Astronauts
In 1969, he was the first person to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
Planets were formed by dirt, rock and other space debris and are considered these.
What are terrestrial planets?
This is where our solar system is located.
What is the Milky Way?
Before clocks and watches were invented people would use the sun to help them keep track of time using one of these.
What is a sundial?
The sun is the closest one these to Earth.
What is a star?
In 1961, this cosmonaut was the first man to travel into space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
Another word for the Jovian planets in our Solar System.
What is gaseous?
The purpose of this artificial satellite is to provide residence for astronauts to remain in space for extended periods of time
What is the ISS?
There is a natural dividing line between the inner and outer plants called this.
What is the asteroid belt?
The Sun's atmosphere is composed of three main layers.
What are the photosphere, the chromosphere, and the corona.
This astronaut spent 5 months living on the ISS, he even reported about life there on a daily basis through social media.
Who is Chris Hadfield?
Pluto was renamed a "dwarf " planet because of its small size and distance from the sun in this year.
What is 2003?
These are large pieces of frozen gases, rock and dust located at the very edge beyond the dwarf planet Pluto in two locations: Kuiper belt and Oort cloud.
What are comets?
The Earth's axis is tilted this many degrees.
What is 23.5 degrees?
The outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere, and it’s the layer from which the solar wind originates is called this.
What is the coronna?
This was the first woman ever to travel to space. Sadly, no one in this class chose to do a report on her.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
Mars is nicknamed this as it has a thin atmosphere and rusty-red soil.
What is the Red Planet?
Meteors are often referred as these due to the bright tail light that is emitted from the burning rock.
What are shooting stars?
Countries and cities located closer to this imaginary line have less climatic fluctuations.
What is the equator?
The Sun's energy is produced through a process called this.
What is nuclear fusion?
This woman was the first African American woman to travel to space in 1992.
Who is Mae C. Jemison?
This planet is referred to as the "Earth's twin".
What is Venus?
In this phase of the moon, we cannot see the Moon at all because the sun’s rays are hitting the back side while the front side (the side we see from Earth) is left in complete darkness.
What is the "New Moon"?
If it is summer in the southern hemisphere, the Earth's would be tilted this way.
What is towards the sun?
The sun’s mass accounts for this percentage of the matter that exists in our solar system.
What is 99%?