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