WorksheetsSPACE QUIZ
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name the NASA's latest Earth observing satellite launched on 27 th September 2021 for monitoring climate change and managing land resources?
Landsat 7
Landsat 9
Space x Dragon
Ecosat 1
What is the largest rocket ever created by SpaceX -
Falcon Heavy
Falcon jumbo
Falcon pro
Falcon XXL
The Greek astronomer who divided the visible stars into 6 classes based on their relative brightness?
Ptolemy
Hipparchos
Hicetus
Aglaione
The planet which is known as
" veiled planet " as it is surrounded by a thick cloud cover?
Neptune
Saturn
Mars
Venus
The word planet comes from the Greek word planets, meaning ----------
Wanderer
Stationary
Large
Shining
The brightest & most far away objects in the universe is Quasar. The first identified quasar was located in the ------- constellation
Libra
Aquarius
Orion
Virgo
Which moon in the solarsystem known to have its own magnetic field?
Ganymede
Deimos
Phebos
None of the above
How are blackholes created
When massive stars collapse at the end of their life cycle
When tiny stars collapse at the end of their life cycle
When 2 stars bump into each other
When 2 atoms collide
What is the coldest place in the universe
Helix Nebula
Eagle Nebula
Boomerang Nebula
Orion Nebula
Identity the odd one
Pluto
Deimos
Ceres
Haumea
When was pluto removed from the list of planets?
2008
2000
2003
2006
The doughnut- shaped zones of highly energetic charged particles trapped at high altitudes in the magnetic field of earth is known as;
Magnetosphere
Magnetosheath
Magnetopause
Van Allen radiation belt
What is the nucleus of a comet made of?
Fire
Ice, dust & organic material
Helium and water
Radio waves
The number of terrestrial planets in the solar system is:
6
2
4
8
Which year is Halley's comet expected to return to the solarsystem?
2061
2110
2086
2064
What is the name of the space shuttle destroyed in midair on 28 th January 1986?
Sputnick 2
Challenger
Luna 2
Luna 3
Term describes the alignment of three celestial bodies :
Sizzle
Symbology
Suzerainty
Syzygy
With which US spacecraft did Neil Armstrong and Eldin Aldrin land on the moon?
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
Apollo 7
Apollo 17
Atmosphere of Mars mostly composed of
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Helium
Nitrogen
In which year did Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Thereshkova become the first women travelled to space-
1957
1965
1963
1961
Fullform of NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Aerospace and scientific Association
National Administration of space and atmosphere
Where is Indian Astronomical observatory (IAO) located -
Ladakh
NewDelhi
Mumbai
Sikkim
Launch of which satellite marked the start of space age-
Apollo 11
Luna 1
Aryabhatta
Sputnick 1
Who described Saturn's rings as the "ears of a teacup" :
Galileo
Newton
Kepler
Copernicus
What is the unit of measurement used to describe the expansion of Universe?
Parsecs
Astronomical unit
Hubble constant
Light year
