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Black Holes
The Space Race
The Space Race & The Big Bang
100
What planets are the terrestrial planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
100
What causes the seasons?
Earth's rotation around the sun.
100
Why are black holes called black holes?
Light can't escape from them
100
What was the name of the first artificial satellite?
Sputnik I
100
What was the date of the moon landing?
July 20, 1969 (stepped foot July 21)
200
What planets are the gas giants?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
200
What are the two forces fighting in a star?
Pressure and Gravity
200
What happens in a Type I Supernova?
Binary system, one absorbs energy from the other, BOOM!
200
Why was there conflict between Russia and the USA?
Economics (Capiltalism vs. Communism), offset of the civil war
200
What is the big bang?
A vast expansion of the universe
300
List all eight planets in order from closest to the sun to farthest away from the sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
300
Draw a diagram of a solar eclipse
Sun - Moon - Earth
300
What happens in a Type II Supernova?
Star's core collapses, BOOM
300
Why was it so difficult to work in space the first time someone tried?
Newton's Third Law
300
True or False: The United States was winning the beginning of the Space Race
False
400
What are the two things that affect gravity?
Mass of the objects and distance between them
400
What is the speed of light?
300,000,000 m/s
400
Which type of supernova create neutron Stars, Type I or II?
Type II because the innermost core of the star remains. It is destroyed in Type I
400
What were the first words on the moon?
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
400
When did the Big Bang occur?
13.8 Billion years ago
500
What causes day and night?
Earth's rotation around its axis
500
What are the four types of galaxies?
Spiral, Barred Spiral, Elliptical, Irregular
500
Black Holes are formed from _________ stars
Neutron
500
What is the story of Laika?
Dog that died in space because of a Russian experiment.
500
What were the three parts of the Apollo 11 Spacecraft?
The Command Module, The Lunar Module, and the Service Module