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Solar System and Space Travel
Solar System and Space Travel
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Something that revolves around something else is called a?
chaser
moon
probe
satellite
2
If the Sun was hollow it could hold how many Earth's?
1,300,000
1,000
98,000
93,000,000
3
The first man to walk on the moon was?
Neil Armstrong
Robert Goddard
Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins
4
The Sun is approximately how old?
5 hundred years
5 billion years
1,325 days
10 million years
5
One planet has a longer day than year, which one?
Pluto
Mars
Earth
Venus
6
The four largest moons of Jupiter were discovered by?
Plato
Aristotle
Galileo Galilei
Robert Goddard
7
The four largest planets are called the?
gas giants
terrestrial giants
neon stars
liquid monsters
8
When meteors enter the Earth's atmosphere they leave a streak because?
rotate so fast
they heat up
they break up
they are so cold
9
ISS stands for International Space?
Solders
System
Style
Station
10
Which planet is closest to the Earth?
Moon
Venus
Mercury
Mars
11
Since we can see sun spots moving accross the sun we know the sun?
moves once a hour
rotates at the same speed
doesn't move
rotates at different speeds
12
1 astonmical unit is equal to?
93,000,000 miles
93,000,000,000 feet
93,000 miles
93,000,000 cubes per inch
13
Where do scientist beleive the moon came from?
asteriod belt
deep space
the Sun
the Earth
14
The asteroid belt is located between?
Mars & Jupiter
Earth & Mars
Juipter & Saturn
Venus & Earth
15
What were the mission's name that took U.S. to the moon?
Hubble
Gemini
Explorer
Apollo
16
Asteroids can be pulled out of the belt by the gravitional pull of close by?
moons
planets
comets
larger asteroids
17
The last four plantes are called the?
scary planets
inner planets
outer planets
smallest planets
18
Which of the following is not a Galilean Moon?
Io
Ganymede
Europa
Titan
19
The inner planets can be described as?
lifeless
smelly
terrestrial
gassy
20
Which planet has the largest and most complex ring system?
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
Juptier
21
Robert Goddard's discovery lead to the use of what in every future space vehical launch?
solid rocket fuel
compressed oxygen
liquid rocket fuel
unleaded gasoline
22
Which planets are known to have life on them?
Earth
Milky Way
Earth and Mars
Venus and Earth
23
Why do planets orbit the sun?
Sun's Friction
Sun's Gravity
Sun's Inertia
Sun's brightness
24
What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Venus
Mercury
Earth
Mars
25
What made the space shuttles different from previous space craft?
reusable
faster
Looked like an airplane
carries more than 1 man
26
The first four planets are called the?
inner planets
fastest planets
prettiest planets
small planets
27
The great red spot on Jupiter is a?
eyeball
storm
clouds
ocean
28
How many stars are in our solar system?
1
over 1 million
over 1 billion
1,000's
29
The different amounts of force the sun exerts on the planets is responsible for?
planet speed
planet atmosphere
planet size
planet color
30
Comets are sometimes referred to as?
cold freezes
slurpies
dirty snowcones
dirty snowballs
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Space probes are?
faster than the speed of light
out dated
unmanned
dangerous