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