Go to the Quizzes Page Rockets and Satellites 0% 4 Created by AbuBakrShalabi Please write your name and email to receive your certificate. 1 / 15 Which is the best explanation for how a rocket works? Hot exhaust is propelled out of the nozzle faster than the rocket moves. The rocket pushes the exhaust backward, as the exhaust pushes the rocket forward. A rocket can't work in a vacuum. The rocket exhaust pushes against the atmosphere to propel the rocket. 2 / 15 What country put the first successful satellite in space? England Soviet Union United States Canada 3 / 15 Which planet in our Solar System has the most number of moons? Jupiter Earth Mars Saturn 4 / 15 Check all the types of probes. orbiter jumper lander flyby 5 / 15 What do natural and artificial satellites have in common? they send information to the Earth the float outer space with no direction the don't have anything in common they orbit celestial bodies 6 / 15 This was the first man-made satellite. Galileo 1 Explorer 1 Voyager 1 Sputnik 1 7 / 15 A _____________ is a smaller object that orbits a larger object. rocket probe lunar probe satellite 8 / 15 Which 2 planets in our Solar System don't have any natural satellites? Jupiter and Pluto Neptune and Mars Earth and Saturn Mercury and Venus 9 / 15 A _______________ is an unscrewed spacecraft sent from Earth to explore objects in space. satellite probe rocket telescope 10 / 15 The first satellite was put into space in the year ________. 1980 1957 2020 1840 11 / 15 A _____________ is a vehicle designed to propel itself by ejecting exhaust gas from one end. probe rocket satellite lunar probe 12 / 15 Which of the following are examples of remotely controlled robotic space vehicles called rovers? (Choose 2) Spirit Opportunity Voyager 1 Voyager 2 13 / 15 This telescope will orbit the sun at a distance of 1 million miles from Earth to gather infrared waves. James Webb Space Telescope Hubble Space Telescope Chandra Spitzer 14 / 15 The purpose of NASA is to oversee all space missions. True False 15 / 15 What are the types of satellites? natural and artificial natural and organic artificial and homemade Your score is 0% Restart quiz Go to the Quizzes Page