Planets
Which Planet is known as the Red Planet?
rounded but may be elongated and slightly flattened
Elliptical galaxies
1957
Sputnik I, first satellite launched
What are the different types of space probes?
Lunar and Landing
What year was Mars Rover Launched?
2003
This planet is the windiest place in the solar system. The wind speeds reach 2,000 kph.
Neptune
active, young galaxies with black holes at their centers
Quasars
1961
First human in space
In 1981, the first space shuttle was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Which statement describes an advantage that space shuttles have compared to earlier space probes and capsules?
Space shuttles can be used more than once.
The ___________ is the galaxy that includes our Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.
Milky Way
This planet rings are made up dust, ice, and rocks.
Saturn
pinwheel arms around a bulge in the middle
Spiral galaxies
1969
Moon Landing
True or False: The telescope is better at gathering and focusing light than their eyes or the binoculars.
True
Tamako knows that objects in our solar system revolve around one star called the sun. She was surprised to learn that there are star systems that have two stars. Help her to recall the name of this type of star system.
Binary
The only planet in the solar system that is comparable hosting life.
Earth
do not have regular shapes
Irregular galaxies
1977
Voyager 1 & 2 launched
What year was the Hubble telescope launched?
1990
The region of interplanetary space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in which most asteroids are found.
Asteroid Belt
A heavenly body similar to a planet but too small to clear other objects from its orbit.
Dwarf Planet
In the Milky Galaxy is the Black Hole Active?
No
2009
Kepler telescope launched
What year was the International Space Station launched?
1998
a unit of measurement equal to 149.6 million kilometres, the mean distance from the center of the earth to the center of the sun.
Astronomical Unit