Space Exploration
  • 1. What is any small object that orbits a larger object called?
A) Orbiter
B) Rocket
C) Satellite
D) Space Shuttle
  • 2. What is the Mercury Mission?
A) first human spacecraft program of the United States, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit
B) nickname "Bridge to the Moon"
C) to be the first to orbit Mercury
D) objective was to develop space travel techniques to support Apollo's mission
  • 3. How many natural satellites does Earth have?
A) Two
B) Thousand
C) Hundred
D) One
  • 4. Who was the first person to land on the moon?
A) Alan Shepard
B) Buzz Aldrin
C) Lance Armstrong
D) Neil Armstrong
  • 5. What does ISS stand for?
A) International Space Station
B) International Science Station
C) Intel Space Station
D) Interesting Space Stuff
  • 6. What was the first artificial satellite and who sent it?
A) Explorer I; United States
B) Explorer I; Soviet Union
C) Sputnik I; Soviet Union
D) Sputnik I; United States
  • 7. Which answer shows the correct order of the space programs?
A) Gemini Missions, Mercury Missions, Apollo, Space Shuttles
B) Gemini Missions, Apollo, Mercury Missions, Space Shuttles
C) Mercury Missions, Gemini Missions, Space Shuttles, Apollo
D) Mercury Mission, Gemini Mission, Apollo, Space Shuttles
  • 8. What is the biggest problem scientists have to overcome when launching an object into space?
A) getting the object back to Earth
B) escaping the gravitational pull of Earth
C) carrying enough fuel
D) escaping the gravitational pull of the moon
  • 9. What is the space probe that is captured in an object's gravity and revolves around it to gather data called?
A) Flyby
B) Orbiter
C) Satellite
D) Lander
  • 10. What is the space probe that passes by an object to gather data and continues father into the solar system?
A) Satellite
B) Flyby
C) Lander
D) Orbiter
  • 11. What is the space probe that touches down on an object and sometimes releases rovers to gather data?
A) Flyby
B) Lander
C) Orbiter
D) Satellite
  • 12. What is a reusable spacecraft that transport people and materials to and from space?
A) Orbiter
B) Space Shuttle
C) Lander
D) Flyby
  • 13. Which answer shows the correct chronological order of these events?
A) First Satellite, First reusable spacecraft, First man in space, First man on the moon, Building ISS
B) First Satellite, First man in space, First man on the moon, First reusable spacecraft, Building ISS
C) First man in space, First Satellite, First man on the moon, First reusable spacecraft, Building ISS
D) First man in space, First Satellite, First man on the moon, Building ISS, First reusable spacecraft
  • 14. What was the mission of the Apollo program?
A) send a human to Mars and back
B) launch a satellite into Earth's orbit
C) send a human to orbit the moon
D) send a human to land on the moon
  • 15. Which is a benefit of the space program technology?
A) All of these
B) Braces
C) radial tires
D) firefighting gear
  • 16. Which object is an articifical satellite that serves as a research laboratory for sixteen nations?
A) Sputnik
B) Pioneer
C) International Space Station
D) New Horizons
  • 17. What is the difference between rockets and jets?
A) Rockets carry oxygen as part of its fuel supply; jets get oxygen from surrounding air
B) Rockets carry oxygen as part of its fuel supply; jets carry oxygen as part of its fuel supply
C) Jets carry oxygen as part of its fuel supply; Rockets get oxygen from surrounding air
  • 18. The space program requires materials on spacecraft and astronauts' spacesuits that can withstand _____ temperatures and pressures of space
A) normal
B) easy
C) extreme
D) average
  • 19. Satellites are used for each of the following except what?
A) making dinner
B) navigation
C) communications
D) monitor weather
  • 20. What is the significance of the Space X flight?
A) It was the first rocket to take man into space
B) It was the first spacecraft to land back on Earth intact
C) It was the first rocket to land back on Earth intact
D) It was the first spacecraft to take man into space
  • 21. Who was the first American Man in space?
A) John Glenn
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Alan Shepard
D) Gus Grissom
  • 22. Who was the first American to orbit the moon?
A) John Glenn
B) Alan Shepard
C) Neil Armstrong
D) Gus Grissom
  • 23. Why do we sometiems use space probes instead of astronauts?
A) Crewed missions are cheaper
B) Crewed missions are safer
C) Space probes are cheaper
D) Space probes are more dangerous
  • 24. What does NASA stand for?
A) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
B) National Apollo and Science Administration
C) National Alien and Space Association
D) National Aircraft and Science Association
  • 25. What is the government organization established by Congress in 1958 that overseas all US space missions?
A) NASA
B) LRO
C) Space X
D) ISS
  • 26. What is the objective of Gemini Missions?
A) objective to put a man into Earth's orbit
B) objective was to develop space travel to land on Mars
C) objective was to be the first human spaceflight program in the United States
D) objective was to develop space travel techniques to support Apollo's mission
  • 27. Which of the following was NOT made from materials developed for spacesuits?
A) running shoes
B) Wool Ski gear
C) swimming suits for racers
D) lightweight firefighting gear
  • 28. As a scientist, you want to study the surface of an outer planet. Which of the following would you do?
A) you send a space shuttle with astronauts
B) you send a crewed spacecraft
C) you send a space probe
D) none of these
  • 29. From what state do most of the missions for NASA launch?
A) Alabama
B) California
C) Florida
D) Texas
  • 30. What year did man land on the moon?
A) 1980
B) 1999
C) 1945
D) 1969
  • 31. What do scientists want to learn about the inner planets?
A) can any support life
B) what geologic forces are active on them
C) how they formed
D) All of the answers
  • 32. What is the study of life in the universe, including life on Earth and the possibility of extraterrestrial life called?
A) Biology
B) Astronomy
C) Astrobiology
D) Geology
  • 33. What is the destination of Cassini-Huygens?
A) Saturn
B) Mars
C) Jupiter
D) Moon
  • 34. What is the destination of Curiosity and what type of space probe is it?
A) Mars; Lander
B) Moon; Lander
C) Moon; Flyby
D) Mars; Flyby
  • 35. What is the destination of Juno and what type of space probe?
A) Jupiter; Flyby
B) Saturn; orbiter
C) Jupiter ; orbiter
D) Saturn; Flyby
  • 36. What is the destination of New Horizon and what type of space probe
A) Uranus; Flyby
B) Uranus;orbiter
C) Pluto; orbiter
D) Pluto and Farther; Flyby
  • 37. What is the destination of Orion Spacecraft?
A) Pluto
B) Mercury
C) Moon
D) Mars
  • 38. What does LRO stand for?
A) Lander Reconnaissance Orbiter
B) Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
C) Lunar Recall Object
D) Lander Recall Orbiter
  • 39. What is the purpose of LRO?
A) It is mapping the surface of the moon
B) It is looking for life forms
C) It is looking for water sources on Mars
D) It is looking for water sources on the Moon
  • 40. What is the difference between Lunar and Solar Probes?
A) Lunar refers to the Sun; Solar refers to the Moon
B) Solar refers to landing; Lunar refers to surface
C) Lunar refers to landing; Solar refers to surface
D) Solar refers to the Sun; Lunar refers to the Moon
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