Space

Question 1

Who was the first to use a telescope

Answer 1

Galileo Galilei

Question 2

Who was the first animal to orbit earth

Answer 2

A Russian space dog named laika

Question 3

What was the first man made object to land on the moon

Answer 3

Luna 9

Question 4

Who were the first people to land on the moon

Answer 4

Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin

Question 5

When was the iss launched

Answer 5

2000

Question 6

What is the Big Bang theory

Answer 6

Matter of high temperature and pressure exploded and dust, rock, and gas went everywhere

Question 7

What proof do we have that the universe is expanding

Answer 7

Galaxies are constantly moving outward and away from each other

Question 8

Edwin Hubble

Answer 8

Discovered an electromagnetic property called redshift

Question 9

Redshift

Answer 9

If a star is moving away from us it is stretching making it appear more red.
If a star is moving toward us it is squeezed making it appear more blue

Question 10

Astronomy

Answer 10

The scientific study of what is beyond earth

Question 11

Celestial object

Answer 11

Any object in space

Question 12

Universe

Answer 12

Everything that exists

Question 13

Satellite

Answer 13

A celestial object that travels around a planet

Question 14

Star

Answer 14

A massive collection of gases held together by its own gravity

Question 15

Orbit

Answer 15

The closed path of a celestial object or satellite as it travels around another celestial object

Question 16

Galaxy

Answer 16

A huge rotating collection of gas, dust , stars, planets and other celestial objects

Question 17

Constellation

Answer 17

A large region of stars in the sky

Question 18

Asterism

Answer 18

A pattern of stars in the sky

Question 19

Luminous

Answer 19

Producing, giving off light

Question 20

The sun

Answer 20

A large star

Question 21

Aurora borealis 5 steps

Answer 21

-the sun puts particles into space
-The particles are blown to the earth by solar wind and enter the atmosphere at the north and south poles
-They collide with nitrogen and oxygen and heat up
-to cool down they release energy in the form of colourful lights
-nitrogen=blue and purple
Oxygen=red and green

Question 22

Sun

Answer 22

A huge globe made of nitrogen and helium

Question 23

What is the suns temperature

Answer 23

15,000,000

Question 24

Main areas of the sun

Answer 24

Convective zone
Radiative zone
Core

Question 25

The suns atmosphere parts

Answer 25

Photosphere
Chromosphere
Transitional zone
Corona

Question 26

Our planets

Answer 26

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

Question 27

Terrestrial planets

Answer 27

First four

Question 28

Gas giants

Answer 28

Last four

Question 29

Comets

Answer 29

Frozen chunks of ice and dust

Question 30

Meteors

Answer 30

A small piece of an asteroid or comet that breaks apart and enters the earths atmosphere

Question 31

Meteoroid

Answer 31

Prices of an asteroid that breaks off and travels through space

Question 32

Meteorites

Answer 32

A meteor that makes its way through the earths atmosphere and hits the ground before turning to dust (crater)

Question 33

Asteroid

Answer 33

A small rocky object that orbits the sun

Question 34

Planetary moons

Answer 34

Objects that revolve around other planets

Question 35

Geocentric

Answer 35

2000 years ago( the earth is the center of the universe)

Question 36

Heliocentric

Answer 36

Present (the sun is the center of our solar system)

Question 37

Rotation

Answer 37

The spinning of an object around its axis
The earths axis stretches across the north and south poles
It takes 24 hours for a full rotation

Question 38

Revolution

Answer 38

The combination of the tilt and the earth and the Revolution results in the seasons
Takes a full year

Question 39

Tilt of the earth and our seasons

Answer 39

Tilted toward the sun (summer)
Tilted away from the sun (winter)

Question 40

Moon

Answer 40

The only natural satellite of the earth