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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The investigation of physical conditions in space and on stars, planets, and other celestial bodies through the use of satellites, space probes, or spacecrafts with human crews.
a)
Space Exploration
b)
Newton's Law of Gravity
c)
the ISS
d)
Space travel
2.
A vehicle for exploring the surface of an extraterrestrial object.
a)
rover
b)
the International Space Station
c)
Observetory
d)
Space probe
3.
Which vehicle’s engine is filled with chemical propellants?
a)
rocket
b)
rover
c)
satellite
d)
space shuttle
4.
What is designed and built to transport people and cargo between Earth and space?
a)
space rocket
b)
space shuttle
c)
space probe
d)
telescope
5.
The International Space Station began in
a)
1988
b)
1998
c)
2000
d)
1968
6.
To which rocky planet are scientists planning a manned space mission
a)
Jupiter
b)
Mars
c)
Neptune
d)
Venus
7.
Which tool allows scientists to take pictures very distant objects such as other galaxies, stars, and planets?
a)
telescope
b)
periscope
c)
space shuttle
d)
rover
8.
How did Galileo discover the moons on Jupiter
a)
space mission
b)
rover
c)
telescope
d)
space probe
9.
What object is launched into orbit and designed to send and receive information?
a)
rover
b)
satellite
c)
space shuttle
d)
space probe
10.
Which space equipment transports humans into space from Earth?
a)
space shuttle
b)
space prove
c)
satellite
d)
rocket
11.
Unlike previous space mission the space shuttle was unique because it could be landed like an ________________________ and be reused.
a)
boat
b)
car
c)
airplane
d)
capsule
12.
In 1972 what space mission was responsible for getting a man on the moon?
a)
Challenger
b)
Voyager
c)
Gemini
d)
Apollo
13.
What scientist use a telescope to observe the night sky and led to him being called the father of astronomy?
a)
Galileo
b)
Einstein
c)
Dr. Tyson
d)
Dr. Wernher von Brauun
14.
Which piece of equipment explores the outer planets?
a)
Space Shuttle
b)
Rover
c)
Space Probe
d)
Satellite
15.
Which piece of equipment orbits a celestial body?
a)
Space Shuttle
b)
Rover
c)
Space Probe
d)
Satellite
16.
In 2013 I exited the solar system, and am now traveling through interstellar space. What am I?
a)
Rover
b)
Space Probe
c)
Satellite
d)
Space Shuttle
17.
I helped a space shuttle get off of Earth and enter space. What am I?
a)
Rover
b)
Rocket
c)
Space Probe
d)
Satellite
18.
I orbit Earth and help your cell phones work. What am I?
a)
Space Shuttle
b)
Rover
c)
Satellite
d)
Rocket
19.
I am a vehicle that explored the surface of the moon. No humans were with me! What am I?
a)
Space Shuttle
b)
Rocket
c)
Satellite
d)
Rover
20.
I photographed pictures of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and sent them back to NASA on Earth. What am I?
a)
Space Shuttle
b)
Rover
c)
Rocket
d)
Space Probe
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