Space Spin offs
Technologies that benefit life on Earth in the form of commercial products that were originally developed for space use.
What are spinoffs?
The moon is visible at night and sometimes during the day.
What is the moon reflects the sun's rays?
One of the first astronomers to study space using a telescope.
Who was Galileo?
An object that moves around another larger object in space.
What a satellite?
These helped astronauts walk and stay on the surface of the moon.
What are boots with special soles?
When the moon gets larger we say it is...?
What is waxing?
A tool that makes faraway objects appear closer and larger.
What is a telescope?
What is the phases of the moon?
These allowed astronauts to complete many tasks without "plugging" in.
What are cordless tools?
This causes the phases of the moon.
What is the moon's rotation around the Earth?
Vehicles that move through space but are controlled from Earth.
What a space probe?
These are patterns of stars in the sky.
What are contellations?
This is a special way to keep food... Just add water and you've got a meal!
What is freeze-dried food?
The reason the sun "travels" across the sky.
What is Earth's rotation on its axis?
These 2 things look like they are the same size to us, even though they are not.
What is the Sun and Moon?
A large space lab that orbits Earth.
What is the International Space Station?
These keep drinks cool on picnics.
What are coolers?
The reason we have seasons on Earth.
What is the tilt of Earth's axis?
Name two things about the moon's surface.
What are craters, mountains, plains, no air, no liquid water?
What is the space shuttle?
This Telescope orbits Earth.
What is the Hubble telescope?