WorksheetsUnit 7 Chapter 1 Study Guide
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Use the image to answer the question. The invention shown in the photograph was important to the development of what technology?
flight
Internet
smartphone
television
What was the first type of airplane engine used?
jet engine
rocket engine
propeller engine
gas-powered engine
What were the effects of the launch of Sputnik? Select the two correct answers.
A human-made object orbited Earth.
A person traveled to space for the first time.
American scientists discovered new technologies.
The Soviet Union was surprised by American progress.
It seemed the United States was losing the Space Race.
What was the United States the first country to accomplish?
landing a person on Mars
sending a person into space
sending an object into space
landing a person on the moon
Use the image to answer the question. What was notable about the object shown in the image?
It could be used only once.
It could not leave Earth’s atmosphere.
It could withstand the harsh conditions of space.
It could spy on other countries during the Cold War.
Use the image to answer the question. Which scientific breakthrough was aided by the vehicle in the photograph?
the landing of people on the moon
the invention of computers and the Internet
the discovery that Mars once had areas of water
the ability to communicate instantaneously across oceans
Use the image to answer the question. Which is the main use of the vehicle in the picture?
defense
medicine
exploration
transportation
What work did Katherine Johnson do for NASA?
She was a mathematician who worked at NASA.
She was an astronaut.
She was a lab technician.
She was an aerospace scientist.
Use the image to answer the question. What was this woman the first to do?
She was the first American woman to work for NASA.
She was the first American woman to travel into space.
She was the first American woman to land on the moon.
She was the first American woman to pilot a rover to Mars.
Use the excerpt to answer the question. Why was this speech by President Kennedy considered to be bold?
He gave it in front of a large group of people.
He was not willing to listen to others’ viewpoints.
He promised something that seemed impossible.
He would not accept that people did not want to listen to him.
a device with blades that rotate to make an airplane move
forward
flight
airplane
propeller
engine
a vehicle used for exploring the surface of the moon or
another planet
car
rover
truck
satellite
a statement showing how the values of two mathematical
expressions are equal
math
fraction
statement
equation
