PLANETS & MOONS
This planet is known for its reddish appearance.
What is Mars?
This massive storm has been raging on Jupiter for centuries.
What is the Great Red Spot?
He was the first American to travel into space.
Who is Alan Shepard?
This tool allows distant objects in space to appear closer and clearer.
What is a telescope?
This term describes energy moving from one place to another.
What is a wave?
This was the first artificial object launched into space.
What is Sputnik 1?
This planet is the closest to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
This planet is best known for its large and visible ring system.
What is Saturn?
He was the first human to journey into space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
This type of telescope separates light into a spectrum for study.
What is a spectroscope?
This is the highest point of a wave.
What is a crest?
This U.S. mission successfully landed astronauts on the Moon.
What is Apollo 11?
This planet appears blue due to gases in its atmosphere and is known for strong winds.
What is Neptune?
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This astronaut was the first person to walk on the Moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This scientist was the first to widely use telescopes to study the heavens.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
This term describes repeated back-and-forth motion.
What is oscillation?
This reusable spacecraft carried astronauts into orbit for many years.
What is the Space Shuttle?
This planet is tilted so dramatically that it rotates almost on its side.
What is Uranus?
Winds on this planet can exceed 1,000 miles per hour.
What is Neptune?
This scientist demonstrated that white light is made of many colors.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This type of telescope was invented by Isaac Newton.
What is a reflecting telescope?
This word describes how often a wave repeats its motion.
What is frequency?
This international space station is operated by multiple countries.
What is the International Space Station?
This is one of Jupiter’s largest moons.
What is Ganymede?
This planet is often seen just before sunrise or after sunset and is sometimes called the morning star.
What is Venus?
He is often called the father of modern rocketry.
Who is Robert Goddard?
DAILY DOUBLE: These rotating stars send out beams of radio waves that can be detected from Earth.
What are pulsars?
This process occurs when a wave bounces off a surface.
What is reflection?
This orbit allows a satellite to stay positioned over the same spot on Earth.
What is a geostationary orbit?
FINAL JEOPARDY: This engineer played a key role in making the United States a leader in space travel.
Who is Wernher von Braun?