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Astronomy lesson 14
Apologia Astronomy lesson 14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is astronautics? | The science of space flight |
| A Russian astronomer named _________________ is often called the "father of astronautics". | Tsiolkovsky |
| Tsiolkovsky believed that fuel made with liquid _____________ and liquid ___________ would be strong enough to launch a rocket out of Earth's gravity. | hydrogen, oxygen |
| _______________ _________________ was made called "Moon Man" and made fun of because he believed that we could make a rocket that could get a person to the moon. | Robert Goddard |
| Early on, Russia and the U.S. were trying to beat each other in space exploration. This was called the _______________ __________. | Space Race |
| Russia launched the first rocket into space and it put the first satellite named _______________ in space. | Sputnik |
| What is astronautics? | Laika |
| A Russian astronomer named _________________ is often called the "father of astronautics". | Yuri Gagarin |
| Russians call their astronauts ____________________. | hydrogen, oxygen |
| A month after the Russians sent a cosmonaut in space, the U.S. sent a man named __________ __________________ into space. | dynamite, gunpowder |
| The U.S. put the first man on the moon. His name was ___________ ___________________. | Neil Armstrong |
| Russia | space station |
| Who built the first space station? | Russia |
| One important use of space stations is doing science __________________ in space in the absence of gravity. | experiments |
| The best space station ever built is called the __________________ _____________ _______________. | International Space Station |
| Many nations, including ______________ and the ________, are working together on the International Space Station. | Russia, U.S. |
| In the International Space Station, it takes about _________ minutes to orbit the Earth one time. | 90 |
| In the space station, astronauts experience no gravity which is called ________ _________________. | zero gravity (0-gravity) |
| Much of the International Space Station was assembled in space using ______________ or pieces that were built on Earth and sent up to put together in space. | modules |
| Leaving the space station to work outside is called a _____________ _____________ or ________, which stands for ___________________ _____________. | space walk, EVA, extravehicular activity |
| Is it possible to see the International Space Station in the nighttime sky? | yes |
| Gravity keeps our blood flowing properly when we are on Earth. But in zero gravity, astronauts must exercise so their blood flows correctly. If they don't, they can get a medical problem called _____________-_____ _____________________. | chicken-leg syndrome |
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