orbited teams of 2 astronauts
a)
Project Gemini
b)
Project Moon
c)
Project Apollo
d)
Project Mercury
19.
Reusable spacecraft that transports astronauts, satellites, and other materials to and from space.
a)
Space ship
b)
Space shuttle
c)
Voyager 1
d)
Space station
20.
Which vehicle’s engine is filled with chemical propellants?
a)
rocket
b)
rover
c)
satellite
d)
space shuttle
21.
The International Space Station began in
a)
1988
b)
1998
c)
2000
d)
1968
22.

Which planet has the most moons?

a)

Saturn

b)

Jupiter

c)

Earth

d)

Neptune

23.

What is NOT a name on one of Jupiter’s Moons?

a)

Europa

b)

Lo

c)

Melia

d)

Callisto

24.

Which is NOTa planet that has rings?

a)

Saturn

b)

Venus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Uranus

25.

Which is NOTa planet that has rings?

a)

Saturn

b)

Venus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Uranus