1. FIRST QUARTER EQT SCIENCE STUDY GUIDE BY: MISS WASHINGTON

2. WHAT WERE THE BENEFITS (SPIN-OFFS) OF SPACE EXPLORATION THAT WE BENEFIT FROM ON EARTH?

3. Weather satellites Velcro Powdered Drink mixes Smoke detectors Pace makers Joystick controllers

4. HOW HAS ALABAMA CONTRIBUTED TO THE SPACE INDUSTRY?

5. Redstone Arsenal Saturn V Rockets Hubble Space Telescope Marshall team Dr. Mae Jemison

6. WHAT IS THE SUN ?

7. A STAR

8. HOW ARE THE INNER PLANETS ALIKE/DIFFERENT?

9. Inner planets- Rocky planets Outer Planets- Gas Giants

10. WHAT IS THE RELATIVE ORDER OF THE PLANETS FROM OUR SUN IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?

11. Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

12. HOW ARE COMETS, ASTEROIDS, AND METEORS? ALIKE/DIFFERENT ?

13. Asteroids are mostly found in a belt between Mars and Jupiter Asteroids that enter Earth’s atmosphere are called meteors or shooting stars Meteorites are meteors that reach the surface of the Earth.

14. WHY IS EARTH THE ONLY PLANET THAT CAN SUPPORT LIFE?

15. Earth’s distance from the sun It is also the only planet in our Solar System to maintain water

16. HOW IS FRICTION PRODUCED ?

17. When two objects are rubbed together

18. WHAT EFFECT DOES FRICTION HAVE ON THE SPEED OF A ROLLING OBJECT?

19. Friction can slow down the speed of an object

20. WHAT TYPE OF SURFACES WILL PRODUCE THE MOST FRICTION WHEN THEY RUB AGAINST ONE ANOTHER ?

21. Rough surfaces such as carpet, gravel, and sandpaper

22. WHAT TYPE OF SURFACE WILL PRODUCE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF FRICTION?

23. Smooth Surfaces

24. HOW DO INCLINED PLANES AFFECT MOTION?

25. It can speed up motion

26. WHAT IS EARTH’S NATURAL SATELLITE ?

27. THE MOON

28. WHAT IS A FORCE?

29. A PUSH OR PULL

30. WHAT IS INERTIA?

31. The tendency of objects that are in motion to remain in motion

32. WHAT IS MOMENTUM?

33. Any mass in motion has momentum. It depends on the amount of material moving, the speed, and direction.

34. ANY TWO OBJECTS WITH MASS ATTRACT EACH OTHER WITH ITS ____________________.

35. GRAVITATIONAL FORCE

36. HOW CAN MAN-MADE SATELLITES HELP HUMANS ?

37. Man made satellites help humans forecast weather, transfer telephone calls over the ocean, support military activities, assist in the navigation of ships and aircrafts

38. WHAT ARE NATURAL SATELLITES ?

39. Moons Asteroids Comets Meteors

40. WHAT SUBSTANCE CAN REDUCE FRICTION?

41. LUBRICATION

42. NAME SEVERAL LUBRICANTS

43. Water Oil Ice

44. THE SOLAR ___________ CONSISTS OF THE SUN, METEORITES, COMETS, AND OTHER OBJECTS IN OUTERSPACE.

45. SYSTEM

46. AN _____________ IS THE PATH AN OBJECT TAKES AS IT MOVES AROUND ANOTHER OBJECT IN SPACE.

47. ORBIT

48. THE _____________ IS IN THE CENTER OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

49. SUN

50. THE SUN IS A STAR, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE A HOT BALL OF GLOWING GASES

51. _________________ IS THE FORCE OF ONE OBJECT’S PULL ON ANOTHER OBJECT.

52. GRAVITY

53. THE FOUR PLANETS CLOSEST TO THE SUN ARE CALLED ______________________ PLANETS.

54. INNER

55. THE FOUR PLANETS FARTHEST AWAY FROM THE SUN ARE CALLED THE ________________ PLANETS.

56. OUTER

57. A ___________________ IS A CHUNK OR ROCK OR METAL THAT ORBITS THE SUN.

58. ASTEROID

59. WHAT SEPARATES THE INNER PLANETS FROM THE OUTER PLANETS ?

60. THE ASTEROID BELT

61. THE TAIL OF A COMET IS REALLY __________.

62. ICE

63. WHAT TEAM FROM ALABAMA HELPED DESIGN THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE?

64. THE MARSHALL TEAM

65. THE GREATEST SOURCE OF ENERGY ON EARTH IS ____________.

66. THE SUN

67. WHAT SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT FROM SPACE EXPLORATION BENEFITED MEDICAL RESEARCH ON EARTH?

68. THE PACEMAKER FOR THE HEART

69. WEATHER PREDICTION HAS BEEN IMPROVED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF __________________.

70. THE WEATHER SATELLITE