Space Race Quiz Question Title * 1. The Space Race began when: World War I ended World War II started The Soviet Union launched Sputnik The Mercury Program began Question Title * 2. The success of Sputnik proved: The Soviet Union had smarter scientists Satellites had to be small The U.S. was leading in space exploration Spacecraft could orbit the Earth Question Title * 3. John Glenn was the first American to: Go to space Orbit Earth Orbit the moon Launch a rocket Question Title * 4. What was the most important accomplishment of NASA's Mercury Program? It sent an astronaut into space and back It proved there is no gravity in space It successfully launched a satellite All of the above Question Title * 5. The main goal of the Gemini Program was to: Put humans on the moon Create a spacecraft that could orbit the moon Create a spacecraft that could hold two people Start an international space station Question Title * 6. Who were the first two people to walk on the moon? Alan Sheppard and John Glenn Neil armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin Edward White and Werner Von Braun None of the above Question Title * 7. What NASA program put people on the moon? Mercury Gemini Apollo Sputnik Question Title * 8. After spending astronauts to the moon, NASA wanted to: Build a craft that could shuttle astronauts to and from space Keep astronauts in space for long periods Build a space station All of the above Question Title * 9. What was NASA's first space station? Sputnik Friendship Skylab Columbia Question Title * 10. In 1981, the space shuttle Columbia became the first: Spacecraft to orbit the moon and sun Spacecraft to orbit Earth and return for another flight U.S. vessel to dock with a Russian spacecraft U.S. space station to support a large crew Question Title * 11. What is currently being built in space? An international space shuttle An international space station A Russian space station A U.S. and Canadian space station Question Title * 12. What two countries started building the International Space Station? The U.S. and France Russia and the U.S. The U.S. and Japan Canada and Japan Question Title * 13. How are materials and supplies transported to and from the International Space Station? Space shuttles Pathfinders Rockets Gemini spacecraft Question Title * 14. A place that space shuttles typical travel to is: The moon Outside the solar system To the International Space Station Beyond Mars Question Title * 15. The Sojourner Rover sent back pictures of: The Earth's surface Mars' surface The moon's surface Mercury's surface Question Title * 16. How does the International Space Station generate electricity? It uses solar panels The astronauts exercise to generate electricity The space shuttle delivers fuel The International Space Station has no electricity Question Title * 17. Air on the International Space Station is: Shuttled in from Earth Constantly being replaced by completely new (not recycled) air Purified and recycled None of the above Question Title * 18. Astronauts MUST exercise while in space: To avoid boredom To generate electricity To keep their muscles strong All of the above Question Title * 19. The "vomit comet" is: A jet that flies in large arcs to produce weightlessness A rocket that purposefully induces nausea The name of NASA's underwater training facility Exercise equipment on the International Space Station Question Title * 20. In eight words or more, describe at least one societal benefit of space exploration. What do we have to gain? Question Title * 21. If you were given the opportunity to travel to Mars and start life anew -- assuming that Mars is known to be perfectly habitable -- knowing that you had to go alone without any friends or loved ones and rely solely on meeting new people on Mars, would you go, and why or why not? Question Title * 22. Of the 22 questions in this test so far, this question included, how many of them are open-ended questions that require the skill of creating? Name the question(s) and explain why that is. Question Title * 23. Of the 23 questions in this test, this question included, how many of them are open-ended questions that require the skill of evaluating (i.e., judging, measuring, comparing)? Name the question(s) and explain why that is. Question Title * 24. Of the 24 questions so far on this test, this question included, how many of them are open-ended questions that require the skill of analyzing (identifying the attributes of and thinking of various reasons for or causes of)? Name the question(s) and explain why that is. Question Title * 25. Considering the style and format of this test so far, create and answer your own final question. Done