Vocabulary
What is the meaning of the word active
Energetic
What happens every 90 minutes with a space station
How long takes to orbit the earth
What is a satellite?
Anything that orbits a planet
What is only one of more than 200 billion stars?
The sun
What is a telescope?
Device used to form magnified images of distant objects
What is the meaning of the word to fly
To travel
What is 250 miles that a space station orbits the earth
The average altitude
Satellites can collect more data than what?
Instruments on the ground
How many earth's would fir into the sun?
About a million
What is a refracting telescope
A telescope using a lens for it's main optical element
What is the meaning of the word space
Solar system
What happened in 1998
The first piece of the international space station was launched.
What does man-made satellites come in.
Many shapes and sizes
What converts hydrogen to helium deep in the sun's core?
A process called nuclear fusion
What is Gamma rays?
The universe's most energetic form of light
What is the meaning of the word portion
Piece
What is an airlock
What astronauts use to go outside in space
What helps meteorologists predict the weather.
Satelites
How does a satellite get into space?
A satellite gets launched into space on a rocket
What is determined by projecting the particle paths backwards
The direction of the incoming Gamma ray's
What is the meaning of the word history
The past
What travels 17500 mile per hour
A space station
What refers to a machine?
The word 'Satellite'
What happened 4.6 billion years ago
Our planetary system was formed
What is a reflecting telescope
A telescope using a mirror as it's primary optical element