The journey to discovery "the myth".
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You can guess what some of my most favorite topics are > from all Kevin Costner movies to "Dad s root beer , golf, bicycling,baseball, and TURTLES !
BELOW YOU NOW WILL SEE more of my favorites ......
BELOW YOU NOW WILL SEE more of my favorites ......
Some of my many heroes : " I look up to all of these amazing and important people".
SPACE PROGRAM AND NASA TEST--SEPT. 23RD.
TRUE/FALSE: (CIRCLE THE TRUE)
1. Do people on Earth ever see the far-side of the Moon?
2. Galileo was the first person to see the surface of the Moon with his telescope.
3. A maria is a large pit or hole made by meteoroids hitting the Moon.
4. The Moon has highlands or mountains on its surface.
5. The Moon had/has quakes or what would be called "moonquakes."
6. Craters are large, flat and dark areas on the Moon formed by lava flows.
7. Maria is an ancient Greek word that means "seas."
8. The size of the Moon is about the size of the USA.
9. The Moon 's temperatures stay about the same at about 40 degrees F.
10. This past weekend the Moon's phase was at crescent stage.
MATCHING:
1. GRAVITY 2. ASTRONOMY 3. rotation 4.phases 5. lunar eclipse
6. inertia 7. maria 8. solar eclipse 9. equinox 10. elliptical
___the study of space and the Universe
___similar to orbit or revolution, an oval shape path
___when the shadow of the Moon is seen looking at the Sun
___when the shadow of the Earth is seen while looking at the Moon
___a large and flat area on the Moon, also called "seas"
___the main force of motion that affects everything on Earth and the Universe
___another term that represents the "faces" or shapes of the Moon
___the EARTH spinning on its axis, also causes our 24 hour day
___happens in the Fall and Spring when hours of sunlight and darkness are equal
___when the forces of gravity are altered due to the laws of motion and change
Fill in the Blank:
1.__________________he was the first American to fly in space
2.__________________he was the first American to walk on the Moon
3.__________________she was the first American female astronaut
4.__________________he was the first American to orbit the Earth
5.__________________he is known as the "father of NASA"
6.__________________he was the first American to walk in outer space
7.__________________known as one of the most famous test pilots in USA history
8.__________________was the actually first person in space, a Russian cosmonaut
9.__________________the NASA space center in Florida is named after him
10. _________________the NASA space center in Texas is named after him
***answers: John Glenn---Sally Ride---President Kennedy, Yuri Gargarin, Ed White
Werner von Braun, Alan Shepard, Neill Armstrong, President Johnson, Chuck Yeager
SHORT ANSWERS:
1. Summarize the Mercury Space program : (worth 5 points)
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2. Explain what each item is: lunar rover, lunar lander, mothership, docking, and "splash-down: (worth 5 points)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Name the three astronauts that first went/ walked on the Moon:
4. What happened to the Apollo One and Apollo 13 missions? ( 6 points)
Apollo One: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Apollo 13: ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Who to you was the most important person for our NASA program? Why? (3 points )
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
TRUE/FALSE: (CIRCLE THE TRUE)
1. Do people on Earth ever see the far-side of the Moon?
2. Galileo was the first person to see the surface of the Moon with his telescope.
3. A maria is a large pit or hole made by meteoroids hitting the Moon.
4. The Moon has highlands or mountains on its surface.
5. The Moon had/has quakes or what would be called "moonquakes."
6. Craters are large, flat and dark areas on the Moon formed by lava flows.
7. Maria is an ancient Greek word that means "seas."
8. The size of the Moon is about the size of the USA.
9. The Moon 's temperatures stay about the same at about 40 degrees F.
10. This past weekend the Moon's phase was at crescent stage.
MATCHING:
1. GRAVITY 2. ASTRONOMY 3. rotation 4.phases 5. lunar eclipse
6. inertia 7. maria 8. solar eclipse 9. equinox 10. elliptical
___the study of space and the Universe
___similar to orbit or revolution, an oval shape path
___when the shadow of the Moon is seen looking at the Sun
___when the shadow of the Earth is seen while looking at the Moon
___a large and flat area on the Moon, also called "seas"
___the main force of motion that affects everything on Earth and the Universe
___another term that represents the "faces" or shapes of the Moon
___the EARTH spinning on its axis, also causes our 24 hour day
___happens in the Fall and Spring when hours of sunlight and darkness are equal
___when the forces of gravity are altered due to the laws of motion and change
Fill in the Blank:
1.__________________he was the first American to fly in space
2.__________________he was the first American to walk on the Moon
3.__________________she was the first American female astronaut
4.__________________he was the first American to orbit the Earth
5.__________________he is known as the "father of NASA"
6.__________________he was the first American to walk in outer space
7.__________________known as one of the most famous test pilots in USA history
8.__________________was the actually first person in space, a Russian cosmonaut
9.__________________the NASA space center in Florida is named after him
10. _________________the NASA space center in Texas is named after him
***answers: John Glenn---Sally Ride---President Kennedy, Yuri Gargarin, Ed White
Werner von Braun, Alan Shepard, Neill Armstrong, President Johnson, Chuck Yeager
SHORT ANSWERS:
1. Summarize the Mercury Space program : (worth 5 points)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Explain what each item is: lunar rover, lunar lander, mothership, docking, and "splash-down: (worth 5 points)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Name the three astronauts that first went/ walked on the Moon:
4. What happened to the Apollo One and Apollo 13 missions? ( 6 points)
Apollo One: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Apollo 13: ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Who to you was the most important person for our NASA program? Why? (3 points )
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________