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moon characteristics
rockets
comet, asteroid, meteor
stars
constellations
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Large patches of ice at the poles.
What is: Where is frozen water found on the moon.
100
In China in the 1100's.
Where and when were rockets first invented?
100
The nucleus, the coma and the twin tail.
What are the 3 parts of a comet?
100
Helium and Hydrogen
What elements make up the "fuel" of a star?
100
Nickname : The Hunter
What is the Orion Constellation?
200
The moon has no atmosphere to "trap" heat around it.
Why the moon has huge temperature variations?
200
Great Britian, Germany, Russia and the United States.
What are the countries that improved rocketry?
200
Where an asteroid is found.
What is the Asteroid Belt?
200
A Nebula.
Where do stars begin to form?
200
Nickname: The Swan
What is the constellation Cygnus?
300
1/4 the Earth's diameter.
What is the diameter of the moon?
300
The definition of THRUST.
What is the reaction force that propels (pushes) a rocket forward?
300
a collection of ice, dust and bits of rock. (dirty snowball)
What is a comet made of?
300
The color blue-white.
What is the hottest colored star?
300
Nickname: The Scorpion
What is the constellation Scorpius?
400
Oxygen, a stable temperature, liquid water.
What does the moon need to sustain life?
400
The definition of VELOCITY.
What is the speed of an object in a given direction?
400
what meteor is called as it passes through our atmosphere.
What is a "shooting star?"
400
magnitude
How is the strength of starlight measured?
400
Nickname: The Great Bear
What is the constellation Ursa Major?
500
The Collision-Ring Theory
How do scientists think that the moon was formed?
500
The definition of ESCAPE VELOCITY.
What is the speed/velocity that a rocket must reach in order to fly BEYOND a planet's gravitational pull?
500
Windslow, Arizona
Where a meteorite landed.
500
nebula-protostar-main sequence star- supergiant - supernova - black hole
What is the Life Cycle of a Star?
500
Nickname: The Woman in the Chair
What is the constellation Cassiopeia?