Science Ch.5
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- 6. A space station that 16 nations worked together to build.
- 8. The first person to travel in space.
- 10. The first human being to set foot on the surface of the moon.
- 11. A type of telescope that uses mirrors to produce an image.
- 13. A region with certain objects may be attracted or repelled by electric force.
- 15. A wave consisting of an electric field and a magnetic field, vibrating at right angles to each each other other.
- 16. Call the “Father of Modern Rocketry”; Built and launched the first liquid fuel rocket.
- 17. A structure in space in which people can live and work for weeks at a time.
- 18. The first American to travel in space.
- 24. The speed at which electromagnetic waves travel in a vacuum equal to To 186,000 Miles per second.
- 27. A movement of energy from one place to another.
- 28. how fast a wave oscillates
- 31. An arrangement of electromagnetic waves according to frequency and wavelength.
- 33. Stars that produce rapid burst of radio waves.
- 34. often called the red planet; Has two moons
- 35. An unmanned spacecraft that is launched specifically to explore the unknown.
- 36. A device that makes distant objects appear clear or closer.
- 37. A back-and-forth motion that repeatedly follows the same path.
- 40. A Russian space station launched in 1986.
- 43. sometimes called the MorningStar or evening star; Hottest planet in our solar system.
- 44. A type of telescope that uses lenses to gather light and for an image.
- 46. The first artificial object to orbit the Earth.
- 47. Discovered that light is a combination of many colors; Discovered the laws of motion
- 48. The closest planet to the sun, the speediest planet
- 50. the length of one complete wave or cycle of oscillation.
- 51. Discovered electromagnetic waves; Realize that light is a type of electric manic wave.
- 52. largest planet in our solar system; Has a huge storm known as a great red spot
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- 1. The first astronomer to make extensive use of a telescope in his study of the heavens.
- 2. has the most glorious rings of any planet in our solar system.
- 3. Discovered the planet Uranus.
- 4. First woman to fly in space.
- 5. A special device that can split light into a spectrum before analysis.
- 7. beautiful royal blue color; Largest moon named Titan; Has the strongest winds measured anywhere in the solar system.
- 9. The low point of a wave.
- 12. An American spacecraft that was the first spacecraft designed to be reused.
- 14. An orbit in which a satellite follows the direction of the earth rotation where it stays in the same location in the sky.
- 19. The first satellite launched by the United States
- 20. Help to make the US a world leader in space exploration; Developed the rocket used to carry men to moon
- 21. The color sequence, Roy G.Bv that appears when white light is passed through a prism.
- 22. The first man space mission to actually land on the moon.
- 23. A reflecting telescope with 8 foot wide main mirror launched into orbit around the early 1990s
- 25. The high point of a wave.
- 26. the term of whatever carries a wave.
- 29. discovered by William and Caroline Herschel; My entire system is turned on its side
- 30. The bending of any waves direction at the boundary between two wave media.
- 32. An instrument that collects radio waves from space.
- 38. The first space station launched by the U.S.
- 39. The first American to orbit the Earth
- 41. A region in which certain objects are attracted or repel by a magnet.
- 42. a person who journeys into space.
- 45. The turning back or turning a side of any wave when it hits an obstacle.
- 46. any object that orbits a larger object.
- 49. an orbit in which a satellite Travels perpendicular to the equator, passing over the polar regions as it circles the Earth.