The International Space Station

How long does it take the International Space Station to orbit the Earth?

• 1.5 hours

• 2 hours

• 3 hours

• 4 hours

How many people have been aboard the ISS over its lifetime?

• more than 50

• more than 100

• more than 150

• more than 200

What is the name of the Russian escape spacecraft that is always docked a the ISS in case of an emergency?

• Zanya

• Soyuz

• Zveda

• Pirs

About how big is the ISS ...

• size of the titanic

• football field

• baseball field

• basketball court

Zarya was the first module of the ISS to be launched into space, what does it mean?

• sunrise

• sunset

• star

• sky

How do astronauts train on Earth for outer space?

• in the sky

• in a a cave

• Underwater

• at home

Space sickness is due to the absence of

• oxygen

• food

• light

• gravity

Space sickness includes all of the following except

• nausea

• burping

• vomiting

• Sweating

Life is possible on Earth because of these two things

• frozen water and distance to the sun

• liquid water and distance to the sun

• our thick atmosphere

• our thin atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What other planet in our solar system do scientists feel may have had life at one point?

• Mars

• Mercury

• Saturn

• Neptune