Space and Technology

What makes up our solar system?

• Everything that orbits the sun.

  
  

• The earth.

  
  

• Just the planets.

  
  

• All the stars in the sky.

  
  

Which of the following is used to travel to space?

• Aircraft

• Aeroplane

  
  

• Spacecraft

  
  

• (a) and (b) above.

  
  

Our solar system orbits the center of the _________ galaxy.

• Cartwheel Galaxy

• Black Eye Galaxy

• Milky Way Galaxy

• none of the above

NASA stands for:

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

• National Aeronautics and Social Administration

• National Aeronautics and Space Academy

• National Asteroids and Space Administration

Name of the Earth's first artificial satellite

• Hubble

• Sputnik I

• Lewis

• none of the above

What is a black hole?

• A region of space with no stars or galaxies.

• An invisible object in space that emits light.

• A region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape, not even light.

• A dense cloud of gas and dust in space.