Unit 6 test

Who was the first man to go into space?

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

What president was in place when NASA was created?

• John F. Kennedy
• Abraham Lincoln
• George Washington
• Dwight D. Eisenhower

What was the name of the first sattelite?

• Sputnik 1
• Explorer 1
• Vanguard 1
• Apollo 11

What's the name of the rocket launched by the Americans on January 31st 1958

• Explorer 1
• Gemini 7
• Mercury-Redstone 1
• Apollo 11

What was the name of the project to put the first man on the moon?

• Mercury program
• Voyager program
• Gemini program
• Apollo program

What is the force keeping us on earth?

• Magnetism
• Gravity
• Friction
• Wind

How do rockets work?

• Rockets work by harnessing the power of magnets to move forward.
• Rockets work by using solar energy to propel themselves.
• Rockets work by expelling gas at high speeds through a nozzle, creating thrust.
• Rockets work by releasing balloons to create lift.

How many different types of probes exist and what are they used for?

• Three types: active probes, passive probes, and reactive probes
• Four types: active probes, passive probes, reactive probes, and inactive probes
• One type: active probes only
• Three types: Flyby probes, orbiter probes, and lander probes

What are some challenges of space travel?

• Radiation exposure, microgravity effects, isolation and confinement, limited resources, long-duration missions
• limited resources

• Alien encounters
• Extreme temperatures

what do we need to properly live in space?

• Oxygen tanks
• Gravity boots
• Life support systems
• Space heaters