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Space Exploration
Contributed by: Dawkins
  • 1. What is any small object that orbits a larger object called?
A) Rocket
B) Space Shuttle
C) Satellite
D) Orbiter
  • 2. What is the Mercury Mission?
A) nickname "Bridge to the Moon"
B) objective was to develop space travel techniques to support Apollo's mission
C) first human spacecraft program of the United States, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit
D) to be the first to orbit Mercury
  • 3. How many natural satellites does Earth have?
A) Two
B) Thousand
C) One
D) Hundred
  • 4. Who was the first person to land on the moon?
A) Lance Armstrong
B) Alan Shepard
C) Neil Armstrong
D) Buzz Aldrin
  • 5. What does ISS stand for?
A) International Science Station
B) Interesting Space Stuff
C) Intel Space Station
D) International Space Station
  • 6. What was the first artificial satellite and who sent it?
A) Explorer I; United States
B) Explorer I; Soviet Union
C) Sputnik I; United States
D) Sputnik I; Soviet Union
  • 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) carrying enough fuel
B) escaping the gravitational pull of the moon
C) escaping the gravitational pull of Earth
D) getting the object back to Earth
  • 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) Orbiter
C) Lander
D) Flyby
  • 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) Lander
B) Space Shuttle
C) Orbiter
D) Flyby
  • 13. Which answer shows the correct chronological order of these events?
A) First Satellite, First man in space, First man on the moon, First reusable spacecraft, Building ISS
B) First man in space, First Satellite, First man on the moon, First reusable spacecraft, Building ISS
C) First Satellite, First reusable spacecraft, First man in space, First man on the moon, 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 orbit the moon
B) launch a satellite into Earth's orbit
C) send a human to Mars and back
D) send a human to land on the moon
  • 15. Which is a benefit of the space program technology?
A) radial tires
B) firefighting gear
C) All of these
D) Braces
  • 16. Which object is an articifical satellite that serves as a research laboratory for sixteen nations?
A) International Space Station
B) New Horizons
C) Pioneer
D) Sputnik
  • 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) communications
B) monitor weather
C) navigation
D) making dinner
  • 20. What is the significance of the Space X flight?
A) It was the first spacecraft to land back on Earth intact
B) It was the first spacecraft to take man into space
C) It was the first rocket to take man into space
D) It was the first rocket to land back on Earth intact
  • 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) Alan Shepard
B) John Glenn
C) Neil Armstrong
D) Gus Grissom
  • 23. Why do we sometiems use space probes instead of astronauts?
A) Crewed missions are safer
B) Space probes are cheaper
C) Crewed missions are cheaper
D) Space probes are more dangerous
  • 24. What does NASA stand for?
A) National Apollo and Science Administration
B) National Alien and Space Association
C) National Aircraft and Science Association
D) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • 25. What is the government organization established by Congress in 1958 that overseas all US space missions?
A) NASA
B) LRO
C) ISS
D) Space X
  • 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 develop space travel techniques to support Apollo's mission
D) objective was to be the first human spaceflight program in the United States
  • 27. Which of the following was NOT made from materials developed for spacesuits?
A) swimming suits for racers
B) Wool Ski gear
C) running shoes
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 crewed spacecraft
B) you send a space shuttle with astronauts
C) none of these
D) you send a space probe
  • 29. From what state do most of the missions for NASA launch?
A) Florida
B) California
C) Texas
D) Alabama
  • 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) what geologic forces are active on them
B) how they formed
C) All of the answers
D) can any support life
  • 32. What is the study of life in the universe, including life on Earth and the possibility of extraterrestrial life called?
A) Astronomy
B) Geology
C) Astrobiology
D) Biology
  • 33. What is the destination of Cassini-Huygens?
A) Jupiter
B) Mars
C) Moon
D) Saturn
  • 34. What is the destination of Curiosity and what type of space probe is it?
A) Moon; Flyby
B) Mars; Flyby
C) Moon; Lander
D) Mars; Lander
  • 35. What is the destination of Juno and what type of space probe?
A) Jupiter; Flyby
B) Jupiter ; orbiter
C) Saturn; Flyby
D) Saturn; orbiter
  • 36. What is the destination of New Horizon and what type of space probe
A) Uranus;orbiter
B) Pluto; orbiter
C) Uranus; Flyby
D) Pluto and Farther; Flyby
  • 37. What is the destination of Orion Spacecraft?
A) Mars
B) Pluto
C) Mercury
D) Moon
  • 38. What does LRO stand for?
A) Lunar Recall Object
B) Lander Recall Orbiter
C) Lander Reconnaissance Orbiter
D) Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
  • 39. What is the purpose of LRO?
A) It is mapping the surface of the moon
B) It is looking for water sources on the Moon
C) It is looking for water sources on Mars
D) It is looking for life forms
  • 40. What is the difference between Lunar and Solar Probes?
A) Lunar refers to landing; Solar refers to surface
B) Solar refers to the Sun; Lunar refers to the Moon
C) Lunar refers to the Sun; Solar refers to the Moon
D) Solar refers to landing; Lunar refers to surface
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