Space Exploration Exam

Name: __________________________ Date: ___________________

Multiple Choice:

1. What is gravity?

a. Something that is only in space

b. A force pulling upward

c. A force which tries to pull two objects towards each other

d. A force that keeps objects moving

2. Which is farther, the moon or the sun?

a. Sun

b. Moon

3. How far away is space?

a. About 100 miles

b. About 24 feet

c. About 62 miles

d. It’s in the cafeteria

4. What is the closest star to earth?

a. Venus

b. Pluto

c. Sun

d. Moon
5. What is a light year?

a. A year astronauts spend in space

b. 24 hours

c. An astronomical unit used to measure the distance between stars, moons, and

planets in space

d. A unit Buzz Lightyear used in Toy Story

6. What president pushed the idea of space exploration?

a. Kennedy

b. Obama

c. Reagan

d. FDR

7. What is the International Space Station?

a. A research facility

b. A area that was designated for astronauts to live

c. Largest object sent into space

d. All of the above

8. When did the Space Race begin?

a. In 1955 two countries announced that they would be sending a satellite into orbit

in space.

b. When astronauts flew into space for the first time

c. When the US and the USSR realized that rocket research would be important to

the military
 d. Both A and C

9. What is John Glenn known for?

a. Being the first man on earth

b. Flying to the moon

c. First person in the International Space Station

d. Orbiting the earth

10. What are the three major things to consider when building a rocket?

a. Power, steering, landing

b. Design, size, height

c. Weight, steering, design

d. Thrust, control, weight

11. What is thrust?

a. Moving fast on ground

b. The force that moves the aircraft through the air

c. The impact that stops the aircraft

d. None of the above

12. What is orbiting?

a. Moving horizontally across an object

b. Rotating around the earth in an oval, or flattened circle

c. Creating a circular motion on one side of an object

d. Jumping from one side of an object to another

13. Who were the first man to step foot on the moon?

a. President Kennedy and his wife

b. Neil Armstrong

c. Buzz Aldrin

d. Both B and C

14. What was the Explorer 1?

a. A star named after a satellite

b. The first satellite placed in orbit from the US

c. The first name for the Space Race

d. Kennedy’s first act as president

15. What was used to take the first men into space?

a. Sputnik

b. Explorer 1

c. Apollo 11

d. NASA

16. What is a satellite?

a. A moving object used to monitor the moon

b. A piece of technology Buzz Aldrin used

c. An artificial body orbiting space

d. A talking robot

17. What was Sputnik?

a. The last satellite

 b. An astronaut

c. A room in the International Space Station

d. The first satellite to be placed in orbit from USSR

18. When did the first man land on the moon?

a. July 16, 1969

b. July 4, 1777

c. January 9, 1996

d. October 5, 1999

19. What is an astronaut?

a. A person working in space

b. A man who collects moon rocks

c. A person who leaves earth and goes into space, typically for exploration

d. Buzz Lightyear

20. What was the famous quote made by Neil Armstrong?

a. “Wow, I’m on the moon!”

b. “I need to take one small step, man”

c. “I need to tell my friends about this!”

d. “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

True and False:

21. The US and Australia were involved in the space race. True or False

22. Airplanes and rockets are the same thing. True or False

23. Rockets and airplanes both use thrust. True or False

 24. The planets go in order of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and

Neptune. True or False

25. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong had to be placed into jail before interacting with other

people on earth. True or False

Answer Key
Name: __________________________ Date: ___________________

Multiple Choice:

1) What is gravity?

a) Something that is only in space

b) A force pulling upward

c) A force which tries to pull two objects towards each other

d) A force that keeps objects moving

2) Which is farther, the moon or the sun?

a) Sun

b) Moon

3) How far away is space?

a) About 100 miles

b) About 24 feet

c) About 62 miles

d) It’s in the cafeteria

4) What is the closest star to earth?

 a) Venus

b) Pluto

c) Sun

d) Moon

5) What is a light year?

a) A year astronauts spend in space

b) 24 hours

c) An astronomical unit used to measure the distance between stars, moons, and

planets in space

d) A unit Buzz Lightyear used in Toy Story

6) What president pushed the idea of space exploration?

a) Kennedy

b) Obama

c) Reagan

d) FDR

7) What is the International Space Station?

a) A research facility

b) A area that was designated for astronauts to live

c) Largest object sent into space

d) All of the above

8) When did the Space Race begin?

 a) In 1955 two countries announced that they would be sending a satellite into orbit

in space.

b) When astronauts flew into space for the first time

c) When the US and the USSR realized that rocket research would be important to

the military

d) Both A and C

9) What is John Glenn known for?

a) Being the first man on earth

b) Flying to the moon

c) First person in the International Space Station

d) Orbiting the earth

10) What are the three major things to consider when building a rocket?

a) Power, steering, landing

b) Design, size, height

c) Weight, steering, design

d) Thrust, control, weight

11) What is thrust?

a) Moving fast on ground

b) The air that moves the aircraft

c) The impact that stops the aircraft

d) None of the above

12) What is orbiting?

 a) Moving horizontally across an object

b) Rotating around the earth in an oval, or flattened circle

c) Creating a circular motion on one side of an object

d) Jumping from one side of an object to another

13) Who were the first man to step foot on the moon?

a) President Kennedy and his wife

b) Neil Armstrong

c) Buzz Aldrin

d) Both B and C

14) What was the Explorer 1?

a) A star named after a satellite

b) The first satellite placed in orbit from the US

c) The first name for the Space Race

d) Kennedy’s first act as president

15) What was used to take the first men into space?

a) Sputnik

b) Explorer 1

c) Apollo 11

d) NASA

16) What is a satellite?

a) A moving object used to monitor the moon

b) A piece of technology Buzz Aldrin used

 c) An artificial body orbiting space

d) A talking robot

17) What was Sputnik?

a) The last satellite

b) An astronaut

c) A room in the International Space Station

d) The first satellite to be placed in orbit from USSR

18) When did the first man land on the moon?

a) July 16, 1969

b) July 4, 1777

c) January 9, 1996

d) October 5, 1999

19) What is an astronaut?

a) A person working in space

b) A man who collects moon rocks

c) A person who leaves earth and goes into space, typically for exploration

d) Buzz Lightyear

20) What was the famous quote made by Neil Armstrong?

a) “Wow, I’m on the moon!”

b) “I need to take one small step, man”

c) “I need to tell my friends about this!”

d) “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
True and False:

21) The US and Australia were involved in the space race. True or ​False

22) Airplanes and rockets are the same thing. True or ​False

23) Rockets and airplanes both use thrust. ​True​ or False

24) The planets go in order of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and

Neptune. ​True​ or False

25) Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong had to be placed into jail before interacting with other

people on earth. True or ​False