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Grade 7 Space Exploration
Who observed the different phases of Venus?
  1. Galileo
  2. Aristarchus
  3. Ptolemy
  4. Copernicus
Grade 8 Space Exploration
The first person to view the Moon using a telescope was
  1. Galileo.
  2. Copernicus.
  3. Newton.
  4. Armstrong.
Grade 8 Space Exploration
What country launched the world's first artificial satellite, the Sputnik?
  1. China
  2. Germany
  3. Russia
  4. United States
Grade 5 Space Exploration
Which one landed on the Moon?
  1. Apollo 11
  2. Columbia
  3. Eagle
  4. Explorer 1
Grade 6 Space Exploration
What is the system that allows scientists to rate the hazard level of an object moving toward Earth?
  1. solar system
  2. NASA
  3. the Torino scale
  4. the Richter scale
Grade 5 Space Exploration
Who was the first man to step on the Moon?
  1. Neil Armstrong
  2. John Glenn
  3. Yuri Gagarin
  4. None of the above
Grade 8 Space Exploration
To fly beyond a planet's gravitational pull, a spacecraft must reach                       .
  1. velocity
  2. orbital velocity
  3. escape velocity
  4. geostationary velocity
Grade 5 Space Exploration
When did the first humans land on the Moon?
  1. 1949
  2. 1959
  3. 1962
  4. 1969
Grade 6 Space Exploration
ISS is the abbreviation for which of the following?
  1. Internal Space Station
  2. International Space Station
  3. Inverted Space Station
  4. Industrial Space Service
Grade 5 Space Exploration
What was the name of the space rover that landed on Mars in 2012?
  1. Imagination
  2. Curiosity
  3. Hubble
  4. None of the above
Grade 6 Space Exploration
How are satellites used?
  1. to gather military information
  2. to transmit television signals
  3. to monitor weather
  4. all of the above
Grade 8 Space Exploration
Which two early astronomers were supporters of the geocentric, or Earth-centered, model of the solar system?
  1. Aristotle and Galileo
  2. Galileo and Copernicus
  3. Aristotle and Ptolemy
  4. Copernicus and Ptolemy
Grade 6 Space Exploration
A modern application for a satellite is for
  1. gathering scientific data.
  2. gathering pictures of Earth's surface.
  3. transmitting radio and television signals.
  4. all answers are correct
Grade 12 Space Exploration
Astrobiology is best described as                                                       .
  1. the study of animals in space
  2. the scientific search for evidence of intelligent life
  3. the study of life in the universe
  4. none of the above
Grade 4 Space Exploration
What was the name of the satellite launched into space?
  1. Speetnut
  2. Spoon trick
  3. Space traveler 1
  4. Sputnik
Grade 4 Space Exploration
What instrument can an astronomer use to see objects that are very far away?
  1. Microscope
  2. Telescope
  3. Compass
  4. Stereoscope
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