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Man In Space

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country invented gunpowder?

a)

Russia

b)

India

c)

America

d)

China

2.

For what did China eventually use gunpowder?

a)

Weapon

b)

Food

c)

Communication

d)

Medicine

3.

Who used rockets against America in the War of 1812?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Russia

d)

Germany

4.

What improvement did Robert Goddard make to rockets?

a)

Used atomic energy

b)

Used parachutes

c)

Started using liquid fuel

d)

Used more powder

5.

For whom did Werner von Braun make rockets before he came to America?

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Hitler

c)

Stalin

d)

Mrs. Horner

6.

What did von Braun call his first Nazi rocket that was used to bomb England?

a)

N1

b)

V1

c)

C1

d)

Adolph

7.

What was the first man-made object put into orbit?

a)

Vanguard

b)

Mercury

c)

Apollo

d)

Sputnik

8.

How do you know you are in space?

a)

The sky turns black

b)

There's no gravity

c)

You become weightless

d)

You can't see Earth

9.

What country put the first dog, man and woman into space?

a)

China

b)

Germany

c)

America

d)

Russia

10.

What President committed America to get to the Moon before 1979?

a)

Kennedy

b)

Johnson

c)

Nixon

d)

Obama

11.

What was the Apollo mission that took Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the Moon in 1969?

a)

8

b)

11

c)

13

d)

17

12.

What was the name of the space program that followed the Apollo program?

a)

Gemini

b)

ISS

c)

Mercury

d)

Shuttle

13.

What did NASA build with the Shuttle?

a)

Hubble Space Telescope

b)

Base on Mars

c)

International Space Station

d)

Cape Canaveral

14.

What is the name for things made for space but are used in everyday life like space blankets?

a)

Spinoffs

b)

Extras

c)

Bonuses

d)

Satellites

15.

Would you go into space if you got the chance?

a)

Yes, definitely

b)

Probably yes

c)

Probably not

d)

"Ain't no way!"