Planets
How many planets are in the solar system
8
These help scientists study distant moons, planets, and other celestial bodies by focusing light and enlarging how the objects look.
Telescope
Astronuaghts exercise daily to prevent the weakening of these.
Muscles
Name one characteristic of a Dwarf Planet
(orbit the sun, have not cleared their orbit of other objects, smaller than regular planets)
Gravity
This planet is no longer classified a planet
Pluto
This is the name for a vehicle designed to land on a planet or moon.
Rover
What is a societal barrier for space travel?
Cost, rules, teamwork, communication with Earth
What is the name of Earths natural satellite
The Moon
This planet is easy to recognize because it has rings of ice and rock
Saturn
What planet is known as the red planet?
Mars
This space exploration technology is designed to leave Earth to explore faraway parts of the solar system. They have scientific instruments and cameras to collect data, capture images, and perform experiments. They have been sent to planets, moons, asteroids, and comets.
Probe
One reason astronauts struggle in space
(any logical reason)
What is one object that emits light in space?
Star
Explain what a "gas giant" is
the four planets that exist after the asteroid belt
Planet closest to the sun
Mercury
The ISS (international space station) can best be described as a
Satellite
What is a potential technological barrier to living in space?
____________
What 2 planets is the asteroid belt between?
Mars and Jupiter
The path an object takes as it moves around another planet/star
Orbit
Largest planet in our soloar system
Jupiter
___________ processes data, communications and other programmed commands
Computer modelling
This is the name of the laboratory where astronauts live and work in orbit.
The ISS
When a meteoroid hit the surface of Earth it becomes a________
Meteorite.
This celestial body is an "icy snowball." It forms a tail when it is near the Sun. What is it?
Comet