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SC 9 Space

Question	Answer
1=Which Apollo flight successfully placed the first men on the Moon?1	XI
2=It is about 4.3 light-years from the Earth and is believed to be the Sun's nearest neighbor. Name it.2	Proxima Centauri
3=Name the American pilot who was first to fly faster than the speed of sound.3	(Chuck) Yeager
4=The Pleiades is another name for the group of stars known as the ...4	Seven sisters
5=What kind of variable star will flare up to hundreds of millions of times its normal luminosity and sometimes outshine the entire galaxy of which it is a part?5	Supernova
6=Astronomers estimate that about 70% of the mass of most stars consists of what element?6	Hydrogen
7=What is the name of the thin, transparent zone on the Sun that can only be seen during a total eclipse?7	Corona
8=The colossal, earth-orbiting telescope launched in 1990 was named after which astronomer?8	(Edwin) Hubble
9=What is the name of the first US Space Station to be launched into orbit?9	Skylab
10=An astronaut orbiting the Earth is talking about EVA. For what do these initials stand?10	Extravehicular activity
11=What two-word term is applied to radiation from the sun and stars that continuously 'rains' down upon the earth?11	Cosmic rays (radiation)
12=Who orbited the Earth in Vostok I?12	(Yuri) Gagarin
13=Apollo 8 took the first three men around the Moon in 1968. What was the number of the Apollo flight that first took men to the surface of the Moon?13	(Apollo) 11
14=Identify the space vehicle destroyed in a tragic explosion involving the deaths of seven people in 1986.14	Challenger
15=Identify the type of orbit assumed by a man-made satellite that remains in the same position relative to a point on the Earth's surface.15	Geosynchronous
16=On March 23, 1965, Virgil Grissom became one of the first two American astronauts to fly in space with a partner in the Gemini program. Name his partner.16	(John) Young
17=Which planet has the longest day from sunrise to sunrise? 117 Days to be exact.17	Venus
18=Pairs of stars which orbit one another are called ...18	Binary (stars)
19=A very large and relatively cool star approaching the end of its life is what color?19	Red
20=The hot and sultry days of August are called the "dog days" because what star shines brightly during that time?20	Sirius (Dog Star)
21=It is about 4.3 light-years from the Earth and is believed to be the Sun's nearest neighbor. Name it.21	Proxima Centauri
22=What is the two-word phrase for the minimum speed a space vehicle needs to become free of the Earth's gravitational pull?22	Escape velocity
23=On March 23, 1965, Virgil Grissom became one of the first two American astronauts to fly in space with a partner in the Gemini program. Name his partner.23	(John) Young
24=How many times brighter is a first magnitude star than a second magnitude star?24	2.5
25=An enormous volcano called Olympus Mons is on what planet?25	Mars
26=Pulsars were first detected by their regular pulses of radio waves coming from fixed points in the sky. These pulses were first thought to be signs of extraterrestrial life and astronomers called them "LGMs" which stood for?26	Little green men
27=What name is given to the smallest and densest kind of star?27	Neutron (star)
28=Which nation launched Laika into space on November 3, 1957?28	Russia
29=Identify the theory for the origin of the universe which says that originally all the matter in the universe was confined to a single point or body which exploded.29	Big Bang (Theory)
30=Which constellation is known as the "hunter?"30	Orion
31=Alan Shepard was the first American astronaut to be rocketed into space during 1961. Name the next American to fly in space that year.31	(Gus) Grissom
32=He developed the German V-2 Rocket. Name this scientist who became director of the Guided Missile Development Division at Redstone in 1955.32	(Werner) von Braun
33=In a partial eclipse, what name is given to the less dark part of the shadow?33	Penumbra
34=Which two-word that begins with the letter S refers to the charged atomic particles that constantly escape from the Sun?34	Solar winds
35=What term is given to the point in an orbit that is farthest from the sun?35	Aphelion
36=In an eclipse, what name is given to the darkest part of the shadow?36	Umbra
37=What is the name of the second American astronaut to orbit the earth?37	(Scott) Carpenter
38=What is the name of the United States' first man-in-space program?38	Mercury
39=What term is given to the point in an orbit that is closest to the sun?39	Perihelion
40=What two-word term refers to the limit of a black hole?40	Event Horizon
41=What is the scientific name of the North Star?41	Polaris
42=What is the name of the first American astronaut to orbit the earth?42	(John H.) Glenn
43=Name the planets in our solar system that have only one moon.43	Earth, Pluto
44=Name the man who discovered the planet, Pluto?44	(Clyde) Tombaugh
45=What term refers to apparent shift of an object against a background due to a change in observer position?45	Parallax
46=What is the name of the most distant galaxy that is visible to the unaided eye?46	Andromeda
47=What is the astronomical; distance unit obtained by dividing the parallax angle of an astronomical object into one?47	Parsec
48=What is the name of the second American astronaut to orbit the earth?48	(Scott) Carpenter
49=What is the name of the spacecraft in which John H. Glenn completed his first orbits around the earth?49	Friendship 7
50=What is the name of the spacecraft that carried Alan B. Shepard into space on May 5, 1961?50	Freedom 7
51=Which kind of animal was the first animal to be launched into space?51	Dog
52=What is the two-syllable name for an encounter in which a space probe approaches but does not land on the surface of a heavenly body?52	Flyby
53=What is the name of the first person to "walk" in space?53	(Alexei) Leonov
54=Identify the astronomer associated with the phrase ìbillions and billions of starsî who popularized astronomy with his award-winning PBS series ìCosmos.î54	Carl Sagan
55=Name any of the first three American astronauts to be killed in the space program in the same accident on January 27, 1967.55	(Gus) Grissom, (Edward) White, or (Roger) Chaffee
56=What is the name of the first American Astronaut to "walk" in space?56	(Edward) White
57=Saturn and Jupiter are two of the three planets with rings. What is the third?57	Uranus
58=What is the name of the first female astronaut to travel in space?58	(Valentina) Tereshkova
59=What are the names of the Martian moons?59	Phobos and Deimos
60=He developed the German V-2 Rocket. Name this scientist who became director of the Guided Missile Development Division at Redstone in 1955.60	(Werner) von Braun
61=According to the Doppler Effect, stars that are moving away from the earth show what kind of spectral shift?61	Red Shift
62=Does a cometís tail point toward or away from the sun?62	Away
63=What was the name of the Russian's man-in-space program similar to our mercury program?63	Vostak
64=What sign of the Zodiac is represented by twins?64	Gemini
65=What sign of the Zodiac is represented by a virgin?65	Virgo
66=The dog, Laika, was the first living creature to go into orbit. What country launched Laika?66	Russia
67=What was the landing site of Apollo 11 on the Moon on July 20, 1969?67	Sea of Tranquility
68=What nickname is given to Jupiter's four largest moons?68	Galilean Satellites
69=What sign of the Zodiac is represented by a lion?69	Leo
70=From the Greek for ìlong hairî, what celestial body is observed only in that part of its orbit that is relatively close to the sun, having a head and an elongated curved vapor tail?70	Comet
71=Name the theoretical last stage in the life of certain massive stars in which all matter and light are trapped by an intense gravitational field.71	Black hole
72=Which constellation of the Zodiac has 2 bright stars named for twin sons, and is located on an imaginary line extended from the 2 bottom stars in the Big Dipper's bowl?72	Gemini
73=What equation is used to find the probability that life exists elsewhere in the Universe?73	Drake Equation
74=An aircraft will sometimes leave a visible streak of ice crystals in its wake. This cloud is called a "contrail," which is a combination of what two words?74	Condensation trail
75=What line separates earth from sky?75	Horizon
76=What is the minimum distance that a body may orbit another body without being torn to pieces by gravity?76	Roche Limit
77=Name the first man in space and give the name of his space craft.77	Yuri Gagarin, Vostok I
78=Which Apollo mission landed first men on the moon?78	Apollo XI
79=What is the nebulous luminescent cloud containing the nucleus and constituting the major portion of the head of a comet?79	Coma
80=Name the Russian space station that was humanity's first consistently inhabited long-term research station in space.80	MIR
81=What space shuttle broke apart during re-entry in 2003 killing all on board?81	Columbia
82=Name the first American to walk in space.82	Edward White
83=Name the school teacher killed when the space shuttle Challenger exploded minutes after launch in 1986.83	Christa McAuliffe
84=What was the first U.S. satellite?84	Explorer I
85=What sign of the Zodiac is represented by a ram?85	Aries
86=In about 10,000 years, the earth's axis will point towards what star the brightest in the constellation Lyra.86	Vega
87=What is the name of the NASA robot that is gathering information about Mars?87	Sojourner
88=An airplane has three basic movements. What are they?88	Roll, yaw, pitch
89=What name is given to motion that is opposite that expected such as the apparent westward movement of a planet as seen from earth?89	Retrograde
90=What sign of the Zodiac is represented by a goat?90	Capricorn
91=What sign of the Zodiac is represented by a crab?91	Cancer
92=What sign of the Zodiac is represented by an archer?92	Sagittarius
93=What sign of the Zodiac is represented by a balance or scales?93	Libra
94=What sign of the Zodiac is represented by a fish?94	Pisces
95=Name the first artificial satellite of the earth?95	Sputnik
96=What sign of the Zodiac is represented by a water carrier?96	Aquarius
97=Titan is the largest moon of Saturn, and Titania is the largest moon of which planet?97	Uranus
98=What is a small, very dense, hot star that is made mostly of carbon and is the remnant of a red giant star that loses its outer layers?98	White Dwarf
99=What kind of radiation is emitted by a black hole?99	Hawking Radiation
100=What was the name of Americaís first space station?100	Skylab
101=What name is given to many of Saturn's moons that orbit around the edge of the planets rings and help to keep the rings in place?101	Shepherd Moons
102=What name is given to meteors that appear to originate from the constellation Leo?102	Leonids
103=What name is given to meteors that appear to originate from the constellation Perseus?103	Perseids
104=What name is given to meteors that appear to originate from the constellation Gemini?104	Geminids
105=Give the names, in correct order, of the first and second man to walk on the moon.105	Neil Armstrong, Edwin ìBuzzî Aldrin
106=What is the brightest star in the constellation Orion?106	Rigel
107=Name the largest moon of Jupiter.107	Ganymede
108=What part of an orbit that is farthest from the earth?108	Apogee
109=In miles, how far is the earth from the sun?109	93 million miles
110=In minutes, how long does it take light to reach the earth from the sun?110	8 minutes
111=What is the largest moon of Neptune?111	Triton
112=What planet is called earthís twin?112	Venus
113=What planet rotates on its side and appears to be blue due to absorption of red light by methane in the upper atmosphere?113	Uranus
114=Name the first American woman in space.114	Sally Ride
115=Name the large red star in the constellation Orion.115	Betelgeuse
116=Name the last man to walk on the moon.116	Eugene Cernan
117=What Danish astronomer, who lived before the telescope was invented, made accurate observations with only the naked eye of the planets?117	(Tycho) Brahe
118=The first U.S. satellite to amplify and transmit radio and television signals was called ..118	Telstar
119=What name is given to the very center of a black hole, where the curvature of space-time is maximal?119	Singularity
120=Name the only moon in our solar system to have a dense atmosphere.120	Titan
121=What moon is the most volcanically active body in the Solar System?121	Io
122=Multiple answer required. Recent evidence indicates the presence of a 10th planet beyond Pluto. Give the nickname taken from a TV show ìWarrior Princessî and the nickname given to its one moon, named after this Warrior Princessí sidekick.122	Xena, Gabrielle
123=What Italian scientist was condemned by the Inquisition in 1633 for, among other things, maintaining in his 1632 book Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo that the earth moves around the sun?123	Galileo
124=Name the largest moon of Uranus.124	Titania
125=Who was the first American to orbit the earth?125	John Glenn
126=The Hubble Telescope has just determined that what planet might have three moons rather than one?126	Pluto
127=Name the California observatory that houses the Hale telescope.127	Mt. Palomar
128=Who is known as the 'Father of Modern Rocketry'?128	(Robert H.) Goddard
129=The detection of cosmic microwave radiation was a key factor in the acceptance of what theory?129	Big Bang (Theory)
130=Which planet has a mountain higher than Mt. Everest, clouds composed of sulfuric acid, an atmosphere composed mainly of carbon dioxide, and is often called the ìEvening Star?î130	Venus
131=Pollux is one of the mythological twins who give the constellation Gemini its name. Who is the other twin?131	Castor
132=Name the largest moon of Saturn.132	Titan
133=What moonís most striking surface feature is a series of dark streaks criss-crossing the entire globe?133	Europa
134=What color stars are the hottest?134	Blue
135=According to Bodeís Law, there should be a planet between what other two planets?135	Mars, Jupiter
136=What comet that appeared in 1066 returns every 76 years?136	Halley's Comet
137=Give the name given to the comet that struck Jupiter in 1994?137	Shoemaker-Levy 9
138=What is the name of the marks on the moon's surface that have steep sides, flat bottoms, and varying widths?138	Rills
139=When the moon is new or nearly new, what name is applied to the dim light seen on the moon's face?139	Earthshine
140=Who was the second person to walk on the moon?140	(Edwin) (Eugene) (Buzz) Aldrin
141=This is the layer of the sun's atmosphere between the photosphere and the corona.141	Chromosphere
142=It was given its name by John Wheeler. What is this term for a region of space whose gravitational pull is so strong that not even light can escape?142	Black Hole
143=This term designates the visible surface of the sun.143	Photosphere
144=What British physicist stricken with ALS is considered the leading authority on black holes?144	(Stephen) Hawking
145=Name the three types of galaxies.145	Spiral, elliptical, and irregular
146=Which one of the three describes our galaxy?146	Spiral
147=Name the American pilot who was first to fly faster than the speed of sound.147	(Chuck) Yeager
148=The Milky Way Galaxy is just one galaxy in a group of galaxies called the what?148	Local Group
149=What sign of the Zodiac is represented by a bull?	Taurus
150=Named for a Dutch astronomer, what is the cloud of rocks and dust that surrounds our solar system and may be where long-period comets originate?150	Oort Cloud
151=In a black hole, the Scwartzschild limit determines what region within which all matter is drawn into the black hole?151	Event Horizon
152=Name the first man to walk in space. 152	Alexei Leonov
153=Name any of the first three American astronauts to be killed in the space program in the same accident on January 27, 1967.153	(Gus) Grissom, (Edward) White, or (Roger) Chaffee
154=In what Apollo mission were Gus Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chafee killed in a fire that began in the spacecraft?154	Apollo I
155=Which term that begins with the letter P is defined as a little more than three light years in length?155	Parsec
156=Identify the theory for the origin of the universe which says the universe remains constant and has always been as it is now.156	Steady State Theory
157=What was the second space program of the U.S. called that in involved two astronauts?157	Gemini
158=Be specific. It analyzed soil samples and searched for life. Name this unmanned spacecraft that landed on Mars in July 1976.158	Viking I
159=This moon of Jupiter is the largest moon in our Solar System. Name it.159	Ganymede
160=What term is used in ranking stars by brightness?160	Magnitude
161=What color stars are the coolest?161	Red
162=What do we call a Russian space traveler?162	Cosmonaut
163=What Greek who lived on Samos in or around 300 BC is believed to be the first person who thought the earth revolved around the sun?163	Aristarchus
164=What is the name of the space shuttle that completed the first atmospheric flight test on August 12, 1977?164	Enterprise
165=Name the first American in space.165	Alan Shepherd
166=What distant moon in the solar system is about half as large as the planet it orbits?166	Charon
167=What is the name of the first American woman to "walk" in space?167	(Kathryn) Sullivan
168=What Danish astronomer, who lived before the telescope was invented, made accurate observations with only the naked eye of the planets?168	(Tycho) Brahe
169=Which space equipment did the shuttle Discovery launch in April 1990?	Hubble telescope
170=What name is given to the belt in the heavens containing twelve constellations extending approximately 8 degrees on either side of the Sun's apparent path.	Zodiac
171=What is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way?171	Andromeda
172=Name the dumbbell or donut-shaped regions of charged particles that surround the earth?172	Van Allen Belts
173=The first stage of a multistage rocket is called the ...173	Booster
174=The term ìblack holeî was coined by what physicist?174	(John) Wheeler
175=Stars are classified by their spectra (the elements that they absorb) and their temperature. What are the seven main types of stars and which one represents our sun?175	O B A F G K M, G
176=What star in the constellation Canis Major is known as the ìdog starî?176	Sirius
177=By what process does the sun and other stars produce energy?177	Nuclear Fusion
178=What planet has an orbit that is sometimes inside Neptuneís orbit making it, at times, the 8th planet?178	Pluto
179=What diagram is a graph that plots stars color (spectral type or surface temperature) vs. its luminosity (intrinsic brightness or absolute magnitude)?179	H-R or Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
180=Who is known as the 'Father of Modern Rocketry'?180	(Robert H.) Goddard
181=What do we call stars that regularly pulsate in size and change in brightness and as the star increases in size, its brightness decreases; then, the reverse occurs?181	Cepheid Variables
182=As the moon nears the earth, what is the name for the point nearest the earth?182	Perigee
183=Polaris, the North Star, can be found in what constellation?183	Ursa minor (Little Dipper)
184=What Russian was the first woman in space?184	Valentina Tereshkova
185=How many astronauts were in the original Mercury program?185	7
186=What is a rapidly spinning neutron star that emits energy at regular intervals?186	Pulsar
187=What are small fragments of matter moving through space (not asteroids) that vaporize upon entering the earth's atmosphere?187	Meteoroids
188=What planet has a crater called Caloris Basin that is wider than the distance from New York City to San Francisco?188	Mercury
189=Most stars, including the sun, are what kind of stars that are in the most stable part of their existence?189	Main Sequence
190=Name the astronomer who discovered Uranus?190	William Herschel
191=Named for an Italian astronomer, what two-word term refers to the gap between the two large rings of Saturn?191	Cassini Division
192=What color is the sun considered to be?192	Yellow
193=What name is given to the force produced by the expansion of hot gases hat propels a rocket forward?193	Thrust
194=Name the astronomer who discovered Pluto?194	Clyde Tombaugh
195=An astronaut orbiting the Earth is talking about EVA. For what do these initials stand?195	Extravehicular activity
196=What constellation has the nickname of harp?196	Lyra
197=Name the great English astronomer who discovered Uranus in 1781?197	(William) Herschel
198=What constellation has the nickname of swan?198	Cygnus
199=Named for the Dutch-American astronomer who predicted its existence in 1951, what is a region, beyond Neptune in which at least 70,000 small objects, called Trans-Neptunian objects, orbit and may be the source of the short-period comets?	Kuiper Belt
200=What planet is known for its great 'Blue Spot'?200	Neptune
201=Thirteen of its moons are named after Shakespearean characters. Name this planet.201	Uranus
202=Scientists recently discovered that Dark Matter and Dark Energy make up 95% of the universe while 'normal' atoms make up only 5%. Name one of the two kinds of dark matter.202	MACHO or WIMPS
203=Give the term for a valley on the moon.203	Rille
204=Latin for "seas, what term denotes large basaltic plains on the surface of the moon?204	Maria
205=Name the only planet in the solar system that has true retrograde motion.205	Venus
206=What name is given to the mountain ranges on the moon?206	Highlands
207=Multiple answer required. Identify the three parts of a comet.207	Coma, Nucleus, Tail
208=What is a reusable spacecraft designed to carry astronauts and equipment to and from space?208	Space Shuttle
209=Identify the NASA launch site on Merritt Island, near Cape Canaveral, Florida, used for Apollo and space shuttle launches.209	Kennedy Space Center
210=It includes aerodynamics, aircraft structures, jet and rocket propulsion and aerial navigation. What is the science of travel through the earth's atmosphere?210	Aeronautics
211=It is a measure of about 6 trillion miles. Identify this term that is used to measure distances between objects in space.211	Light Year
212=The four large moons of Jupiter are cllectively known as what?212	Galilean Moons
213=What female astronomer is credited with classifying stars by their spectra?213	Annie Jump Cannon
214=Name the member of Apollo 11 who commanded the command module and was the only one of the three Apollo astronauts to not walk on the moon?214	(Michael) Collins
215=What name is given to a stony meteorite characterized by chondrules?215	Chondrite
216=What name is given to a meteorite containing iron?216	Siderite
217=What is the nebulous luminescent cloud containing the nucleus and constituting the major portion of the head of a comet?217	Coma
218=What term refers to the angular distance to a point on a celestial object, measured north or south from the celestial equator?218	Declination
219=What is the imaginary sphere of infinite extent with the earth at its center on which the stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies appear to be located?219	Celestial Sphere
220=What is the intersection plane of the earth's orbit with the celestial sphere, along which the sun appears to move as viewed from the earth?220	Ecliptic
221=What was the landing site of Apollo 11 on the Moon on July 20, 1969?221	Sea of Tranquility
222=What official scale is used to measure the likelihood of an impact between the earth and an asteroid?222	Torino Scale
223=What line separates earth from sky?223	Horizon
224=What name is given to the point in the sky which appears directly above the observer?224	Zenith
225=What name is given to the point opposite the zenith in the horizontal coordinate system and directly below the observer?225	Nadir
226=In the horizontal coordinate system, what is the elevation above the horizon or the leveation above the earth?226	Altitude

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