Review questions ch 8

6th Grade Science

Chapter 8 Exploring

Space

Review Questions

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1. A _______ telescope uses lenses to bend light.

a. reflecting telescope c. radio telescopeb. refracting telescope d. rocket

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Answer:Refracting Telescope

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2. A(n) _______ is an object that revolves around another object in space.a. rocket c. satelliteb. electromagnetic spectrum d. observatory

Answer:satellite


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3. _______ was the first piloted U.S. space program.a. Project Gemini c. Project Alphab. Project Apollo d. Project Mercury

Answer:Project Mercury


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4. A(n) _______ is a reusable space craft that carries people and tools to and from space.a. space station b. rocketc. observatory d. space shuttle

Answer:Space Shuttle


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5. In the _______, electromagnetic waves are arranged, in order, according to their wavelength.a. visible light spectrum b. ROY G BIVc. electromagnetic spectrum d. radio spectrum

Answer:Electromagnetic spectrum


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6. Which spacecraft has sent images of Venus to scientists on Earth?a. Voyager b. Apollo 11c. Viking d. Magellan

Answer:Magellan


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7. Which kind of telescope uses mirrors to collect light?a. radio b. electromagneticc. refracting d. reflecting

Answer:reflecting


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8. What was Sputnik I?a. The first telescopeb. The first artificial satellitec. The first Observatory d. The first U.S. space probe

Answer:The first artificial satellite


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9. Which kind of telescope can be used during the day or night and during bad weather?a. radio c. refractingb. electromagnetic d. reflecting

Answer:radio


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10. Which space mission’s goal was to put a spacecraft into orbit and bring it back safely?a. Project Mercury c. Project Geminib. Project Apollo d. Viking I



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11. Which of the following is a natural satellite?a. Skylab c. the Sunb. the space shuttle d. the moon

Answer:The moon


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12. What does the space shuttle use to place a satellite into space?a. liquid fuel tank c. booster rocketb. mechanical arm d. cargo bay

Answer:Mechanical arm


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13. What part of the space shuttle is reused?a. liquid-fuel tanks c. booster enginesb. Gemini rockets d. Saturn rockets

Answer:Booster engines


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14. Which type of telescope is shown above?a. adaptive c. refractingb. corrective d. reflecting

Answer:refracting

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39. Which type of telescope is shown above?a. adaptive c. refractingb. corrective d. reflecting

Answer:reflecting

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15. Which United States space program included several lunar landings?a. Apollo c. Marinerb. Gemini d. Mercury

Answer:Apollo


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16. Who was the first human into space?a. Edwin Aldrin c. Neil Armstrongb. Yuri Gagarin d. John Glenn

Answer:Yuri Gagarin


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40. What is an orbit?a. a type of space craftb. the curved path a satellite makes as it circles an objectc. a type of telescoped. a type of chewing gum

Answer:the curved path a satellite makes as it circles an object


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17. What is the speed of light in space?a. 300 km/s c. 30,000 km/sb. 3,000 km/s d. 300,000 km/s

Answer:300,000 km/s


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18. Which products resulted from space related research?a. ceramic hip replacements b. fiberglass insulationsc. polyethylene films d. titanium steel alloys

Answer:Ceramic hip replacements


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19. What is the primary purpose of the International Space Station?a. to conduct long term laboratory researchb. to launch future crewed space missionsc. to launch satellitesd. to study Earth’s weather patterns

Answer:To conduct long term laboratory research


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20. Although electromagnetic waves differ in their wavelengths, they all travel at the speed of light, which is ____.

a. 300,000 km/s c. 100 km/sb. 6,000 km/h d. 10,000 km/s

Answer:300,000 km/s


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21. In a ____ telescope, light passes through convex lenses.

a. reflecting c. refractingb. Hubble d. shuttle

Answer:refracting


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22. Electromagnetic radiation includes ____.a. Radio waves c. ultraviolet radiationb. X rays d. all of the above

Answer:All of the above


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23. Optical telescopes include ____.a. reflecting telescopes and refracting telescopesb. reflecting telescopes onlyc. refracting telescopes onlyd. radio telescopes only

Answer:Reflecting telescopes and refracting telescopes


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24. The first stage in the space program designed to send Americans to the Moon was ____.

a. Project Apollo c. Project Mercuryb. the Hubble Space Telescope d. the

Voyager



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25. A rocket is a motor that can burn fuel without requiring ____.

a. water c. electricityb. air d. fire

Answer:air


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26. The arrangement of ____ by wavelength is called the electromagnetic spectrum.

a. physical energy c. mechanical energyb. electromagnetic radiation d. electronic energy

Answer:electromagnetic radiation


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27. ____ telescopes collect and record radio waves given off by some objects in space.

a. Radio c. Refractingb. Optical d. Reflecting

Answer:radio


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28. The trouble experienced with the Hubble Space Telescope dealt with ____.

a. its launch into spaceb. its deployment into spacec. a mistake made when the mirror was shapedd. its position in the space shuttle

Answer:A mistake made when the mirror was shaped


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29. The destination of the space probe Cassini is ____.

a. Jupiter c. the Moonb. Saturn d. Mars

Answer:Saturn


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30. Early data gathered from the space probe ____ indicate that hydrogen is present in the rocks of the Moon's poles.

a. Cassini c. Mercuryb. Lunar Prospector d. Viking I

Answer:Lunar Prospector


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31. The first artificial satellite, ____, was placed into orbit around Earth by the former Soviet Union in 1957.

a. Voyager I c. Galileob. Sputnik I d. Viking I

Answer:Sputnik I


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32. An artificial satellite is a spacecraft that ____.a. completes only one orbitb. is built by humans and orbits another objectc. travels outward across the entire solar systemd. orbits beyond the orbit of the Sun

Answer:Is built by humans and orbits another object


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33. A space probe is a spacecraft that ____.a. completes only one orbitb. is built and launched by humansc. gathers information and sends it back to Earthd. both b and c

Answer:Both b and c


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34. One major difference between an artificial satellite and a space probe is that the artificial satellite ____.

a. is built by humansb. is less expensive to buildc. orbits another object, while the space probe travels farther into the solar systemd. d. can carry only instruments into space

Answer:orbits another object, while the space probe travels farther into

the solar system


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35. In addition to sending humans into space in the Mercury and Gemini programs, space probes were sent to the Moon to ____.

a. take pictures of its surfaceb. determine the best landing sites on the Moonc. test the possibility of landing a spacecraft on the Moond. all of the above

Answer:All of the above


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36. A characteristic of the space shuttle is that ____.a. it is reusableb. it can land like an airplanec. the cargo bay can be used for a wide variety of tasksd. all of the above

Answer:all of the above


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37. Of all the benefits of the space shuttle, the one that helps cut costs the most is that ____.

a. it is reusableb. it can land like an airplanec. the cargo bay can be used for a wide variety of tasksd. all of the above

Answer:It is reusable


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38. The International Space Station (ISS) will be a ____ research laboratory.

a. Russian c. permanentb. Japanese d. temporary

Answer:permanent


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