3rd Year Revision Test

Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

• Neil Armstrong
• Buzz Aldrin
• Yuri Gagarin
• John Glenn

The moon is an example of a natural _______________.

• rocket
• satellite
• space probe

What is a person who travels in space called?

• star gazer
• astronaut
• space man
• moon man

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The sun and everything that revolves around it.

• solar system
• galaxy
• universe
• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The star at the center of our solar system.

• Sun
• moon
• orbit
• axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

It takes Earth _____________ to make one revolution or orbit around the Sun.

• 365 days
• 365 hours
• 28 days
• 24 hours

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why do astronauts train underwater in a pool?

• to experience weightlessness

• to experience microgravity

• to practice space walking

• All of these are correct

Which is an advantage of the Hubble Space Telescope being outside of Earth’s atmosphere?

• No human workers are required because it is outside of Earth’s atmosphere.

• The Hubble Space Telescope is cheaper to maintain than telescopes on Earth.

• The Hubble Space Telescope is less likely to break down because it is outside of Earth’s atmosphere.

• Without interference from the atmosphere, images are more detailed than images from telescopes on Earth.

Which of these is an unpiloted spacecraft designed to gather information while orbiting planets other than Earth?

• space probe

• space shuttle

• space station

• space telescope

Which discovery would most likely be made using the Hubble Space Telescope?

• composition of atmospheric gases from Neptune

• presence of liquid water on Mercury

• causes of solar and lunar eclipses

• new galaxies with solar systems