Question

1. There are literally __________ of pieces of debris floating around the Earth.

a. billions

b. thousands

c. millions

d. hundreds

2. How fast are objects traveling around the Earth?

a. thousands of miles per hour

b. millions of miles per hour

c. none of these

d. hundreds of miles per hour

3. Which of the following are NOT parts of the debris in orbit around the Earth?

a. old satellites

b. bags of garbage

c. parts of old automobiles

d. rocket stages or boosters

4. True or false?

There are some bodies of astronauts who died in space that make up part of the debris in

orbit around the Earth

a. False

b. True

5. Most of the time, debris falling to Earth will do what?

a. bounce off the atmosphere and return to space

b. will move naturally toward the North or South Pole

c. burn up

d. All of these

6. What's being done about space debris?

a. tracking debris

b. counting space debris

c. measuring space debris

d. all of these

7. No weather forecasts, jetliners cannot fly, not be able to use GPS, power grids

failing (no electricity). These are what can happen when what takes place?

a. Rocket boosters burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

b. satellites are destroyed by space debris

c. rockets crash at launch time

d. satellites become too numerous and crowd the orbits around the Earth​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) billions

b) millions of miles per hour

c) bags of garbage