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The distance between the Earth & the Sun
What is an astronomical unit?
150 million kilometers
What is an astronomical unit?
The distance used to measure b/w large differences in space, such as b/w stars & galaxies
What is a light year?
A pattern of stars in the sky
What are constellations?
The Earth is moving past different stars as it revolves around the sun, so you see…
What are different constellations with the seasons?
A small, rocky body that revolves around the sun
What are asteroids?
A small, rocky body that travels through space, mainly staying in one spot
What are meteoroids?
A icy, rocky ball that “grows” a tail as it gets closer to the sun
What are comets?
A comet’s ion tail always extends (points) which way
What is away from the sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What are the inner planets or terrestrial planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What are the outer planets or the gas giants?
Put the outer planets in order
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune?
Put the inner planets in order
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars?
A high mass planet should have the least or most amount of moons when compared to a low mass planet
What is the most amount of moons?
This diagram shows how stars are divided by temperature, brightness, & change over time
What is the H-R diagram?
These color stars are the coolest of all stars
What is red?
A celestial body that forms when the leftovers of a supernova are so massive they collapse to form a dense object with gravity so strong that light cannot escape it.
What is a blackhole?
The majority of stars in our galaxy are this type
What is main sequence?
Blue stars are at this end of the temperature range
What is the hottest?
Nurseries of the stars; where most stars are born
What is a nebula?
There are how many different types of galaxies
What is three?
Identify the type of galaxy pictured
What is spiral?
Identify the galaxy type pictured:
What is elliptical?
Identify the galaxy type pictured
What is irregular?
The type of galaxy that you live in and its name
What is spiral and The Milky Way?
A machine that uses escaping gas to move
What is a rocket?
A reusable space vehicle that takes off like a rocket and lands like an airplane
What is the space shuttle?
The reason that NASA was formed
What is The Cold War?
An unmanned space vehicle that travels deep into space to gather information about distant objects because it is less expensive & less dangerous than sending humans
What is a space probe?
The pieces of technology that (1) helps you find your location & (2) helps doctors look inside of you without cutting you open
What is GPS and MRI?
Make your wager
It has improved people’s lives and made their lives more convenient
Final Question: What is how NASA has benefited society?