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