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