Visible Objects
Telescopes
Spacecrafts
Benefits of Exploration
100
This is what holds stars together in a galaxy.
What is gravity?
100
The type of telescope with a curved mirror that gathers light.
What is a reflecting telescope?
100
An object that orbits a more massive object.
What is a satellite?
100
A large pit left when an object strikes the surface of a larger object.
What is an impact crater?
200
Groups of stars used by astronomers to locate objects in space.
What are constellations?
200
The type of telescope that uses an eyepiece to magnify an image.
What is a refracting telescope?
200
A satellite that people can live and work in for long periods of time.
What is a space station?
200
Developed by NASA, these show detailed conditions throughout Earth's atmosphere and led to improvement in weather prediction.
What are weather satellites?
300
The type of galaxy with arms. The Milky Way is an example.
What is a spiral galaxy?
300
Of visible light, red light has the longest of these and blue light has the shortest.
What is wavelength?
300
The goal of this NASA project was to land an American on the Moon.
What is the Apollo project?
300
An object that is usually dropped into a planet's atmosphere, but does not survive to reach the surface.
What is a probe?
400
The arrangement of the universe from largest to smallest.
What is universe, galaxy, solar system?
400
The order of electromagnetic radiation from longest wavelength to shortest.
What are radio, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma-rays?
400
The name of the manned portion of the future Constellation project.
What is Ares I?
400
Approximately 0.52%.
What is the percentage of the 2010 federal budget going to NASA?
500
The description of how constellations near Polaris appear to move.
What is a circular motion?
500
What the acronym SETI stands for.
What is the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence?
500
The first NASA project with the goal of placing an American in space.
What is the Mercury project?
500
The two planets that NASA has studied to determine how water has affected Earth's atmosphere.
What Mars and Venus?
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