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Chapter 10 Space Exploration

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented the Heliocentric Model?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Ptolemy

c)

Kepler

2.

What does 'centric' means?

a)

Sun

b)

Earth

c)

Centre

d)

Copernicus

3.

When was the National Space Agency (NSA) established?

a)

2011

b)

2002

c)

2005

d)

2003

4.

Who first used rockets in the 11th century?

a)

USA

b)

Zambia

c)

China

d)

Russia

5.

What is Tiung-SAT1?

a)

Malaysia's 1st Microsatelite

b)

Malaysia's 1st Satelite

c)

Malaysia's 1st Rocket

d)

Malaysia's 1st Space Probe

6.

Before Galileo's telescope, what was the first space telescope to be used?

a)

Hubble Space Telescope

b)

Spitzer

c)

Sextant

d)

Redstone

7.

What is the technology to take aerial photographs

a)

Space probe

b)

Rocket

c)

Remote sensing

d)

Satellite

8.

Who was the first man to walk on the moon's surface on July 20, 1969?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

9.

Who became the first person to journey into outer space traveling aboard Vostok 1 in April of 1961?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

10.
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
11.
What object is launched into orbit and designed to send and receive information?
a)
rover
b)
satellite
c)
space shuttle
12.
Instrument that travels into the solar system, gathers information and sends it back to Earth
a)
Space shuttle
b)
Rocket
c)
Space ship
d)
Space probe
13.
Long term research laboratory in space, constructed with resources from 15 different nations.
a)
Space Shuttle
b)
Space Probe
c)
Satellite
d)
International Space Station
14.
Which country launched the first artificial satellite?
a)
USSR/Soviet Union
b)
USA
c)
Canada
d)
Japan
15.
Why would animals be sent to space before humans?
a)
Because they are much cuter
b)
Because they can withstand more force
c)
To test for safety
d)
Because they didn't have to pay them
16.

The first satellite to orbit the earth was called:

a)

Mercury 2

b)

Friendship 7

c)

Sputnik 1

d)

Endeavor 1

17.

Who suggested that the planets move around the Sun in ellipses and not in perfect circles.

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Ptolemy

c)

Kepler

d)

Copernicus

18.

People in Country P can watch the live Olympic game that is held in Japan.

What type of satellite used in the above siruation?

a)

Military satellite

b)

Communication satellite

c)

Navigation satellite

d)

Weather satellite

19.

What is the need to continue space exploration?

a)

Space exploration inspires children to study science

b)

The cost of space exploration is very high

20.

The space shuttle was different from previous U.S. rockets in that it was:

a)

made of aluminum

b)

made of pieces that came apart

c)

reusable

d)

only good for 1 flight