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To infinity and Mars

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct definition of: Mission

a)

(v) to send something such as a spacecraft, weapon, etc. into space, into the sky or through water

b)

(v) to push something/somebody suddenly or violently in a particular direction; to move quickly and suddenly in a particular direction

c)

(n) an important official job that a person or group of people is given to do,

d)

(n) the force that drives something forward

2.

Choose the correct definition of: Launch

a)

(v) to send something such as a spacecraft, weapon, etc. into space, into the sky or through water

b)

(v) to push something/somebody suddenly or violently in a particular direction; to move quickly and suddenly in a particular direction

c)

(n) an important official job that a person or group of people is given to do,

d)

(n) the force that drives something forward

3.

Choose the correct definition of: Thrust

a)

(v) to send something such as a spacecraft, weapon, etc. into space, into the sky or through water

b)

(v) to push something/somebody suddenly or violently in a particular direction; to move quickly and suddenly in a particular direction

c)

(n) an important official job that a person or group of people is given to do,

d)

(n) the force that drives something forward

4.

Choose the correct definition of: Propulsion

a)

(v) to send something such as a spacecraft, weapon, etc. into space, into the sky or through water

b)

(v) to push something/somebody suddenly or violently in a particular direction; to move quickly and suddenly in a particular direction

c)

(n) an important official job that a person or group of people is given to do,

d)

(n) the force that drives something forward

5.

Choose the correct definition of: Engineering

a)

(n) control and authority over a situation or a group of people

b)

(n) a mountain with a large opening at the top through which gases and lava (= hot liquid rock) are forced out into the air, or have been in the past

c)

(adj) made of rock; full of rocks

d)

(n) the activity of applying scientific knowledge to the design, building and control of machines, roads, bridges, electrical equipment, etc.

6.

Choose the correct definition of: Rocky

a)

(n) control and authority over a situation or a group of people

b)

(n) a mountain with a large opening at the top through which gases and lava (= hot liquid rock) are forced out into the air, or have been in the past

c)

(adj) made of rock; full of rocks

d)

(n) the activity of applying scientific knowledge to the design, building and control of machines, roads, bridges, electrical equipment, etc.

7.

Choose the correct definition of: Command

a)

(n) control and authority over a situation or a group of people

b)

(n) a mountain with a large opening at the top through which gases and lava (= hot liquid rock) are forced out into the air, or have been in the past

c)

(adj) made of rock; full of rocks

d)

(n) the activity of applying scientific knowledge to the design, building and control of machines, roads, bridges, electrical equipment, etc.

8.

Choose the correct definition of: Volcano

a)

(n) control and authority over a situation or a group of people

b)

(n) a mountain with a large opening at the top through which gases and lava (= hot liquid rock) are forced out into the air, or have been in the past

c)

(adj) made of rock; full of rocks

d)

(n) the activity of applying scientific knowledge to the design, building and control of machines, roads, bridges, electrical equipment, etc.

9.

Choose the correct definition of: Ice Caps

a)

(n) a mixture of gasses that surrounds another planet or a star

b)

(n) a layer of ice permanently covering parts of land/mountains

c)

(n) a large area of flat land

d)

(n) a large hole in the top of a volcano 

a large hole in the ground

10.

Choose the correct definition of: Craters

a)

(n) a mixture of gasses that surrounds another planet or a star

b)

(n) a layer of ice permanently covering parts of land/mountains

c)

(n) a large area of flat land

d)

(n) a large hole in the top of a volcano 

a large hole in the ground

11.

Choose the correct definition of: Plains

a)

(n) a mixture of gasses that surrounds another planet or a star

b)

(n) a layer of ice permanently covering parts of land/mountains

c)

(n) a large area of flat land

d)

(n) a large hole in the top of a volcano 

a large hole in the ground

12.

Choose the correct definition of: Atmosphere

a)

(n) a mixture of gasses that surrounds another planet or a star

b)

(n) a layer of ice permanently covering parts of land/mountains

c)

(n) a large area of flat land

d)

(n) a large hole in the top of a volcano 

a large hole in the ground

13.

Choose the correct definition of: Geology

a)

(n) the scientific study of the physical structure of the planets, including the origin and history of the rocks and soil of which a planet is made

b)

(n) the quantity of material that something contains

c)

(n) the money that is available to a person or an organization and a plan of how it will be spent over a period of time

14.

Choose the correct definition of: Mass

a)

(n) the scientific study of the physical structure of the planets, including the origin and history of the rocks and soil of which a planet is made

b)

(n) the quantity of material that something contains

c)

(n) the money that is available to a person or an organization and a plan of how it will be spent over a period of time

15.

Choose the correct definition of: Budget

a)

(n) the scientific study of the physical structure of the planets, including the origin and history of the rocks and soil of which a planet is made

b)

(n) the quantity of material that something contains

c)

(n) the money that is available to a person or an organization and a plan of how it will be spent over a period of time