Observing Space
Early History of Space Exploration
Recent and Future Space Exploration
Space Junk
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100
Optical telescopes use this part of the electromagnetic spectrum
What is visible light?
100
An object that moves in orbit around a larger object.
What is a satellite?
100
NASA hopes to learn what by sending space probes to the Sun.
What are the hazards of solar radiation?
100
Conditions that support life.
What are liquid water, organic molecules and a source of energy?
100
Basic accomplishment of Project Apollo.
What is sent first humans to the moon?
200
Range of the electromagnetic spectrum that the coolest stars can be observed.
What are radio waves?
200
NASA sent several crewed missions to explore this place.
What is the moon?
200
Released by a lander to explore a planet's surface.
What is a robotic rover?
200
Ceramic material developed for the space shuttle is used to make these.
What are orthodontic braces?
200
Molten material that cools on Earth's surface.
What is lava?
300
Uses a convex lens to gather and concentrate light from objects in space.
What is a refracting telescope?
300
Sends data as it passes by a planet?
What is a flyby?
300
Basic accomplishment of Cassini.
What is the first orbiter sent to Saturn?
300
Lifts people and equipment into space by ejecting gas from one end.
What is a rocket?
300
Process that explains how rocks form.
What is the rock cycle?
400
Best place to build an optical telescope.
What is a mountain top?
400
An uncrewed spacecraft sent from Earth to explore objects in space.
What is a space probe?
400
Basic accomplishment of Voyager .
What is explored Jupiter and Saturn?
400
Basic accomplishment of Phoenix?
What is analyzed martian surface to find water?
400
Forms from weathering and erosion.
What is sediment?
500
Reasons why mountain tops are the best location fro optical telescopes.
What are the air is thinner or there is less distortion in the atmosphere?
500
Reusable space craft that transport people and materials to and from space.
What is the space shuttle?
500
Ways probes and satellites help us understand Earth.
What is help us understand how the Earth was formed or provide us with information about Earth's climate and weather?
500
Space technology has lead to the development of what type of everyday materials?
What is firefighter gear, sports equipment, radial tires, and braces?
500
Forces fluids out of sediment.
What is compaction?
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