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Grade 6 Space Exploration
Telescopes that bend light to make objects seem larger are                      .
  1. refracting telescopes
  2. reflecting telescopes
  3. radio telescopes
  4. spectroscopes
Grade 6 Space Exploration
Space probes, unlike satellites, are able to                               .
  1. gather data
  2. travel out of the solar system
  3. go into orbit
  4. be retrieved
Grade 6 Space Exploration
What is the system that allows scientists to rate the hazard level of an object moving toward Earth?
  1. solar system
  2. NASA
  3. the Torino scale
  4. the Richter scale
Grade 6 Space Exploration
ISS is the abbreviation for which of the following?
  1. Internal Space Station
  2. International Space Station
  3. Inverted Space Station
  4. Industrial Space Service
Grade 6 Space Exploration
How are satellites used?
  1. to gather military information
  2. to transmit television signals
  3. to monitor weather
  4. all of the above
Grade 6 Space Exploration
A modern application for a satellite is for
  1. gathering scientific data.
  2. gathering pictures of Earth's surface.
  3. transmitting radio and television signals.
  4. all answers are correct
Grade 6 Space Exploration
Which U.S. project was the first to land a human on the Moon?
  1. Project Surveyor
  2. Project Apollo
  3. Project Gemini
  4. Project Mercury
Grade 6 Space Exploration
The name of one of the space shuttles that exploded, killing all astronauts inside.
  1. Enterprise
  2. Columbia
  3. Discovery
  4. Atlantis
Grade 6 Space Exploration
Which U.S. project was the first to land a human on the Moon?
  1. Project Apollo
  2. Project Mercury
  3. Project Gemini
  4. Project Surveyor
Grade 6 Space Exploration
What spacecraft passed by Neptune in 1989?
  1. Viking 1
  2. Viking 2
  3. Voyager 1
  4. Voyager 2
Grade 6 Space Exploration
The International Space Station can be viewed on Earth.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Space Exploration
What is the advantage of space telescopes?
  1. They use mirrors
  2. They collect radio waves
  3. They are linked together with a computer
  4. They avoid Earth's atmosphere
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