Qudurat GAT Practice
Reading comprehensionQuestion 264 of 550

A satellite is an object made by people that goes around the Earth on a fixed path called an orbit. Rockets push it into space. Then it keeps moving around the Earth because of its speed and the pull of Earth's gravity. The first satellite that people sent into space was launched in 1957. There are many kinds. Communication satellites carry television and phone calls between continents. Weather satellites take pictures of clouds and help to forecast the weather. Navigation satellites find our position on maps in phones and cars. Each satellite works for a fixed period. Then it stops and may stay in space as debris. This worries scientists because the orbits are getting crowded.

Question: In the text, the word "orbit" means:

  1. the place where satellites are made
  2. the rocket that carries the satellite
  3. a device that finds positions
  4. the path along which one object goes around another
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Correct answer: the path along which one object goes around another

An orbit is a fixed path of the satellite around the Earth.

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Questions last reviewed: 21 October 2026