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