The true beginning of the space age was with what space bound device?
What is Sputnik 1
100
Newtons first law of motion states:______?
What is A body at rest tends to stay at rest and a body in motion tends to stay in motion in a straight line. Unless a outside force acts on the body. Sometimes considered the law of inertia
100
Iraqi forces under Saddam Hussein staged a brutal invasion of Kuwait sparked which military operation
What is Desert Shield, or Desert Storm
100
Where are the moons mountains concentrated?
What is the southern hemisphere
100
The deepest spot in the North Atlantic basin is the
What is the Puerto Rico Trench
200
These objects look no larger than a single star, but they emit hundreds of times more energy than most galaxies.
What is a quasar.
200
An electric charge can move through a material if it has a large number of?
What is free electrons
200
In august 1998 where were the two US Embassy's destroyed by carbombs located
What is Kenya and Tanzania
200
What is a lunar "mare"(plural Maria)?
What are the plains on the Moon.
200
The strategic "chokepoint" in the sea route between Europe and Asia is the Strait of
What is the straight of Malacca
300
What was the name of the spacecraft that arrived at Jupiter in December 1995 and began a mission to take detailed observations of the planet and its moons?
What is Galileo.
300
Because sound is a material wave, it stands to reason that the more material there is per unit volume in the medium sounds quality will be?
What is better.
300
Which navy ship was bombed in August 2000
What is USS Cole
300
The average distance the sun is from the earth is known as a (n) _______________and is
often used to describe distances in outer space.
What is an astronomical unit. (93 million miles)
300
"Jumbo" oil tankers steaming from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, and the United Arab
Emirates to their major customer-nations must go
What is around the Cape of Good Hope
400
In 1989 the __________ spacecraft fitted with an advanced radar imaging device was
launched to produce a detailed map of the surface of Venus?
What is Magellan.
400
The relationship between current, voltage, and resistance is
What is Ohms Law
400
The united states and a coalition of other countries took military action on Hussein in 2003 after he refused to undergo UN weapons inspection, what was this operation called?
What is Iraqi Freedom
400
What is the closest and second closest star to earth?
What is the sun, and proxima centauri. (Alpha Centauri)
400
What is the most profitable natural resource in the Mediterranean Sea?
What is fish
500
How many months after the first Russian space satellite, was the first US space satellite launched, and what was its name
What is 4 months and Explorer 1
500
The path of a body in flight is determined by what law
What is Newtons law of motion
500
Operation enduring freedom was in response to what event and was concentrated in what country?
What is 9/11 and was in Afghanistan
500
List the layers of the sun starting from the surface out ward.
What is the photosphere, chromosphere, corona.
500
The straight that connects the Red Sea to the Arabian Sea is __________.