CHAPTER 24 TEST NAME:_______________________ HR:____

1. The path of a space craft launched to the moon is actually a path of curvature instead of a straight line because:

a. it saves gas in the costly mission

b. wind resistance causes the ship to glide off course anyway

c. the tip of the rocket/shuttle is curved causing the curvature

d. the craft is used to support its own weight much like wings on a plane

2. In order to get to the moon once the craft is in space:

a. the craft is aimed directly towards the sun

b. the craft is pointed directly towards the moon

c. the craft is pointed opposite the direction of the moon

d. the craft is aimed into the moon's orbital future position

3. The first craft missions sent into space were probes from Russia called

a. Luna b. Pioneer c. Ranger d. Gemini

4. The mission to send back the first great images of the moon's surface was

a. Luna 8 b. Luna 9 c. Luna 3 d. Apollo 1

5. Which U.S. space probe was the first successful probe to fly by the moon?

a. Pioneer 1 b. Pioneer 4 c. Pioneer 2 d. Pioneer 3

6. This U.S. probe was designed to send back pictures of the moon, then crash into it. It was the second time a successful probe was launched.

a. Apollo 1 b. Luna 7 c. Ranger d. Luna 1

7. This is the only probe in U.S. history to succesfully land on the moon.

a. Surveyor b. Luna 1 c. Pioneer 2 d. Pioneer 3

8. These were the first successful flights in the orbit of the Earth with human beings. Each flight lasted only a few hours.

a. Mercury b. Apollo c. Pioneer d. Ranger

9. These crafts were designed for two astronauts. These missions were designed to see if humans could survive in weightlessness for many days.

a. Mercury b. Apollo c. Gemini d. Ranger

10. The first mission to successfully allow the first walk on the moon.

a. Apollo 1 b. Apollo 11 c. Apollo 13 d. Gemini 9

11. In order of arrangement from top to bottom on the Apollo rocket:

a. command module, service module, lunar module

b. service module, lunar module, command module

c. lunar module, rocket engines, first stage

d. solid rocket boosters, command module, service module

12. The only part of the Apollo rocket to return to Earth intact is the:

a. Service module b. Lunar module c. Fuel tank d. Command module

13. To throw something away or when a rocket detaches from a fuel tank is:

a. tossed b. thrown c. detached d. jettisoned

14. Unlike its predecessors, the _________ was designed to be reused.

a. Gemini b. Apollo c. Ranger d. Space shuttle

15. The major features of the space shuttle include all BUT:

a. Large fuel tank b. Lunar module c. 2 rocket boosters d. oxygen

16. The scientific term given to the robotic arm aboard the shuttle is a(n):

a. PMX b. LQT c. RMS d. ARM

17. The moon is what fraction the size of Earth in terms of diameter?

a. 1/2 b. 1/16 c. 1/4 d. 7/8

18. The estimated mass of the moon in comparison to Earth is about:

a. 1/10 b. 1/80 c. 1/16 d. 1/900

19. Knowing the average weight of a freshman being 20 pounds on the moon, we can conclude that the difference in gravity from Earth to moon is:

a. 1/10 b. 1/6 c. 1/3 d. 1/20

20. What part of the moon's structure is questionable on its content?

a. crust b. mantle c. molten zone d. inner core

21. Large moon craters filled with debris or dust are called:

a. lakes b. oceans c. maria d. rilles

22. Tiny objects currently bombarding the moon's surface are called:

a. rilles b. marias c. regoliths d. micrometeoriods

23. Long clefts or cracks running through the maria bedrock are:

a. marias b. rilles c. regoliths d. micrometeoriods

24. Lunar ________ are hollows on the moon's surface.

a. rilles b. craters c. regoliths d. marias

25. Lunar soil is not really soil. Scientists prefer to call it:

a. rilles b. regolith c. maria d. micrometeoriods

IGNORE NUMBERS 26-29...MOVE RIGHT ON TO #30!!!

30. In looking at the moon's orbit of the earth, the moon is furthest during

a. perigee b. apogee c. phase d. waxing e. waning

31. In looking at the moon's orbit of the earth, the moon is closest during

a. perigee b. apogee c. phase d. waxing e. waning

32. The daily changes in the moon's appearance from earth is called its:

a. apogee b. perigee c. waxing d. phase e. waning