Our Solar System
Determining Positions of Celestial Bodies
Telescopes
Movement and Composition of Celestial Bodies
Space Travel and Satellites
100
This is the term for the study of the universe and celestial objects.
What is astronomy?
100
This is the measure of a celestial body's angle above the horizon.
What is Altitude?
100
This type of telescope can be more easily used by people because it is found on Earth
What is a ground telescope?
100
This is the science of taking measurements of Earth from space.
What is remote sensing?
200
The belief that stars and other celestial bodies circle the Earth.
What is the Geocentric Model?
200
This is the measure of a celestial body's angle, measured clockwise starting from North.
What is Azimuth?
200
This is a type of telescope that uses mirrors to generate an image.
What is a reflecting telescope?
200
The orbit of planets and moons often move in this shape.
What is an ellipse or an oval?
200
This is the name of the space station that astronauts go to in order to collect and monitor data from other satellites.
What is the International Space Station?
300
The belief that stars and other celestial bodies circle the Earth.
What is the Heliocentric Model?
300
This is the most common unit of measurement when measuring distance between celestial bodies.
What are light years?
300
This type of telescope uses both mirrors and lenses to generate an image.
What is a combination telescope?
300
These are the names of the lines of missing or brighter light observed when using a spectroscope
What are spectral lines?
300
This is the part of a rocket that is at the top end, and is usually one of the most important parts.
What is the payload?
400
This is the closest planet to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
400
This is the name of the lens that is closest to the celestial body you wish to observe.
What is the objective lens?
400
This scientific law states that if an object has a larger mass, it also has a larger gravitational force.
What is universal gravitation?
400
This spacecraft is the one that brought man to the moon.
What is the Apollo 11?
500
These are the two types of planets in our Solar System.
What are Terrestrial and Gaseous planets?
500
This process includes using a baseline and angles to measure the distance of a far-off object.
What is Triangulation?
500
This is a type of telescope that uses lenses to generate an image.
What is a refracting telescope?
500
This is a device that creates a focused, detailed spectrum of light.
What is a spectroscope?
500
Satellites in this type of orbit appear to be moving across the sky to those on Earth's surface.
What is low Earth orbit?
600
These are planets that are typically farther from the Sun, and have a fast rotation with many moons.
What are Gaseous Planets?
600
You would find the azimuth measurement of 180 degrees to be in this cardinal direction.
What is South?
600
This type of telescope can generate images of celestial bodies that may otherwise be invisible to the human eye.
What is a radio telescope?
600
We would expect to observe this type of shift in spectra when the observed object is moving away from us.
What is red-shift?
600
This portion of a hybrid rocket's propulsion system is held in the blue tank pictured above.
What is oxygen?
700
These are planets that are made of rock and metal, and are typically closer to the sun.
What are Terrestrial Planets?
700
This unit of measurement is equal to approximately 150 million kilometers.
What is an astronomical unit?
700
This telescope is often quite expensive and hard for the average person to access or use.
What is a space telescope?
700
This type of spectra is produced when a spectrum of light passes through a cooler substance.
What is an absorption or dark line spectrum?
700
Satellites in this type of orbit appear to be stationary to those on Earth's surface.
What is geosynchronous orbit?
800
This is the 5th planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
800
You would expect this altitude measurement to be found straight above you.
What is 90 degrees?
800
This is equal to the objective focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length.
What is resolving power or magnification?
800
This type of spectra is produced by gases heated at a low pressure.
What is emission or bright line spectrum?
800
This is the number of GPS satellites required to accurately record your position.
What is 4?
900
The scientific theory that larger planets have a stronger pull of gravity
What is Universal Gravitation?
900
This is the number of celestial bodies that man has touched the surface of (other than earth).
What is 1?
1000
This is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium, and other gasses.
What is a Nebula?
1000
This is the distance to travel to and from Mars, or approximately 3 AU
What is 450 million km?
1000
These two elements are found in the mystery star of the image above.
What are hydrogen and oxygen?