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science test 4/29
studystack for science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what countries were involved in the cold war? | U.S. and The USSR |
| what was the arms race | Each side would try to get the strongest nuclear bombs and strongest weapons to prove their superiority |
| what was the space race | The race to get the first man on the moon |
| why was it so important to "win" the arms and space race | To prove that one country was better than the other. |
| Which country was the first to launch a satellite into orbit | Soviet Union |
| Which country was the first to launch the first living organism | Soviet Union |
| Which country was the first to put the first man in orbit | Soviet Union |
| Which country was the first to put the first man on the moon | USA |
| How many people did the Gemini space craft hold | 2 |
| How many people did the Apollo space craft hold | 3 |
| How many people did the Mercury space craft hold | 1 |
| who was the first man to orbit the Earth for the USSR | Yuri Gagarin |
| who was the first man to orbit the Earth for the USA | John Glenn |
| Why was NASA formed | created to manage America's struggling space program |
| What was Project Gemini | made to develop technology to use in the Apollo missions |
| What was Project Apollo | Put a man on the moon |
| What was Project Mercury | put a man into orbit |
| Why do astronauts need spacesuits | to keep them alive, astronauts need to be able to breath, have protection from solar wind, cosmic rays, radiation and extreme changes in tempature |
| where is cape canaveral located and why was it a good spot for launching rockets | Cape canaveral, Florida. It was close to the equator and because earths rotation speed increases toward the equator, this launch site offered extra velocity to a rocket, helping it to reach orbit using less fuel. Plus it was next to the atlantic ocean |
| where was mission control located | Houston, Texas |
| what are the three main modules of the Apollo space craft | Lunar module, Command module, and service module |
| What purpose does the lunar module have | land on the moon and back |
| What purpose does the service module have | houses all the necessary computer systems and sensors and contains all of the gasses needed |
| What purpose does the command module have | house the three-person crew on liftoff and landing and during the trip to and from the Moon |
| what is the vehicle assembly building | the building where they assemble the rockets and is located in the Kennedy space center |
| what was the rocket used in the Apollo space craft | Saturn V(5) |
| what happened on Apollo 1 | There was a fire in the cockpit and they couldn't get out which killed all astronauts |
| what was the significance of Apollo 8 | First manned mission to leave earth orbit, reach the Earth's moon , orbit it and return safely to earth. They also were the first to see the far side of the moon. |
| where did Apollo 11 land on the moon | Sea of tranquility |
| Where did Apollo 12 land on the moon | Ocean of storms |
| where did Apollo 14 land on the moon | Fra Mauro formation |
| What did Alan Shepard famously do on the moon during his Apollo 14 mission | he hit two golf balls on the moons surface |
| What Apollo mission did Ken Mattingly eventually fly the command module | Apollo 16 |
| What is the importance of moon rocks? | They showed us the history of the solar system which showed us that the moon rocks were older than earths rocks. |
| what is the Karman line | the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space |
| Which ocean did the Apollo 11 mission land back on earth in. | the pacific ocean |
| What Apollo missions were cancelled and why | Missions 18, 19, 20 and They were cancelled because of cuts of NASA budgets |
| which apollo mission was the first manned mission of the Apollo program | Apollo 7 |
| Which Apollo mission was struck by lighting | Seconds after Apollo 12 launched it got struck twice by lighting |
| Why was Ken Mattingly taken off the Apollo 13 mission | 7 days before launch the crew was exposed to the German Measles Mattingly was the only one who had not had the measles as a child and thus was not immune. He was replaced by Jack Swigert |
| what did they bring on the Apollo 14 mission that helped them | They brought a tool cart and the lunar rover |
| make sure | you know the vocabulary on last page of your notes packet |
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