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Space exploration

Total questions: 4

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the scientists who (1) built the heliocentric model; and (2) modified the heliocentric model.

a)

(1) Ptolemy; (2) Copernicus

b)

(1) Copernicus; (2) Galileo Galilei

c)

(1) Copernicus; (2) Kepler

d)

(1) Kepler; (2) Isaac Newton

2.

Arrange the following events in chronological order (long ago to most recent)

A. Launch of USSR Sputnik 1

B. Launch of MEASAT 1,2

C. Launch of Hubble Space Telescope

D. Launch of TiungSAT-1

a)

A,D,C,B

b)

B,A,C,D

c)

B,A,D,C

d)

A,C,B,D

3.

Which of the following(s) is(are) TRUE?

a)

Rockets are used to send humans to space.

b)

Microscopes are used to see very distant, tiny objects in space.

c)

Remote sensing instruments are located in satelites.

d)

Optical telescopes can receive radio waves from space

4.

Why are space probes unmanned (not carrying any human inside)?

a)

Because space probes are not expected to come back on earth.

b)

To prevent astronauts escaping from the earth using space probes.

c)

Because space probes are launched to collect data of celestial bodies far away from earth.

d)

No, there are astronauts in space probes!