discovered that sunlight is a combination of many colors; invented the reflecting telescope

the color sequence of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet that makes up white light

A region in which certain objects are attracted or repelled by a magnet

A region in which certain objects may be attracted or repelled by electricity

Term for the movement of energy from one place to another

Term for a back and forth motion that repeatedly follows the same path

a single rise or depression in a wave

The term for a high point of a wave

The term for the low point of a wave

The term for whatever carries a wave

a wave consisting of an electric field and a magnetic field vibrating at right angles to each other

The scientist who realized that light is a type of electromagnetic wave

What is the speed of light?

The term for the speed at which a wave oscillates

The term for the length of one complete wave or cycle of oscillation

The term for an arrangement of electromagnetic waves according to frequency and wavelength, including radio waves at the lowest frequencies, visible light, and gamma rays at the highest frequencies

A device to make distant objects appear clearer or closer

Scientist who was the first to make extensive use of telescopes to study the heavens

A telescope that uses convex lenses to gather and focus light

A telescope that uses a curved mirror to collect and focus light

Term for the turning back or turning aside of any wave when it hits an obstacle

The term for the bending of any wave's direction at the boundary between two wave media

The name of a reflecting telescope with an 8-foot-wide main mirror launched into orbit around earth in 1990

A technique developed during the Cold War that allows ground-based telescopes to overcome the distortion caused by the atmosphere

A device that splits light into a spectrum for analysis

instruments that collect radio waves from space

Stars producing rapid bursts of radio waves

people who journey into space

Father of modern rocketry; built and launched the first liquid-propelled rocket

The astronautical engineer who helped make the United States the leader in space exploration

Term for any object that orbits a larger object

Which law of motion does this describe? 

"An object in motion will continue moving in the same direction and at the same speed unless an outside force acts upon it"

the first artificial object to orbit the earth

1st U.S. satellite launched into space; November, 1958; unmanned

Match the person with his accomplishment.

First woman to fly in space

The first mission to ever land on the moon; It was launched by the US

First human being to set foot on the moon

Term for a structure in space in which people can live and work for weeks or months at a time

The first space station; launched by Russia

United States' first space station

Russian space station designed for modules to be added

a space station that over 15 nations worked together to build

first type of spacecraft designed to be reused

How long was a typical space shuttle mission?

When had NASA hoped to return to the moon? (BONUS: Did they succeed?)

an orbit that allows a satellite to be always located above the same location on the earth; follows the direction of the earth's rotation

an orbit that allows a satellite to travel around the earth, from pole to pole, in a short time to provide broad photo coverage of the planet

Match the satellite with its description.

an unmanned spacecraft launched specifically to explore the unknown

What are the four inner planets?

What are the four outer planets?

Closest planet to the sun, speediest planet

Planet that was once considered Earth's twin, morning or evening "star"

The red planet and the planet closest to Earth

The largest planet in the solar system; has the Great Red Spot--an enormous hurricane that has lasted over 300 years

What is the largest moon in the solar system? (It's a satellite of Jupiter.)

The planet that is best known for its glorious rings:

A moon which has its own atmosphere; a moon of Saturn

The planet whose entire system is turned on its side; defies evolutionary theories

The blue planet with the strongest winds in the solar system; outermost known planet in solar system

What amount of time does it take for light to travel from the sun to the earth? (93,000,000 miles at 186,000 miles per second = ???)

What book by Isaac Newton proved the laws of motion that govern the universe?

Match the electromagnetic waves to their description.

Who discovered Uranus?

True/False: We can scientifically prove how the universe began.