8th Earth & Space Science CH 11 TEST Review

The equation of time is the relationship between mean solar time and _______

T/F: A telescope that uses a mirror as the objective is a reflecting telescope.

Term that refers to the Earth's slow "wobble" on its axis that causes the polar star to change

Type orbit where satellite crosses the equator at the same local mean solar time on every orbit

Answer the question:

What part of the telescope collects the light?

relay telephone conversations and radio and television broadcasts

German-born engineer who became the U.S.' top rocket designer?

First American to orbit the earth

Which type of orbit would a spacecraft use to increase altitude?

T/F: The abbreviation A.D. stands for after death

First woman in space

First American in space

Type of orbit where a satellite will stay above the same point on the Earth's surface

T/F:

The first type of spacecraft designed to be reused was the ____________

What United States space program landed a man on the moon?

The system of timekeeping that divides the day into hours A.M. and P.M.

First artificial satellite on Earth

T/F

Climate zone where every location has at least one day a year when the sun is overhead?

The two points at which the path of the sun crosses the celestial equator are called__________

Type of time based on the stars?

The two basic kinds of optical telescopes are the _____ telescope and the ______ telescope.

Circle on the celestial sphere that runs directly overhead and through the celestial poles

Term that refers to an unmanned spacecraft launched specifically to explore the unknown

T/F

What term refers to the highest point of the orbit of an earth-orbiting satellite?

Answer the question:

First satellite launched by the US

Point on the celestial sphere directly above an observer

A rocket that can be stored for years with the fuel loaded is a(n) _________ rocket?

T/F

Visible-light telescope launched into space in 1990

What was the first space station designed so that it could be expanded?

From which calendar do the English month names come?

Father of Modern Rocketry

Calendar system now used in most nations

performs variety of functions such as making maps, spotting forest fires and surveying cities

What rocket design did the U.S. use to launch manned moon missions?

Method of measuring time using time zones?

First man in space

Anwer the question:

A device that splits light into a spectrum for analysis

What astronomical event marks the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere?

Unit of time based on the period Earth takes to orbit the sun once

The unit of time, larger than a day, that is NOT based on the motion of the heavenly body is __

The path the sun follows in a year

Two points on the path of the sun at which the sun is farthest from the celestial equator

First man to set foot on the moon

Used to study the heavens

include satellites of the Global Positioning System