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Who created the reflecting telescope?
Newton
Who was the first person on the surface of the moon?
Armstrong
Who was the first American in space?
Shepard
Which planet is called the morning star?
Venus
Which planet is tipped on its side?
Uranus
Which planet is known for its rings?
Saturn
Which planet has winds over 1,200 mph?
Neptune
Who was the first person to extensively use a telescope to study the heavens?
Galileo
A device that makes distant objects appear clearer or closer…
Telescope
An unmanned spacecraft that is launched specifically to explore the unknown..
Space probe
An orbit in which a satellite follows the direction tf the earth’s rotation in such a way that it stays in the same location in the sky…
Geostationary orbit
What is a structure in space in which people can live and work for weeks or months at a time?
Space station
Which planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
What is the “red planet”?
Mars
What is the term for how fast a wave oscillates?
Frequency
What is the term when you measure a wave from crest to crest or trough to trough?
Wavelength
What are stars that produce rapid bursts of radio waves called?
Pulsars
What is a person that journeys into space?
Astronaut
What is any object that orbits a larger object?
Satellite
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
What is Ganymede?
Moon of Jupiter
What is the high point of a wave?
Crest
What is the low point of a wave?
Trough
The term for whatever carries a wave…
Medium
What is an unmanned spacecraft that is launched to explore the unknown?
Space probe
What is the speed of light
186,000 miles per second
What is the third planet from the sun?
Earth
What is one of the moons of Mars?
Phobos and Deimos
What therm describes how fast a wave oscillates?
Frequency
What is the turning back or turning aside of any wave when it hits an obstacle?
reflection
What device splits light into a spectrum?
Spectroscope
What kind of satellite relays a phone call?
Communications
What is a back and forth motion that repeatedly follows the same path?
Oscillation
Who was the fist American to orbit the earth?
Glenn
Who was the first man to travel in space?
Gagarin
Who discovered Uranus?
Herschel
Who is known as the “Father of Modern Rocketry”?
Goddard
Who first discovered that light is actually colored?
Newton
Who was the astronautical engineer that helped make the US the leader of space exploration?
von Braun
What was placed in orbit to help astronomers study the heavens?
Hubble Space Telescope
What was the first mission to land a spacecraft on the moon?
Apollo 11
What was the name of the first artificial object put into space?
Sputnik 1
What is the color sequence that appears when white light is passed through a spectrum?
Visible spectrum
What is a region in which certain objects are attracted or repelled by the magnet?
Magnetic field
What is a region in which certain objects may be attracted or repelled by an electric force?
Electric field
What is a movement of energy from one place to another?
Wave
What is a wave consisting of an electric field and a magnetic field vibrating at right angles to each other?
Electromagnetic wave
What is a spacecraft that is designed to be reused called?
Space shuttle
What is the name of the first US space station?
Skylab