celestial bodies made up of gas that give off light
What is a star?
Space exploration has advanced our knowledge of the universe. Which space journey would take the longest?
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Describe the role of NASA
NASA is a government agency that controls the United States’ civilian space program
This would be best be to explore the surface of a planet?
Probe
Pluto is mainly composed of which materials?
What is rock & ice?
When Earth, the sun, and the moon align to form a right angle, which type of tide takes place?
Neap Tide.
What type of airccraft is this?
Uncrewed probe
What best describes the formation of the solar system?
solar nebula ? protostellar disk ? nuclear fusion ? sun ? planetesimals ? planets
Which planet has a period of revolution in years that is about three times the value of its distance from the sun in AU?
Saturn
One of the best ways to explore distant planets
Sending probes to other planets in the solar system
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Which layer of the sun is represented by letter T?
What is the photoshere?
Which position would appear as a waning gibbous moon when viewed from Earth?
What is #6?
the term for the sum of all space, matter, and energy that exist is?
Universe
What information does this figure provide?
What is weather?
The first space flight was made by Yuri Gargarin aboard the Vostok 1. What kind of milestone was this?
crewed, orbital space flight
This is used to transport humans to and from space
Space Shuttle
In which position is Earth when the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing summer?
What is D?
A star appears to have several smaller bodies orbiting it is known as a?
Solar System
It is a six-legged lunar rover.
What is A.T.H.L.E.T.E?
which body has the fastest orbital speed?
A comet by the sun
This flight took fewer than 16 minutes, and the spacecraft reached an altitude of 187 km. What type of flight was this?
A crewed, suborbital space flight
How much shorter is Mercury’s year than Venus’s?
137 Earth days
What type of surface do the terrestrial planets have?
What is solid?
I notice that over a 15-day period, the moon looks different. What accounts for the differences in the appearance of the moon over this time period?
the position of the moon in its orbit around Earth
What conclusions can be drawn based on the graph?
Blue stars are generally more luminous than red stars
the periodic rise and fall of water levels in the oceans and other large bodies of water is known as ?
Tides
At what angle is the earth's tilt?
23.5 degrees
Which planet has the most moons in our SS?
Saturn has 82; Jupiter has 79
the apparent shift in the position of an object when a person views it from different locations?
Parallax
The best example of achievement in uncrewed space exploration?
The Voyager 2 Mission
What three properties of these waves are shown in this figure
the wavelength, frequency, and energy
The phases of the moon are the changing appearances of the moon, as seen from Earth. Which solar system event can happen only during a full moon?
A lunar eclipse
This occurs throughout most of a star’s lifetime.
nuclear fusion
Name the 4 gas planets
Jupiter, Saturn. Uranus, and Neptune.
Planets orbit in _________ paths.
ecliptical