Creation Story
What did God Create on day 1?
Light
What is a GALAXY?
A massive Collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and solar systems that are all held together by gravity.
Chris Hadfield
Was commander of the ISS
has been on 2 space missions
installed Canadarm 2 on the ISS
First person to space walk
Space Farming
invented to be able to grow plants in outer space on the ISS
What degree is our Earth tilted at?
23.5 Degrees
What did God create on day 2?
Sky
What is the definition of a Universe?
Is everything we can touch, feel, sense measure and detect.
Roberta Bondar
First Canadian Female to go to space and first neurologist in space.
loves photography
Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope is a telescope in outer space meant to find galaxies and the planets in our solar system.
Why do we have seasons?
Seasons happen due to the Earths position to the sun depending on where the Earth is in its orbit around the sun. It takes the Earth 365 days to orbit around the sun. As the earth orbits around the sun, certain parts of the Earth receive more direct sunlight.
What did God create on day 3?
Dry land, seas, plants and trees
What is the order of the planets in our solar system
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Guy Laliberte
First Canadian space tourist who went up to space to raise awareness of accessibility of water on Earth.
Dextre
Robot that is connected to the Canadarm and is designed to fix the ISS
Why do we have days and nights?
The earth does one full rotation every 24hrs. Places near the equator will get sunlight for close to 12hrs of the day. Depending on the time of year you get more or less sun light closer to the poles because the Earth is tilted.
What did God create on day 4
Sun, moon and stars
What is the difference between a Terrestrial and Gas planet?
Terrestrial planet is planet made of rock where a gas planet it made of gas.
Bjarni Tryggvason
Was on the first Canadian mission up to space
David Dunlap Observatory
An observatory used to explore outer space. Was used to find the first black hole!
What are the 3 types of Astroids and
What is the difference between Comet, Meteor and Meteorite?
Carbon, Stoney, Metallic
Comet- space object flying in outer space, has a long tail made of gas and dust.
Meteor- space object entering the atmosphere (shooting star)
Meteorite- space object landing on earth
What did God create on days 5 and 6?
Day 5: creatures of the sea and could fly
Day 6: human and land animals
What are the 3 main things needed to survive in space and how do astronauts get them?
Water- is in bottles and they drink them by eating the balls of water
Oxygen- Oxygen is given in the ISS as well as tanks in their space suits
Rest- They are strapped to the wall so they don't float around.
Name 5 different astronauts
Chris Hadfield, Roberta Bondar, Steve Maclean, Robert Thirsk, David Saint-Jacques, Gregory Chamitoff, Dave Williams, Julie Payette, Marc Garneau, Ken Money, Bjarni Tryggvason, Guy Laliberte
Canadarm
The Canadarm is used on the space shuttle to transfer cargo and release satellites, and keep astronauts from floating away when working on the outside of the space shuttle.
8 Phases of the moon
Full Moon - Waning Crescent - Third Quarter - Waning Gibbous - New moon - Waxing Gibbous - First Quarter - Waxing Crescent