2023 "Life Without Gravity" Student Review Questions

What happens to your stomach in space?

• nothing happens
• it gets upset
• your nose gets stuffy
• it gets swollen

What are globules?

• Drops of liquid
• People
• Tiny Aliens
• Pieces of food that astronauts eat

Does the body get heavier when you go back down to earth?

• yes
• no
• i dont know
• both yes and no

What do astronauts always say?

• the food tastes blander
• the food tastes delicious
• the food taste horrible
• the food tastes weird

When in space, astronauts will usually _________.

• test expirements with gravity.
• throw up.
• panic.
• be weak and uncomfortable.

Jerry Linenger, who spent more than 4 months on the Russian space station, got back to Earth and felt said "________________".

• "It was very exciting."

• "I though I could see Mars."

• "Ye-ech!"

• "My body felt like a 500 pound barbell."

Why do astronauts get taller while in space?

• Space
• The lack of gravity causes them to routinely grow
• Their body gets upset and confused.
• In microgravity, your blood is rerouted, flowing from the legs, which become thin and sticklike, to the head, which swells up.

What did Linenger's body feel like when he went to bed that night?

• Soft and cozy
• He was floating away
• He was being smashed into the mattress.
• It felt as if he was being watched from all sides of the bed.

What are some bonuses of going to space?

• You can fly around like superman
• Do a 2 hour workout everyday
• Throwup
• Stuffy Nose

What are some bad things about going to space?

• Being able to fly
• Lifting heavy objects like nothing.
• Muscles becoming feeble
• being able to see things from space