Across
- 3. a reusable spacecraft that used rockets to launch but could land like a plane when returning to Earth
- 5. The astroid belt is found between __________________.
- 12. A vehicle sponsored by sixteen nations that circles the earth while astronauts living on board carry out experiments
- 13. what would happen to the force of gravity on you if you decreased in mass
- 14. Which of the following isn't a common characteristics for the outer planets?
- 15. measure of the force of gravity on your body
- 17. Units are Newtons
- 20. are bowl-shaped holes in solid, rocky surfaces that are formed when large meteoroids, asteroids, or comets smash into the surface of a terrestrial planet, asteroid, or moon.
- 24. The entire mass of air that surrounds Earth, made up of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and trace amounts of other gases.
- 25. Which US Space Shuttle (1986) ended in an explosive tragedy 73 seconds after liftoff?
- 26. The great red spot is located on which planet?
- 27. The smallest planet, now known as a dwarf planet, in our solar system is________________.
- 30. Which planet has solid, liquid, and gas forms of water?
Down
- 1. Standard units are grams
- 2. first American on the moon
- 4. The variable that is purposefully changed. It's not affected by any other variables.
- 6. Which country was the first to send an artificial satellite into the Earth's orbit?
- 7. A measure of how much matter an object has is
- 8. Many craters on Earth have been eroded by _____and _______ and destroyed by tectonics and volcanism.
- 9. What does the character of a crater depend on?
- 10. First creature in space
- 11. Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are
- 16. A US government agency in charge of the space program
- 18. Is earth made of mostly land or water?
- 19. The ________ was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth.
- 21. Which of the following never changes no matter where in the universe
- 22. What was the first mission to land on the moon
- 23. The variable that gets affected by another.
- 28. Country that landed the first man on the Moon
- 29. Rays of ejected material radiate ________from an impact crater in all directions.
