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Quiz

Space exploration has always been a romantic idea for people. But it was only in the 1960ies that this dream was to become a reality.

What do you know about space exploration? Do the following quiz and check how well you know the historical events, dates and prominent faces of space exploration.

1. When is the Cosmonautics Day celebrated in Russia?

1. April 12 b) February 23 c) March 9

1. Do the crossword. Find 8 “space” words.

1. Put these animals from the first to the last to explore space.

1. A monkey (Albert II) b) A dog (Laika) c) Flies

1. Match the names of these famous people with the discoveries made by them:

1. Galileo Galilei a) said the Earth was not the center of the Universe. The Sun was

2. Isaak Newton b) created three laws of the motion

3. Nicolaus Copernicus c) created his own telescope

1. Who was the first woman in space?

1. Marilyn Monroe b) Valentina Tereshkova c) Margaret Thatcher

1. What was the first satellite called? It was launched into space in 1957 by the Soviet Union?

1. Sputnik 1 b) Soyuz 1 c) Vostok 1

1. Do the puzzle.

‘last R/a ‘sun (n=t)

1. Gagarin’s spaceship Vostok 1 was designed to crash land. How did Gagarin get back on Earth?

1. Using his parachute b) using turbo-jet wings c) using a hot air ballon

1. What was the first remote-controlled robot called? It was landed on another world in 1970 by the Soviet Union.

1. The second letter in PLANET

2. The first letter in UNIVERSE

3. The sixth letter in COSMONAUT

4. The second/third letter in MOON

5. The fourth letter in MILKY

6. The seventh letter in ATMOSPHERE

7. The second letter in SOLAR

8. The first letter in DISTANCE

1. What was the aim of the Apollo space programme?

1. sending a man into space

2. landing a man on the Moon

3. finding a planet where life can exist

1. Put the planets of the solar system in their order starting from the closest to the Sun.

Venus; Mars; Uranus; Neptune; Mercury; Earth; Jupiter; Saturn.

1. Read the following abbreviation ISS correctly.

1. Investigation of Strange Symbols

2. International Space Station

3. Intellectual Space Safety.

1. What is the first space tourist’s name?

1. Dennis Tito b) Bill Gates c) Mark Zuckerberg

1. Who was the first to walk on the lunar surface?

1. Alexei Leonov b) Neil Armstrong c) Vladimir Titov

1. What is our home galaxy in the Universe?

1. The Sombrero Galaxy

2. The Andromeda Galaxy

3. The Milky Way

1. Who constructed the first spaceship?

1. K. Tsiolkovskiy

2. Alexey Leonov

3. Sergei Korolev

We’re done.

I hope now you can claim that you know the history of Space exploration very well. Who knows, maybe one of you will make a decision to devote his/her life to the science.

Remember, the more we explore space and experiment, the faster our technology and methods will develop and the better we will understand our Universe and Planet.

Answers:

1. April 12

2. Galaxy; Telescope; Planet; Atmosphere; Spaceship; Satellite; Sun; Universe.

3. Flies – 1947; A monkey (Albert II) – 1949; A dog (Laika) – 1957.

4. 1 – c; 2 – b; 3 – a.

5. b) – Valentina Tereshkova

6. a) Sputnik 1

7. Astronaut

8. Using his parachute

9. LUNOKHOD

10. landing a man on the Moon

11. 1 – Mercury; 2 - Venus; 3 - Earth; 4 - Mars;5 – Jupiter; 6 – Saturn; 7 - Uranus; 8 – Neptune.

12. International Space Station

13. Dennis Tito – On April 28, 2001 American millionaire Dennis Tito became the 1^st space tourist when he paid around 20 million $ for a ride in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

14. Neil Armstrong (July, 1969)

15. The Milky Way

16. Sergei Korolev