EM Spectrum
Telescope
Rockets
Space Travel
Recent Space Travel
100
study the light from a telescope
How do astronomers use the EM Spectrum?
100
False
T/F Telescopes can help people understand why stars can't evolve.
100
5
How many NASA rockets have been launched?
100
International Space Station
Which space station was the first to involve several countries working together?
100
2030s
When is it predicted that there will be a manned trip to Mars?
200
uses a prism or other device to break light down into its component colors
What is spectrometers
200
True
T/F They make special lens to protect your eye from the sun
200
3
How many "main parts" are there in a spacecraft?
200
Skylab
Which space station was built and launched by the United States alone?
200
The Mars Rover
What did they launch to Mars back in 1997?
300
How hot the star is (by the relative brightness of different colors). • What elements the star contains (by the pattern of dark lines). • WhetherandhowfastthestarismovingtowardorawayfromEarth(byhowfarthedarklinesareshiftedfrom their normal positions).
From a single spectrum of a star, an astronomer can tell:
300
patterns of stars in the sky
What is constellations
300
parachute down into the ocean so they can be recovered and used again
How does a rocket land?
300
15 years
How many years was the Mir space station in orbit?
300
Spirit and Opportunity
Name the two Mars rover
400
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Teal, Blue, Purple, Pink
Name all colors of the spectrum
400
electromagnetic radiation
Why is it hard to look through a telescope in Earths atmosphere?
400
No
Can rocket re-fire once they start up?
400
Columbia and Challenger
Name two space shuttles that crashed
400
2014
When was the new space telescope suppose to be launched?
500
Light
List the most common EM Spectra
500
Hubble
What is the current telescope in space right now?
500
Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavor.
Name all the NASA space rockets
500
Challenger
What shuttle exploded with the teacher on it?
500
Webb
What is the name of the new space telescope that they have yet to launch?