Planets
The planet best known for its rings
Saturn
I was the first human being to set foot on the moon.
Armstrong
The movement of energy from one place to another is called a
Wave
A satellite is any object that orbits a larger object.
True
First artificial object ever put into space.
Sputnik 1
The planet closest to the sun
Mercury
I discovered that white light is made up of many colors.
Newton
The high point of a wave is called the
Crest
The term wavelength describes how fast a wave oscillates.
False- Frequency
First space flight to land on the moon
Apollo 11
The largest planet in the solar system
Jupiter
I developed the reflecting telescope.
Newton
The low point of a wave is called the
Trough
Light travels at 350,000 miles per second.
False- 186,000
First U.S. satellite
Explorer 1
The planet with windspeeds of over 1,200 mph
Neptune
I am known as the "Father of Modern Rocketry."
Goddard
A single rise or depression in a wave is called a
Pulse
Refraction is the turning back or turning aside of any wave when it hits an obstacle.
False- Reflection
Space station being developed by a group of over 15 nations.
International Space Station
Jupiter's moon
Ganymede
I discovered the planet Uranus.
Herschel
The orbit that allows a satellite to remain in the same spot above the earth at all times is the
Geostationary
A space shuttle is an unmanned spacecraft launched specifically to explore the unkown.
False- Space Probe
Placed into orbit by a space shuttle to aid astronomers in their studies of the heavens
Hubble Space Telescope