Stars
Galaxies
Space Exploration
Random
100
Stars are grouped by their ____________.
What is mass?
100
Galaxies are classified by ___________.
What is shape?
100
This piece of equipment sends information and pictures to Earth but it is always unmanned and never returns to Earth.
What is a space probe?
100
This president officially made NASA part of the government and used government money to fund the space program.
Who is President Kennedy?
200
Stars are born in this and must reach the correct temperature to continue to move to the next step in the life cycle.
What is nebula?
200
The Milky Way is this type of galaxy.
What is a spiral galaxy?
200
This piece of equipment orbits around another object. It can be manned or unmanned.
What is a satellite?
200
Name one of the two space shuttles that exploded due to mechanical failures.
What is Challenger or Columbia?
300
This will be the last step in the sun's life cycle.
What is a black dwarf?
300
This galaxy is made of old stars and can be spherical to oval in shape.
What is an elliptical galaxy?
300
These were built to be reusable and help cut the cost of space exploration.
What are the space shuttles?
300
He was the first person to classify galaxies by their shape. In his honor, NASA named a telescope after him.
Who is Edwin Hubble?
400
These tiny stars are hot and are no bigger than Earth.
What is a white dwarf?
400
Describe an irregular galaxy.
What is made of young stars with no certain shape?
400
Why are space telescopes (like the Hubble Space Telescope) better than telescopes on Earth's surface?
What is because it doesn't have to look through Earth's atmosphere?
400
This is the name of the red giant star that is the right shoulder in the constellation of Orion the Hunter.
What is Betelgeuse?
500
In this step, the star becomes brighter than all the other stars in the galaxy.
What is a supernova?
500
The center of a spiral galaxy is called __________.
What is a galactic nucleus?
500
This is the name for the tension and strong feelings of distrust between the United States and Russia during the time of John Kennedy's presidency.
What is the "Cold War"?
500
Earth is found on this arm in the Milky Way.
What is the Orion Arm?
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