Go to the Quizzes Page Rockets and Satellites 0% 50 Created by AbuBakrShalabi Please write your name and email to receive your certificate. 1 / 15 Which planet in our Solar System has the most number of moons? Jupiter Saturn Earth Mars 2 / 15 A _______________ is an unscrewed spacecraft sent from Earth to explore objects in space. telescope satellite probe rocket 3 / 15 This was the first man-made satellite. Voyager 1 Galileo 1 Sputnik 1 Explorer 1 4 / 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 5 / 15 What do natural and artificial satellites have in common? the float outer space with no direction they orbit celestial bodies they send information to the Earth the don't have anything in common 6 / 15 A _____________ is a vehicle designed to propel itself by ejecting exhaust gas from one end. probe lunar probe rocket satellite 7 / 15 Which of the following are examples of remotely controlled robotic space vehicles called rovers? (Choose 2) Opportunity Voyager 2 Spirit Voyager 1 8 / 15 Which is the best explanation for how a rocket works? The rocket exhaust pushes against the atmosphere to propel the rocket. The rocket pushes the exhaust backward, as the exhaust pushes the rocket forward. Hot exhaust is propelled out of the nozzle faster than the rocket moves. A rocket can't work in a vacuum. 9 / 15 What are the types of satellites? artificial and homemade natural and artificial natural and organic 10 / 15 What country put the first successful satellite in space? United States Canada England Soviet Union 11 / 15 The purpose of NASA is to oversee all space missions. True False 12 / 15 This telescope will orbit the sun at a distance of 1 million miles from Earth to gather infrared waves. Hubble Space Telescope James Webb Space Telescope Chandra Spitzer 13 / 15 Check all the types of probes. jumper orbiter lander flyby 14 / 15 A _____________ is a smaller object that orbits a larger object. rocket satellite probe lunar probe 15 / 15 The first satellite was put into space in the year ________. 1980 1840 1957 2020 Your score is 0% Restart quiz Go to the Quizzes Page