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LTSC-Space-Amelia

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Russian word for satellite?

a)

Sputnik

b)

Skulnok

c)

Spetnuk

d)

Skelput

2.

What is the name of the small robotic helicopter on Mars(lowercase)?

(a)  

3.

When did ingenuity first fly?

a)

April 9 2011

b)

April 19 2011

c)

April 24 2021

d)

March 18 2011

4.

If all goes well, what decade will the first crewed trip to mars begin?

a)

The 2030s

b)

The 2040s

c)

The 2010s

d)

The 2020s

5.

What will launch the most powerful rocket?(Two answers)

a)

The SLS

b)

The Space Launch system

c)

The SLP

d)

The SSR

6.

What percentage of carbon dioxide is in Mars's atmosphere?

(a)  

7.

What is the closest planet in the solar system after Earth that we can see with the naked eye?

(a)  

8.

What living things do scientists believe to have lived on mars?(Two answers)

a)

Microragnisms

b)

Microorganisms

c)

bacteria

d)

Bugs

9.

What are orbiters?

4 lines
10.

What three things explore the surface of Mars?

4 lines
11.

____ is a constellation in the winter sky AND a greek hunter 

a)

Onion

b)

Orion

c)

Orian

d)

Oreo

12.

How long would it take to get to Mars(in months) with the current spaceflight technology?

(a)  

13.

What will the name of the most powerful rocket be(made by NASA)?

(a)  

14.

How many Km away is mars?(In numbers, not words)

(a)  

15.

How many years of non-stop driving at the speed of 100 km/h would it take you to get to Mars in a car?

a)

640

b)

64, 000, 000(64 millon)

c)

64

d)

68

16.

How many minutes does it take for two-way communication between Earth and Mars?

a)

10

b)

20

c)

30

d)

15

17.

This ESA built module on the ISS is the best place to stop and look at the beauty of the Earth through the seven-window porthole.

(a)  

18.

Who was the first Canadian woman in space?

(a)  

19.

This Canadian contribution to the shuttle program, the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System, was better known as (a)   .

20.

Some shuttle missions involved launching satellites and probes including this famous space telescope.

(a)  

21.

Which shuttle disintegrated just after launch in 1986?

(a)  

22.

This American space station holds the record for single largest 'room' launched into orbit due to it's incredible 7-metre diameter.

(a)  

23.

The Soyuz spacecraft have successfully been used for almost 40 years. At first they carried cosmonauts to the Salyut space station and then later this other Soviet space station which crashed back to Earth in 2001.

(a)  

24.

Which American space program successfully landed the first human on the Moon?

(a)  

25.

This president promised to send an American to the Moon by the end of the 1960s (Last name only).

(a)  

26.

This is what the Chinese call their astronauts

(a)  

27.

This is the part of the Earth's upper atmosphere which is exposed to solar radiation.

(a)  

28.

When two countries, such as the U.S.A and the Soviet Union try to outdo each other in space exploration 'firsts', we call this a ______ _______.

(a)