Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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An optical telescope that uses glass lenses to gather and focus light is called
a
a. | refracting telescope | b. | reflecting telescope | c. | radio
telescope | d. | gamma ray telescope |
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The name of the telescope that orbits Earth, with the purpose of detecting the
radiation given off by young stars, is the
a. | Hubble Space Telescope | b. | XMM-Newton Observatory | c. | Spitzer Space
Telescope | d. | Swift Space Telescope |
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The first partially reusable spacecraft, which was launched in April 1981, was
called
a. | Saturn V | b. | Columbia | c. | Discovery | d. | Endeavour |
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An instrument used to detect and collect different types of electromagnetic
radiation is called a
a. | space probe | b. | telescope | c. | space
shuttle | d. | spacecraft |
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What is the name of the first remote-controlled rover ever sent to another
planet?
a. | Opportunity | b. | Mars Pathfinder | c. | Spirit | d. | New
Horizons |
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All of the following statements are true regarding the fuel used for space
exploration, except
a. | Launch vehicles are traditionally powered by a chemical reaction between fuel and
oxygen. | b. | Small probes now fire atoms of xenon gas to fuel their movement through the Solar
System. | c. | Traditional fuel is very lightweight. | d. | Nuclear propulsion could reduce the amount of
time needed to travel to Mars
by 50 %. |
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The amount of pesticides used when spraying farm crops has been minimized using
the same space vision technology as that used to control the
a. | Canadarm | b. | DEXTRE | c. | space probe
Mariner | d. | space shuttle Columbia |
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The Canadian satellite launched in 2003 to monitor the state of Earth’s
atmosphere over the Arctic is called
a. | DEXTRE | b. | RADARSAT-1 | c. | SCISAT | d. | RADARSAT-2 |
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The first human spaceflight mission to land on the Moon was
a. | Apollo 13 | b. | Apollo 11 | c. | Discovery | d. | Columbia |
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Which of the following telescopes is (are) being used to collect high-energy
electromagnetic radiation, such as gamma rays and X-rays?
a. | INTEGRAL | b. | Swift | c. | Chandra | d. | all of the
above |
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The spacecraft that has been used to explore Saturn since 2004 is
a. | New Horizons | b. | Saturn V | c. | Spirit | d. | Cassini |
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The first reflecting telescope was built by
a. | Hans Lippershey | b. | Galileo Galilei | c. | Sir Isaac
Newton | d. | Edwin Hubble |
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A human-occupied or robotic vehicle used to explore space or celestial objects
is called
a. | a spinoff | b. | a spacecraft | c. | a
telescope | d. | space junk |
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The first Canadian in space was
a. | Julie Payette | b. | Marc Garneau | c. | Edwin
Hubble | d. | Robert Thirsk |
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How many countries financially contributed to the International Space Station
project?
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All of the following statements are true regarding the Canadarm,
except
a. | It has been used on all space shuttles since 1981. | b. | It is 18 m
long. | c. | Its “skin” is made of titanium metal, stainless steel, and
graphite. | d. | It is hollow. |
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Which of the following statements is (are) true regarding the differences
between the Canadarm and the Canadarm2?
a. | The Canadarm2 is shorter. | b. | The Canadarm has one extra joint that Canadarm2
does not have. | c. | Neither end of the Canadarm2 is permanently attached to the International Space
Station. | d. | all of the above |
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The first planets to be explored by space probes were
a. | Mars and Venus | b. | Mercury and Venus | c. | Neptune and
Jupiter | d. | Mars and Saturn |
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The first Canadian to participate in a long-duration stay as part of a
six-person crew onboard the International Space Station was
a. | Dave Williams | b. | Chris Hadfield | c. | Julie
Payette | d. | Robert Thirsk |
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What is the name of the robotic explorer that is currently on its way to explore
the dwarf planet Pluto?
a. | New Horizons | b. | Pathfinder | c. | Spirit | d. | Opportunity |
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