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Ch. 22 Space Exploration
Ch. 22 Space Exploration
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8th Grade Earth Science
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What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?
Law of Acceleration
Law of Falling Objects
Law of Inertia
Law of Action/Reaction
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What travels into the solar system collecting information and sending it back to Earth?
Space Station
Space Probe
Satellite
Space Shuttle
3
Who built the first refracting telescope?
<p>Galileo</p>
Dr. Robert Goddard
Chinese
Newton
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This type of telescope uses lenses to magnify the image.
Refracting
Mercury
Reflecting
Radio
5
Which 2 forces keep satellites in orbit?
Gravity & Inertia
Inertia & Thrust
Thrust & Gravity
6
Which of these space probes went to Mars only starting in 1974?
Vikings I & II
Stardust
Galileo
Venera
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What was placed outside of the Earth's atmosphere to prevent distortion of images?
Sputnik I
Hubble telescope
<p>Mir</p>
Saturn V
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What is 9.46 trillion Kilometers?
Galaxy
Speed of Light
Universe
Light Year
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What do we call the path an object follows around another object in space?
Satellite
Orbit
Radiation
Apollo
10
Which of these crafts are designed for people to live and work in space?
Space Probe
Space Shuttle
Saturn V Rocket
Space Station
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Who invented the Solid Fuel Rocket?
USA
Germany
China
<p>Russia</p>
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Type of telescopes that use visible light to magnify objects.
Mercury
Radio
Optical
Apollo
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Which shuttle broke apart when re-entering the Earth's atmosphere?
Atlantis
Discovery
Columbia
Endeavor
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Type of telescope that can be used on a cloudy day.
Radio
Apollo
Optical
Mercury
15
Who launched the first liquid fuel rocket?
Chinese
Dr. Robert Goddard
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
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Which of these types of electromagnetic radiation has the shortest wavelength?
Visible light
X-rays
Infrared
Radio Waves
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What is Newton's Second law of Motion
Law of Falling Objects
Law of Inertia
Law of Acceleration
Law of Action/Reaction
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What is Newton's first Law of Motion?
Law of Acceleration
Law of Inertia
Law of Action/Reaction
Law of Falling Objects
19
Which of these was the space station built by the USA only?
Columbia
Mir
Skylab
ISS
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Which of these space probes traveled to Venus?
Venera
Spirit & Opportunity
Galileo
Cassini-Huygens
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What do we call the reuseable spacecraft that can return to Earth and go out again later?
Space Probe
Space Shuttle
Space Station
Orbiter
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Which of the following is a natural satellite?
Hubble Telescope
GPS
Earth
Voyager
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Which of these was Russia's space station launched in 1986 and de-orbited in 2001?
Magellan
Mir
Skylab
ISS
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Which of these space probes are travelling to Pluto?
Cassini-Huygens
Magellan
New Horizons
Galileo
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Which was the first space shuttle launched in 1981?
Columbia
Discovery
Atlantis
Challenger
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What is the speed of light?
3,000 cm/s
300,000 km/s
500,000 m/s
5,000,000 mph
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Which shuttle blew apart 73 seconds after launch?
Challenger
Discovery
Columbia
Endeavor
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This type of telescope uses mirrors to magnify the image.
Refracting
Reflecting
Mercury
Radio