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Space quiz

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball". I have a hydrogen cloud, coma, and a nucleus. I am invisible except when near the sun. What am I?
a)
Asteroid
b)
Star
c)
Meteor
d)
Comet
2.

Which object in space is larger?

a)

Asteroid

b)

Meteoroid

3.

A comet is a type of space ____________.

a)

Planet

b)

Star

c)

Rock

d)

Alien

4.

Comets are made of chunks of

a)

Rock

b)

Ice

c)

Rock and Dust

d)

Dust and Ice

5.

Asteroids are a type of space (a)   that orbit the sun.

6.

What spiral galaxy do we live in?

a)

Andromeda Galaxy

b)

Dwarf Galaxy Saggitarius

c)

Milky Way Galaxy

d)

Snickers Galaxy

7.

Is the Milky Way the only galaxy in the universe?

a)

Yes

b)

No

8.

What is the name of the middle of the galaxy called?

a)

Galaxy's Core

b)

Disk Arm

c)

Apple Core

9.
A cloud of gas and dust from which bodies in space are formed
a)
photosphere
b)
nebula
c)
solar flare
d)
Sunspot
10.
Can light escape a black hole?
a)
yes
b)
no
11.
What does ISS stand for?
a)
International Space Ship
b)
Intercontinental Space Station
c)
It's Something Spacey
d)
International Space Station
12.
How big is the ISS?
a)
As big as a football field
b)
As big as Cowboys Stadium
c)
1 square mile
d)
As bis as Vermont
13.
How long does it take the ISS to complete one orbit?
a)
Half an hour
b)
90 minutes
c)
12 hours
d)
2 days
14.

When was the first Rover sent into space?

a)

1990

b)

2004

c)

2011

d)

2020

15.

Only the US has sent a Rover into space.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

How many Rovers are still active on Mars?

a)

None

b)

One

c)

Two

d)

Three

17.

The Rovers found water on Mars.

That means that humans are now able to live there.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What are the types of satellites?

a)

artificial & homemade

b)

natural & organic

c)

natural & artificial

19.

What do natural and artificial satellites have in common?

a)

the don't have anything in common

b)

they orbit celestial bodies

c)

they send information to the Earth

d)

the float outer space with no direction

20.

What's the name of the Earth's natural satellite?

(a)  

21.

Artificial satellites are used to study the Earth and other planets.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

There are 2,666 _____________ satellites currently orbiting the Earth.

a)

artificial

b)

natural

c)

unkown

23.

Natural satellites are also called (a)   .

24.

Which space company launched Hubble telescope

a)

ISRO

b)

ROSCOSMOS

c)

NASA

d)

JAXA

25.

How far can the Hubble telescope see?

a)

100 to 150 billion light years

b)

10 - 15 million light years

c)

30 million light years

d)

10 - 15 billion light years

26.

NASA is in charge of studying ______

a)

space

b)

medicine

c)

weather

27.

When was the Hubble Space telescope launched?

a)

yesterday

b)

last year

c)

30 years ago

28.

What does the Hubble take pictures of?

a)

plants and animals

b)

planets, stars and galaxies

c)

famous people

29.

What does the Earth orbit?

a)

the moon

b)

the sun

c)

Mars

30.

How long does it take the Earth to ORBIT around the sun?

a)

1 year

b)

24 hours

c)

30 days

31.

What tool can help us see things that are far away?

a)

telescope

b)

microscope

c)

calculator

32.

To design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings

a)

Engineering

b)

Satellite

33.
Laika, the first living being in space, was a...
a)
dog.
b)
cat.
c)
canary.
d)
rabbit.
34.
People can find out their exact location on Earth by using a...
a)
Global Drection System (GDS) receiver.
b)
Regional Positioning System (RPS) receiver.
c)
Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver.
35.

Which of these is our Earth?

a)
b)
c)
d)
36.

What year was the first space station, Skylab launched?

a)

1986

b)

1973

c)

1957

d)

1969

37.
1. The verb is a _________ verb.
A garden is a peaceful place.
a)
Linking
b)
Action
38.
4.  The verb is a ________ verb.
Clover is usually purple.
a)
Linking
b)
Action
39.
5.  The verb is a _________ verb.
Tina steps on a lily by mistake.
a)
Linking
b)
Action
40.
The music sounded loud.
a)
Action verb
b)
Linking Verb
41.
Have you ever tasted ostrich?
a)
Action verb
b)
Linking verb
42.
Jackie could smell the smoke from the building next door. 
a)
Action Verb
b)
Linking verb