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Space Exploration: Equipment and Transportation
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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe 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.Space ExplorationNewton's Law of Gravitythe ISSSpace travel
- 2. Multiple ChoiceA vehicle for exploring the surface of an extraterrestrial object.roverthe International Space StationObservetorySpace probe
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich vehicle’s engine is filled with chemical propellants?rocketroversatellitespace shuttle
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is designed and built to transport people and cargo between Earth and space?space rocketspace shuttlespace probetelescope
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe International Space Station began in1988199820001968
- 6. Multiple ChoiceTo which rocky planet are scientists planning a manned space missionJupiterMarsNeptuneVenus
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich tool allows scientists to take pictures very distant objects such as other galaxies, stars, and planets?telescopeperiscopespace shuttlerover
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHow did Galileo discover the moons on Jupiterspace missionrovertelescopespace probe
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat object is launched into orbit and designed to send and receive information?roversatellitespace shuttlespace probe
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich space equipment transports humans into space from Earth?space shuttlespace provesatelliterocket
- 11. Multiple ChoiceUnlike previous space mission the space shuttle was unique because it could be landed like an ________________________ and be reused.boatcarairplanecapsule
- 12. Multiple ChoiceIn 1972 what space mission was responsible for getting a man on the moon?ChallengerVoyagerGeminiApollo
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat scientist use a telescope to observe the night sky and led to him being called the father of astronomy?GalileoEinsteinDr. TysonDr. Wernher von Brauun
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich piece of equipment explores the outer planets?Space ShuttleRoverSpace ProbeSatellite
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich piece of equipment orbits a celestial body?Space ShuttleRoverSpace ProbeSatellite
- 16. Multiple ChoiceIn 2013 I exited the solar system, and am now traveling through interstellar space. What am I?RoverSpace ProbeSatelliteSpace Shuttle
- 17. Multiple ChoiceI helped a space shuttle get off of Earth and enter space. What am I?RoverRocketSpace ProbeSatellite
- 18. Multiple ChoiceI orbit Earth and help your cell phones work. What am I?Space ShuttleRoverSatelliteRocket
- 19. Multiple ChoiceI am a vehicle that explored the surface of the moon. No humans were with me! What am I?Space ShuttleRocketSatelliteRover
- 20. Multiple ChoiceI photographed pictures of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and sent them back to NASA on Earth. What am I?Space ShuttleRoverRocketSpace Probe
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