DVAT
Meters per second
The law of inertia
What major event happened in 1969?
The moon landing
What phenomena is causing the universe to expand?
Dark energy
What does space smell like?
Burning metal
How fast something is moving in a given direction
What force stops a ball that is thrown in the air from flying up forever?
Gravity
The century that Sir Isaac Newton published his laws of motion
What is the 17th century?
What vehicle is the Golden Record aboard?
Voyager 1 and 2
A portion of a constellation
Asterism
Is displacement a vector or scalar?
Vector
A bowling ball collides with a set of bowling pins (at rest) with a force of 15N. What is the force the pins exert on the bowling ball?
15 N
4 current aerospace companies
What are SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic?
Number of days that Scott Kelly spent in space.
340 days
What are two main elements found on the sun?
Hydrogen and Helium
Amy runs 2 km south, turns around, runs around 3 km north, and then runs 4 km east. What is her distance?
9 km
If a ball is moving with a force of 49 Newtons and has an acceleration of 7 m/s2, what is the ball's mass?
7 kg
This group of people used action-reaction principles for aeolipiles in 400 BC.
Who are the Greeks?
Which astronomer came up with the idea for the Golden Record?
Frank Drake
Which planet(s) has no moon?
Mercury and Venus
A train moving at a velocity of 15 m/s is accelerated to 24 m/s over a 12 second interval. What is its acceleration?
3/4 m/s²
Two ice skaters push off of each other and they both glide in opposite directions. Which of Newton's Laws does this best represent?
Newton's Third Law
Nickname for Robert H. Goddard after he created the first liquid fueled rocket.
“father of modern rocketry”
What happens to your chromosomes in space?
The telomeres (end caps of chromosomes) get longer
What is the gravity on the moon?
1.6 m/s2