Quizlet Vocabulary
Planets
Chris Hadfield
Stars/Lightyear/Misc
Article on new planet
100
What is the top area of something?
What is surface
100
What planet has the "great red spot"?
What is Jupiter
100
Hadfield's job on the International Space Station
What is an astronaut
100
If the star is very hot what colour should it be?
What is blue
100
The new planet we learned about is outside the solar system, this kind of planet is called ________
What is an exoplanet
200
The gases surrounding the Earth or another planet is called...
What is an atmosphere
200
Is the Sun a star or a planet?
What is a star
200
Over 5000 people applied for the job, Hadfield became one of ______ Canadian astronauts?
What is four
200
A light-year is a way to measure _______ in space
What is distance
200
This new planet was very similar to what planet?
What is Venus
300
An adjective talking about the skies/heavens
What is celestial
300
The coldest planet in our solar system
What is Uranus
300
How do you sleep in space?
What is sleeping bag on the wall
300
Why do people stand on the ground on Earth?
What is gravity
300
What is this new planet named after?
What is the star it is orbiting
400
What is the degree of hotness or coldness
What is temperature
400
What is the planet closest to the sun?
What is Mercury
400
How do you wash your clothes in space?
What is you don't! You put the dirty clothes in a "pod" and send them out into space.
400
The sun is mostly made up of these two elements ______ and _______.
What is hydrogen and helium
400
How many light-years away is the new planet?
What is 39 lightyears
500
The path on object follows as it revolves around another object
What is orbit
500
What planet is between Mercury and Earth?
What is Venus
500
Can you cry in space? How?
What is yes, the tears stay on your cheek. They do not fly away.
500
What galaxy are we in?
What is the Milky Way
500
What is the name of the new exoplanet they found?
What is GJ1132b