| Quiz: Enter the correct form (active/passive) of the verbs in parentheses. Be careful with verb tenses. Use the buttons for feedback. Example below. | A tough quiz on space / space exploration: Click on the correct response. Check your score at end of quiz. Example below.
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Example: One of the planets 'the red planet.' Which one? (call)
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We one of the planets 'the red planet.' Which one? (call) |
Venus
Mars
Uranus
Mercury
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| 1. Our solar system of the Sun, the planets and smaller bodies such as asteroids, comets and moons. How many planets are there? (compose) |
six
seven
eight
nine
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| 2. The planets can into two groups: the Earth-like planets and those without a solid surface, the gas giants like Jupiter. The Earth-like planets are Earth, Mars, Venus, and ... (divide) |
Mercury
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
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| 3. Pluto is unique and cannot in either group. How big is Pluto? (place) |
slightly smaller than our moon
slightly bigger than our moon
slightly smaller than the Earth
slightly bigger than the Earth
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| 4. The Sun's powerful pull of gravity the planets in orbit around it. It is an enormous ball of hot gases, mainly ... (hold) |
hydrogen and helium
hydrogen and oxygen
hydrogen and nitrogen
hydrogen and carbon dioxide
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| 5. Five planets can without a telescope. They are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and ... (see) |
Pluto
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
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| 6. If viewed from above, all of the planets around the sun... (revolve) |
in a clockwise direction
in an counter-clockwise direction
some clockwise, some counter-clockwise
there is no discernible order
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| 7. Our moon is one of many. In fact, over 50 moons in our solar system. All the planets have at least one moon, with the exception of... (find) |
Saturn and Uranus
Mercury and Venus
Mars and Pluto
Jupiter
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| 8. A tide is the rise and fall of ocean levels. It by the pull of gravity of ... (cause) |
the moon exclusively
the Sun, exclusively
mainly the moon, but also the Sun
mainly the Sun, but also the moon
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| 9. As I said, a tide represents the rise and fall of the ocean levels. A tide ... (occur) |
every 6 hours 26 minutes
every 8 hours 26 minutes
every 10 hours 26 minutes
every 12 hours 26 minutes
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| 10. Constellations are groups of stars in an area of the sky and after people, animals, or objects. How many constellations are there? (name) |
9
59
88
102
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| 11. According to astronomical calculations, the Earth and its moon for more than 4.6 billion years. The sun is older. By how much? (exist) |
About half a billion years
About 1 billion years
About 10 billion years
About 20 billion years
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| 12. Since the beginning of space exploration in the 1950s, all of the planets by space probes with the exception of... (visit) |
Mercury
Pluto
Venus
Jupiter
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| 13. In 1957 the first satellite into space. Which country performed this feat? (launch) |
U.S.A.
China
France
U.S.S.R.
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| 14. The first words uttered by Neil Armstrong as he stepped on the moon in July, 1969 throughout the world. He said, 'One small step for man, one _____ leap for mankind.' One word is missing. What is it? (hear) |
large
big
huge
giant
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| 15. Many probes Mars over the last three decades. Which was the first to successfully send back TV pictures from the Martian surface? (visit) |
Mars Polar Lander
Viking 1
Mars Climate Orbiter
Mars Observer
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| 16. A Martian probe landed on the planet in December, 1999. Unfortunately, up to now no signal from this probe. What is its name? (receive) |
Mars Polar Lander
Mars Climate Orbiter
Viking 1
Mars Observer
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| 17. The first man to orbit the Earth was Yuri Gargarin (U.S.S.R.) in 1961. He the Earth... (orbit) |
once
twice
three times
four times
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| 18. Which country the first woman into space? (send) |
U.S.A.
U.K.
U.S.S.R.
Canada
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| 19. Since the early 1980s the U.S. much of its effort to the development of space shuttles like the Challenger and the Columbia. The main advantage of a space shuttle is... (devote) |
its speed
its cargo capacity
its size
its reusability
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| 20. The present U.S. space shuttle into space by two solid-fuel booster rockets. What happens to them? (thrust) |
The burn up as they are used
They burn up as they re-enter the atmosphere
They land in the ocean and are lost
They land in the ocean and are recovered
Check your general knowledge score. |
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