6th Grade Space Quiz
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Quick on early space exploration
Questions and Answers
- 1.He proved Coperincus heliocentric theory by using a telescop
- A.
Galileo
- B.
Aristotle
- C.
Ptolemy
- D.
Copernicus
- 2.Believed in earh centered model (geocentric) and that planets follow elliptical orbits
- A.
Galileo
- B.
Aristotle
- C.
Ptolemy
- D.
Copernicus
- 3.Believed in the earth centered model of the universe and that planets had elliptical orbits
- A.
Galileo
- B.
Aristotle
- C.
Ptolemy
- D.
Copernicus
- 4.First to believe in a sun-centered universe (heliocentric), also believed that planets followed circular orbits
- A.
Galileo
- B.
Aristotle
- C.
Ptolemy
- D.
Copernicus
- 5.Things fall because of __________
- 6.The _________ carried 2 astronauts per mission
- 7.
- 8.What was the first U.S. space station?
- A.
Skylab
- B.
Sputnik
- C.
International Space Station (ISS)
- 9.Who was the first man in space?
- A.
Alan Shephard
- B.
John Glenn
- C.
Yuri Gagarin
- D.
Valentina Tershkova
- 10.He was the first US man to orbit the earth
- A.
Alan Shephard
- B.
Aristotle
- C.
Neil Armstrong
- D.
John Glenn
- 11.The first US manned Space program
- A.
Mercury
- B.
Gemini
- C.
Apollo
- D.
Mir
- 12.The name of the Russian Space Station that was in operation for 15 years was named _______
- 13.The _________________is designed to transport astronauts to and from a space station.
- 14.Robert Goddard first built and launched a _________________ filled rocket
- 15.The first rocket (satellite) launched into space (sent by the Soviet Union)
- A.
Mir
- B.
Copernicus
- C.
Sputnik
- D.
Gagarin
- 16.The first woman in space was
- A.
Apollo
- B.
Svetlana Ushachek
- C.
Valentina Tershkova
- D.
Neil Armstrong
- 17.Apollo _____________ took the first men to the moon
- 18.The first animals in space were ______________________
- 19.Unmanned space missions are called
- A.
Robots
- B.
Space probes
- C.
Rockets
- D.
Veggie Tales
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