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Forces. Solar System. Technology For Space. Alabama’s Contributions To Space. Daily Double. 1pt. 1 pt. 1 pt. 1 pt. 2 pt. 2 pt. 2 pt. 2 pt. 2 pt. 4 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 6 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 8 pt. 5pt. 5 pt. 5 pt. 5 pt. 10 pt.
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Forces Solar System Technology For Space Alabama’s Contributions To Space Daily Double 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2 pt 4 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 6 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4 pt 8 pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 10 pt
If you push a car down an incline (a ramp), its speed will increase, BUT if you push a car UP an incline, it will _____________ _____________.
The definition of _______ is a push or pull. When you push or pull a grocery cart, you are exerting this.
This is a force that stops a bicycle and keeps you from falling when you walk.
Mechanics often use _________ such as oil to decrease friction.
If 2 cute toy robots push a box in opposite directions with one robot pushing from the right and the other robot pushing from the left, the box does not move because the forces are…
A(n) _____ is a piece of rock or metal that has entered the Earth’s atmosphere.
A(n) _______ is an object in space made of ice, dust, and gases.
A(n) _______ is a small rocky object that moves around (orbits) the sun.
ASTEROID! The Asteroid Belt is between Mars and Jupiter.
Comets are similar to planets because they both ________ the sun.
orbit (revolve around) Note the planets, comet on the left, and the Asteroid Belt are all orbiting the Sun.
Inner planets are like asteroids in that they are both r____y and d_____e. asteroids Inner Planets
rocky and dense. (Compare the 4 ROCKY inner planets to the four giant GAS outer planets.)
The Hubble Space Telescope is a space-based telescope that is able to take more accurate _______ than Earth-based telescopes.
photographs Cluster of galaxies Nebula
What is an advancement in technology that has greatly improved how we predict the weather?
Due to space exploration, many scientific developments such as disease research, lasers, and pacemakers have benefitted _________ _________.
medical care Pacemaker for the heart. Laser surgery.
If scientists wanted to visit a planet far away like Neptune, they would send a _____ _____, because it would be too far and too dangerous for a crew of astronauts.
space probe A drawing of blue Neptune with its largest moon at the bottom right. The artist has drawn 3 space probes near Neptune and its moons. (The moon only seems bigger than Neptune because it is closer to you. )
What is the name of the scientific research facility that orbits the Earth in outer space? Many countries around the world support it.
The first “manned, launched rocket” was built in the state of _________.
ALABAMA! (Huntsville is in north Alabama.)
Alabama is home to the first African-American female astronaut. Her name is ___________.
The Hubble Space Telescope was developed by a group of scientists in Alabama known as the _________.
In Huntsville, Alabama, this is the place where scientists work on the space program for NASA.
Who was the key German scientist, who developed early American rockets at the Marshall Space Flight Center?
What is a smooth surface with very little friction, good for sliding or skating?
The sun’s rays are more direct at the equator than at the poles. Therefore, the equator will be _____ in temperature than the poles.
An object that orbits another object in space is called a _______________.
satellite. The moon orbits the Earth so it is Earth’s natural satellite! Human-made weather satellites also orbit the Earth.
What word describes the idea that a thing in motion tends to stay in motion and a thing at rest tends to stay at rest?
inertia (A chest of drawers at rest doesn’t move unless lifted or pushed. Planets orbit the Sun and continue orbiting because there is little or no friction to slow them down.)
Two dump trucks are going down the same hill. One is empty, and one is filled with heavy rocks. Which truck will build more momentum as they go down the hill?
