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6th Grade Ch 5

Ch 5 Test

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1. The planet with wind speeds of over 1,200 mph: Neptune
2. The largest planet in the solar system: Jupiter
3. Jupiter’s moon: Ganymede
4. The planet best known for its rings: Saturn
5. The planet with the Great Red Spot: Jupiter
6. The planet closest to the sun: Mercury
7. The “red planet”: Mars
8. The planet which appears to be a beautiful royal blue: Neptune
9. The planet often called the morning star: Venus
10. The planet that is tipped on its side: Uranus
11. Who was the first to make extensive use of telescopes to study the heavens? Galileo
12. Who developed the reflecting telescope? Newton
13. Who was the first human to set foot on the moon? Neil Armstrong
14. Who was America’s first person in space? Alan Shepard
15. Who was the astronautical engineer who helped make the USA the leader in space exploration? Werner Von Braun
16. Who discovered that white light is made up of many colors? Newton
17. Who is known as the “Father of Modern Rocketry”? Robert Goddard
18. Who discovered the planet Uranus? Herschels
19. Who was the first man to travel in space? Yuri Gagarin
20. Who was the first American to orbit the earth? John Glenn
21. The electromagnetic _____________________ consist of a vibrating electric field and a magnetic field. waves
22. A ___________________ is any object that orbits a larger object. satellite
23. A ___________________ is an unmanned spacecraft launched specifically to explore the unknown. space probe
24. Light travels at ___________________ miles per second. 186,000
25. The term ___________________ describes how fast a wave oscillates. frequency
26. ___________________ is the turning back or turning aside of any wave when it hits an obstacle. reflection
27. Jupiter is one of the (inner/outer) planets. outer
28. Mars is one of the (inner/outer) planets. inner
29. Any back and forth motion that repeatedly follows the same pattern is called ______________. oscillation
30. Meteorologists would use info from a ___________________ satellite to learn of a coming hurricane. weather
31. A ___________________ satellite would relay a phone call from England to Australia. communications
32. People who journey into outer space are called ___________________. astronauts
33. ___________________ are rotating stars that emit directional beams of radio waves. pulsars
34. A ___________________ is a device that splits light into a spectrum for analysis. spectroscope
35. The ___________________ is a device used to make distant objects appear clearer and closer. telescope
36. What was the first artificial object ever put into space? Sputnik
37. What Russian space station was designed for modules to be added? Mir
38. What was the first spacecraft designed to be reused? Space shuttle
39. What was the first space flight to land on the moon? Apollo 11
40. What was the first US space station? Skylab
41. What was the first US satellite? Explorer 1
42. What space station is being developed by a group of over 15 nations? International Space Station
43. What was placed into orbit by a space shuttle to aid astronomers in their studies of the heavens? Hubble Space Telescope
44. The movement of energy from one place to another is called a(n) _______________________. Wave
45. A single rise or depression in a wave is called a(n) ___________________. pulse
46. The high point of a wave is called the ___________________. crest
47. The low point of a wave is called the ___________________. trough
48. Whatever carries a wave is called the ___________________. medium
49. The orbit that allows a satellite to remain in the same spot above the earth at all times is the ____ orbit. geostationary
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