Aero 3 Quiz 1 Flashcards
1
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- Minor Spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy
- 3,500 light-years across
- 10,000 light-years in length
- Contains the Solar System
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Orion Arm
2
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- The moon’s orbit where it farthest from Earth
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Apogee
3
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- The moon’s orbit where it closest from Earth
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Perigee
4
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- The recurring increase and decrease in the number of sunspots over a period averaging about eleven years
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Sunspot Cycle
5
Q
- Specific type of fusion that occurs inside the Sun
- Hydrogen being converted into helium
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Solar Fusion
6
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What is approximate diameter of the Solar System?
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7
Q
What were the these series of newspaper articles called that advocated for approval of a new Constitution?
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The Federalist Papers
8
Q
Wilmington (KILG), 2 runways, ~52,000 flights a year
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Delaware
9
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Philadelphia International (KPHL), 4 runways, ~72,000 flights a year
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Pennsylvania
10
Q
- American space scientist at the University of Iowa
- Instrumental in establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space
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James Van Allen
11
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- American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator
- Well known as a pioneer in the field of exobiology
- Among the first to determine that life could have existed on Mars
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Carl Sagan
12
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The colourful display of light seen in the night sky in the Northern hemisphere
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Aurora Borealis
13
Q
The colourful display of lights seen in the night sky in the Southern Hemisphere
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Aurora Australis
14
Q
The Troposphere, Stratosphere, and the ionosphere, which consists of the Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere
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earth’s Atmosphere
15
Q
- A spaceport in an area of Southern Kazakhstan leased to Russia
- The world’s first spaceport for orbital and human launches and the largest operational space launch facility
- All crewed Russian space flights are launched from here
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Baikonur Cosmodrome
