Planets
What is the biggest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter!
What causes seasons?
What are the two types of satellites?
Natural and artificial
Who was the first person to land on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
The first tool used for space exploration was:
the human eye.
Name the terrestrial planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
What position is North America in when it experiences summer?
Tilted toward the sun.
What is a satellite?
any object that orbits a planet or other celestial body in space.
When did Neil Armstrong join Nasa?
1952.
The first tool that evolved to help with space exploration was:
the telescope
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
Mercury
Is the sun the only star in our solar system?
Yes, however there are billions of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way.
What is the name of Earth's single satellite?
The Moon or Luna
What is Chris Hadfield known for?
Probe
What is the coldest planet in the solar system?
Uranus
When North America is tilted away from the sun, what season is it?
Winter.
When we can see no part of the moon, we call this what?
A new moon.
What is Yuri Gagarin famous for?
The first man to go up into space.
True or False: debris that is ejected off of space crafts when they have gotten through the atmosphere is called Space Trash.
False - space junk
How many planets have rings around them
Four.
How big is the sun?
it takes up 99% of the matter that exists in the solar system.
The ISS is about the size of what?
A football field.
Who was the first woman to fly to space?
Valentina Tereshkova
A sun dial