Vocabulary
Telescopes
Satellites/Space Probes
Space Missions
Electromagnetic Spectrum
100
speed of light
What is 300,000 km/s
100
uses convex lenses
What is refracting telescope?
100
the Moon orbiting Earth is an example of what type of satellite
What is natural?
100
the goal was to link two spacecraft together while they were in orbit
What is Project Gemini?
100
longest wavelength
What is radio waves?
200
arrangement of electromagnetic waves
What is electromagnetic spectrum?
200
telescopes that use light
What is optical telescope?
200
this space probe was launched in 1997 to study Saturn
What is Cassini?
200
the first stage in the space program designed to send Americans to the moon
What is Project Mercury?
200
shortest wavelength
What is gamma rays?
300
engines that have everything they need for the burning of fuel
What are rockets?
300
used to study radio waves traveling through space
What is radio telescope?
300
satellite built by humans
What is artificial satellite?
300
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon as part of what project
What is Project Apollo?
300
the shorter the wavelength the ______________ the frequency
What is higher?
400
building that houses a telescope
What is observatory?
400
uses a curved mirror to direct light
What is reflecting telescope?
400
the Voyagers are examples of what that have traveled beyond our solar system
What is space probe?
400
a permanent laboratory designed for long-term research projects
What is International Space Station?
400
number of wave crests that pass a given point per unit of time
What is frequency?
500
reusable spacecraft that transports astronauts, satellites, and other materials to and from space
What is space shuttle?
500
this type of telescope is useful 24 hours per day under most weather conditions
What is radio telescope?
500
any object that revolves around another object
What is satellite?
500
U.S. program to reach the Moon began with?
What is Project Mercury?
500
a type of mechanical wave that can't travel through empty space
What is sound wave?
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