Test 9 Flashcards
This is the planet that is tipped on its side
Uranus
The planet often called the morning star
Venus
This is the planet which appears to be a beautiful royal blue
Neptune
This is the “red planet”
Mars
This is the planet that is closest to the sun
Mercury
This is the planet with the Great Red Spot
Jupiter
This is the planet best known for its rings
Saturn
Jupiter’s moon
Ganymede
This is the largest planet in the solar system
Jupiter
This is the planet with wind speeds of over 1,200 mph
NEptune
This was America’s first person in space
Shepard
This is the first human being to set foot on the moon
Neil Armstrong
This is the man who developed the reflecting telescope
Isaac Newton
This wast he first person o make extensive use of telescopes to study the heavens
Galileo
This was the first American to orbit the earth
Glenn
This was the first man to travel in space
Gagarin
This is the man who discovered the planet Uranus
Herschel
This is the man who is known as the “FAther of Modern Rocketry”
Goddard
This person discovered that white light is made up of many colors
Newton
This astronautical engineer who helped make the United States the leader in space exploration
Von Braun
This is the name of the term that consists of a vibrating electric field and magnetic field.
Electromagnetic waves
This is the name for any object that orbits a larger object
A satellite
This is the name for an unmanned spacecraft launched specifically to explore the unknown
Space probe
This is the speed that light travels
186,000miles per second
This is the term that describes how fast a wave oscillates
Frequency
The is the term that refers to turning back or turning aside of any wave when it hits an obstacle
Reflection
Is Jupiter one of the inner or outer planets
Outer planets
Is mars one of the inner or outer planets?
Inner
This term refers to to eh back and forth motion that repeatedly follows the same pattern
Oscillation
This is the term fo the type of satellites that meteorologists use to learn of a coming hurricane
Weather satellite
This is the term for the type of satellite that would relay a phone call from England to Australia.
Communication satellite
This is the name given to the people who journey into outer space
Astronauts
This is the term rotating stars that emit directional beamsof radio waves
Pulsars
This is the name for the device that splits light into a spectrum for analysis
Spectroscope
This is the name of the device used to make distant objects appear clearer and closer.
Telescope
This was placed into orbit by a space shuttle to aid astronomers in their studies of the heavens
Hubble Space Telescope
This is the first U.S. Satellite
Explorer I
This is the first U.S.space station
Skylab
This is the first space flight to land on the moon
Apollo 11
This is the first spacecraft designed to be reused
Space shuttle
This is the Russian space station designed for modules to be added
Mir
This is the first artificial object ever put into space
Sputnik I
This is the term for the movement of energy from one place to another
Wave
This is single rise or depression in a wave
Pulse
The single rise or depression in a wave
Pulse
This is the term for the high point of a wave
Crest
This is the low point of a wave
Trough
This is what carries a wave
Wave medium
This is the orbit that allows a satellite to remain in the same spot above the earth at all times
Geostationary
