Telesopes
Wave Hi to the Light
Names
Space Seats
Misc.
100
a device that makes distant objects appear clearer or closer
What is a telescope
100
the turning back or turning aside of any wave when it hits an obstacle
What is reflection
100
the first human being to set foot on the surface of the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong
100
the first artificial object to orbit the earth
What is Sputnik 1
100
the first manned space mission to actually land on the moon
What is Apollo 11
200
a type of telescope that uses lenses to gather light and form an object
What is a refracting telescope
200
the bending of any wave's direction at the boundary between two wave media
What is refraction
200
the first person to travel in space
Who is Yuri Gagarin
200
the first satellite launched by the United States
What is Explorer 1
200
an American spacecraft that was the first spacecraft designed to be reused
What is space shuttle
300
a type of telescope that uses mirrors to produce an image
What is a reflecting telescope
300
how fast a wave oscillates
What is frequency
300
the first American to orbit the earth
Who is John Glenn
300
a Russian space station launched in 1986
What is Mir
300
the speediest planet
What is Mercury
400
an instrument that collects radio waves from space
What is a radio telescope
400
a special device that can split light into a spectrum for analysis
What is a spectroscope
400
the first American to travel in space
Who is Alan Shepard
400
the first space station launched by the United States
What is Skylab
400
often called the "morning star"
What is Venus
500
a reflecting telescope with an 8-foot-wide main mirror launched into orbit around the earth in 1990
What is the Hubble space telescope
500
the feeling you get if you stand up to fast and become dizzy
What is "light-headed" (ok, has nothing to do with this science chapter)
500
the first woman to fly in space
Who is Valentina Tereshkova
500
a space station that sixteen nations are working together to build
What is International Space Station
500
often called the "red planet"
What is Mars
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