Test 9 - Chapter 5

Question 1

I was the first to make extensive use of telescopes to study the heavens

Answer 1

Galileo

Question 2

I was America’s first person in space

Answer 2

Shepard

Question 3

I developed the reflecting telescope

Answer 3

Newton

Question 4

I was the first human being to set food on the moon

Answer 4

Armstrong

Question 5

The planet that is tipped on its side

Answer 5

Uranus

Question 6

the planet with wind speeds of over 1,200 mph

Answer 6

Neptune

Question 7

the planet often called this morning star

Answer 7

Venus

Question 8

the largest planet in the solar system

Answer 8

Jupiter

Question 9

Jupiter’s moon

Answer 9

Ganymede

Question 10

the planet which appears to be a beautiful royal blue

Answer 10

Neptune

Question 11

the planet best known for its rings

Answer 11

Saturn

Question 12

the “red planet”

Answer 12

Mars

Question 13

The planet with the Great Red Spot

Answer 13

Jupiter

Question 14

The planet closest to the sun

Answer 14

Mercury

Question 15

I was the astronautical engineer who helped make the United States the leader in space exploration

Answer 15

von Braun

Question 16

I was the first American to orbit the earth

Answer 16

Glenn

Question 17

I discovered that white light is made up of many colors

Answer 17

Newton

Question 18

I was the first man to travel into space

Answer 18

Gagarin

Question 19

I am known as the “Father of Modern Rocketry”

Answer 19

Goddard

Question 20

I discovered the planet Uranus

Answer 20

Herschel

Question 21

The turning back or turning aside of any wave when it hits an obstacle

Answer 21

reflection

Question 22

These consist of a vibrating electric field and a magnetic field

Answer 22

electromagnetic waves

Question 23

how fast a wave oscillates

Answer 23

frequency

Question 24

any object that orbits a larger object

Answer 24

satellite

Question 25

How fast does light travel?

Answer 25

186,00 miles per second

Question 26

an unmanned spacecraft launched specifically to explore the unknown

Answer 26

space probe

Question 27

Jupiter is one of the ________ planets

Answer 27

outer

Question 28

Mars in one of the _____ planets

Answer 28

inner

Question 29

Any back and forth motion that repeatedly follows the same pattern

Answer 29

oscillation

Question 30

a device used to make distant objects appear clearer and closer

Answer 30

telescope

Question 31

a device that splits light into a spectrum for analysis

Answer 31

spectroscope

Question 32

this type of satellite would relay a phone call from England to Australia

Answer 32

communications satellite

Question 33

rotating stars that emit directional beams of radio waves

Answer 33

Pulsars

Question 34

People who journey into outer space

Answer 34

astronauts

Question 35

placed into orbit by a space shuttle to aid astronomers in their studies of the heavens

Answer 35

Hubble Space Telescope

Question 36

first artificial object ever put into space

Answer 36

Sputnik I

Question 37

space station being developed by a group of over 15 nations

Answer 37

International Space Station

Question 38

first U.S. Satellite

Answer 38

Explorer I

Question 39

first spacecraft designed to be reused

Answer 39

space shuttle

Question 40

first U.S. space station

Answer 40

Skylah

Question 41

first space flight to land on the moon

Answer 41

Apollo 9

Question 42

The movement of energy from one place to another

Answer 42

wave

Question 43

the orbit that allows a satellite to remain in the same spot above the earth at all times

Answer 43

geostationary orbit

Question 44

The single rise or depression in a wave

Answer 44

pulse

Question 45

Whatever carries a wave

Answer 45

wave medium

Question 46

The low point of a wave

Answer 46

trough

Question 47

the high point of a wave

Answer 47

crest