Chapter 13
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Chapter 13
Random Space Questions
100
What is one problem astronauts faced when working in space?
Answers vary.
100
Name three gas giants.
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus.
100
What is a meteoroid?
A small piece of rock that is located in space.
100
Who was the first man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong.
100
Why is Pluto no longer a planet?
Size, orbit, and it doesnt clear it's way as it moves around the Sun.
200
What is a vacuum?
A vacuum is a space void of all matter.
200
What is a terrestrial planet?
A planet that is composed mostly of rock and has a solid surface. Basically, the inner planets.
200
What is a meteor?
A small piece of rock from space that has entered Earth's atmosphere but not yet contacted it's surface.
200
The movie October Sky was about a group of boys... What was their nickname?
The Rocket Boys.
200
What is the most famous telescope ever built?
The Hubble Telescope.
300
After disposable rockets and capsules, how did the astronauts travel in space?
Space Shuttle
300
In what part of the Sun does nuclear fusion take place?
The Core
300
What is a comet composed of?
Ice, dust, small rocks.
300
What is the design of rockets that have several stages called?
Multistage Rocket
300
Why were early pictures from the Hubble so blurry?
The mirror was polished incorrectly and this meant it could not focus.
400
What was the first satellite launched into space?
Sputnik
400
What do the letters A.U. represent and what is this measurement?
Astronomical Unit Distance from Earth to the Sun
400
What causes a comets tail(s)?
The comet will emit gas, dust and liquid in the direction away from the nearest star due to melting. (This is the very simple answer).
400
What is velocity?
The speed of an object in a given direction.
400
What caused the explosion on the Apollo 13 mission?
A faulty warming coil in the oxygen tank.
500
True or False: The moon is a satellite.
True
500
What does the term Heliocentric mean.
The Sun in the middle.
500
How does a meteor become a meteorite?
It impacts Earth's surface.
500
It is different than Earth and it would be harder to keep track of objects we are working on.
Why would a lack of gravity make it difficult to work in space?
500
What is it called when we take a planet and make it inhabitable (like Earth).
Terraforming
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