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Space!

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What's special about this aircraft?

a)

It was featured in the 6 million dollar man film

b)

It was the 1st AWACS aircraft

c)

It was the only aircraft ever to have a functioning nuclear reactor on board

d)

It was capable of flying higher and further than anything else in 1960

2.

How many times has Spongebob been to space ?

a)

15

b)

Six

c)

Four

d)

Eight

3.

Who said this when they were playing Space

"Mission control this is Commander (a)   . I'm getting an MGS warning light on the link monitor control subsystem. I'm requesting reallocation of the main ohms fire through the CDS at level 6, please advise."

4.

The day on which the Sun’s direct rays cross the celestial equator is called:

a)

The solstice

b)

The equinox

c)

The aphelion

d)

The ecliptic

5.

What show do these two appear in ?

(a)  

6.

How many planets are there in the solar system ?

a)

11

b)

9

c)

8

d)

10

7.

Who invented the telescope?

a)

Hypatia

b)

Hans Lippershey

c)

Johannes Kepler

d)

Galileo

8.

Which of these objects is the farthest from the Sun?

a)

Kuiper belt

b)

90377 Sedna

c)

Neptune

d)

Saturn

9.

What's this movie called?

a)

2001

b)

Event Horizon

c)

Solaris

d)

Aliens

10.

What term describes the alignment of three celestial bodies?

a)

syzygy

b)

symbology

c)

suzerainty

d)

sizzle

11.

Who said:

“I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.”

(a)  

12.

What is the visible part of the Sun called?

a)

the lithosphere

b)

the photosphere

c)

the atmosphere

d)

the stratosphere

13.

Sunsets on Mars appear in which colour?

a)

Brown

b)

Red

c)

Blue

d)

Green

14.

How many landmarks on Earth can we see from space?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

11

15.

In 2001 US restaurant chain Pizza Hut became the first company to deliver pizza to the International Space Station on behalf of Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Usachov, who developed a craving while in Earth orbit.

The pizza was delivered via a Russian Soyuz rocket to the ISS, Because humans' taste receptors are dulled slightly in space, Pizza Hut had to add extra salt and spices to the dish, while salami was used rather than pepperoni due to its longer shelf life.

How much did Pizza hut pay ?

a)

Offered free pizza to all NASA employees for 1 year

b)

$100,000

c)

$700,000

d)

$1,000,000

16.

How fast does the ISS travel ?

a)

0mph - its in orbit silly !

b)

28,000 KMH

c)

100 KMH

d)

50,000 KMH

17.

What's this ?

a)

The Apollo 11 computer

b)

A prop from Star Trek

c)

A thruster control from ISS

d)

A space suit control system

18.

What's the function of this wiring ?

a)

Its a power regulator

b)

Its heat sink

c)

Its the CPU

d)

Its rope memory for Apollo 11

19.

What's Margaret Hamilton standing next to (& she and her team mostly wrote)?

a)

Parts lists for Apollo 11

b)

Apollo 11 luminary source code

c)

NASA calculations

d)

Mapping information

20.

What is Tiangong ?

a)

North Korea's prototype spaceship

b)

The Chinese Space station

c)

The spaceship in Blade Runner

d)

The Japanese shuttle