Chapter 8 Flashcards

CMS 6th Grade Chapter 8 Test

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This is one of the main uses of satellites.
What is observing Earth's surface.
The space race was between these two countries.
What is the United States and the Soviet Union?
This is NOT an advantage of space probes exploring space
What is the design of a probe is based on assumptions about conditions it will encounter.
Astronauts in space feel weightless because of this.
What is they are falling through space around Earth?
Data collected from moonquakes shows this about it.
What is the center of the moon may be molten.
During WWII, rockets were used for this purpose.
What is to carry explosives?
Rockets move forward because this happens.
What is gas is propelled out of the back of the rocket?
This person was the first in space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
Much of what scientists know about the moon has come from studying these.
What are moon rocks?
All of the following are space spin offs except:
A. Race Cars
B. Joystick Controllers
C. Cordless Power Tools
D. Bar Codes
What is A. Race Cars
This person designed and built experimental rockets during the early 1900s in the United States.
What is Robbert Goddard?
The reaction force that propels a rocket forward.
What is thrust?
A large artificial satellite on which people can live and work for long periods is called this.
What is a space station?
The American program to land people on the moon was called this.
What is Apollo?
This can be used many times to carry an astronaut into orbit.
What is a space shuttle?