The Space Race
The first person to walk on the Moon.
The name for a particle of light.
What is a photon?
This color of visible light has the highest wavelength.
What is red?
The astronomer to first use a telescope for their research.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
This type of spacecraft is designed to collect data through traveling close to a celestial body, without getting stuck in its orbit.
What is a flyby?
The USSR sent this satellite into orbit, marking the first successful orbit of any sort of spacecraft.
What is Sputnik I?
Two atoms of the same element, that have different numbers of neutrons are called this.
What are isotopes?
This form of electromagnetic radiation is used in cancer treatments, in order to target and destroy cells.
What are x-rays (as well as gamma rays)?
This German-Dutch spectacle maker INVENTED the telescope.
Who is Hans Lippershey?
NASA stands for:
What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
The Russians sent this animal into space, making it the first animal to enter orbital spaceflight.
(type of animal and its name)
What was a dog named Laika?
The overall charge for the nucleus of an atom.
What is positive?
This optical device uses a convex lens as its objective, in order to form an image.
What is a refracting telescope?
The term for electrons that gained energy and traveled to a higher energy level, becoming unstable.
What is the excited state?
The name of the first man in space (and who was affiliated with).
Who is Yuri Gagarin (USSR)?
Introduced in 1913, this atomic model, proposed electrons orbited the nucleus at specific energy levels.
What is a Bohr Model?
This type of electromagnetic radiation travels the fastest.
What is, they all travel at the same speed?
To calculate the magnification of a telescope, you need the focal lengths of both the objective and eyepiece:
Magnification = fO / fE
Explain what would happen to magnification if you choose a smaller eyepiece.
What is, get smaller?
This phenomena occurs as the result of a lens defect, leaving coloring fringing due to the inability to bring all wavelengths of light to a single converging point.
What is chromatic aberration?
The name of this mission, landed three American astronauts on the Moon.
What was Apollo 11?
When heating an element, this is the reasoning behind why specific types of color are shown. (EXPLAIN to the best of your ability)
What is, an electron returning to the ground state?
(i.e., a photon of specific wavelength is released upon an electron returning to its ground state)
The name for this spectral line that contains no breaks or missing colors in it.
What is a continuous spectrum?
The main lens or mirror of a telescope, that gathers incoming light to focus.
What is the aperture?
If enough light (AKA Electromagnetic Radiation) strikes a metallic surface, said surface has the ability to eject electrons. The name of this phenomena is:
What is the photoelectric effect?