Physical Properties of Space
Classify Rocks
Space Exploration
Understanding Gravity
Vocabulary
100

As distance from the sun increases, the mean temperature of the object will (increase or decrease)?

Decrease

100

Sediments undergo compaction and cementation to become what? 

Sedimentary Rock 

100

The Space Race was a 20th century competition between what two Cold War adversaries?

The United States of America (USA) and the Soviet Union (USSR)

100

The universal force of attraction acting between all matter

Gravity

100

Having a human crew

What is manned?

200

The closer a planet is to the Sun, the shorter its rotation period. True or False

True

200

Different processes in different areas can result in a variety of rock types, True or False

True

200

This individual became the first Hispanic astronaut in space

Chang Díaz

200

This object in our solar system has the strongest gravitational pull 

What is the Sun?

200

often referred to as cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the Sun

What is a Comet?

300

The tail of a comet should always point toward or away from the Sun?

Away

300

The rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock

Metamorphic rock

300

This American spacecraft exploded due to an O-ring seal failure of the engine

What is the Challenger?

300

What force causes Venus to travel along a curved path instead of moving in a straight line?

The gravitational attraction between the Sun and Venus

300

A region of rock that formed together as a single rock type

What is rock formation?
400

This region of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is known as the___________.

What is the asteroid belt?

400

What type of rock is limestone?

Sedimentary

400

What is the significance of using probes on Mars?

Probes can be used to collect soil samples we can study on Earth. 

400

These two factors are known to influence gravitational pull

Mass and Distance

400

the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion

What is uplift?

500

This rocky planet is known to have novae and acidic rain

Venus

500

Areas prone to high winds are most likely to have which type of rock?

Sedimentary rock, formed by the compacting and weathered sediment particles into layers over time

500

This theory published by Konstantin in 1929 started the space race

Multistage rockets
500

To be able to accurately predict when a comet will collide with a planet, it is essential to understand what? 

The gravitational attraction that exists between all bodies. 

500

the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion

What is subduction?