Science Earth and Space Test 11 Review

In which climate zone does every location have at least one day a year when the sun is directly overhead?

What was the third nation to successfully launch a manned spacecraft?

A technique dramatically increases the resolution of radio telescope images by combining data from multiple telescopes

What was the first satellite launched by the United States?

What circle on the celestial sphere runs directly overhead and connects the celestial poles?

Which type of satellites help defend countries against attack and can photograph foreign installations?

Which of the following factors affects the lengths of the seasons?

How is the lunar month of 29 1/2 days defined?

What instrument increases an object's brightness by gathering more light than the unaided eye?

What two regions of the earth experience at least one day of darkness and one day of daylight?

What is the path on the celestial sphere that the sun follows in a year?

How would 2:15 p.m. be stated in 24-hour time?

In which type of orbit does a satellite cross the equator at the same local mean solar time on every orbit?

What is formed by ordering all types of electromagnetic waves by increasing frequency and decreasing wavelength?

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

At what point in its orbit does an Earth-orbiting satellite travel the fastest?

What is the point on the celestial sphere directly above an observer?

What type of orbit is perpendicular to the equator?

What type of satellites are the satellites of the Global Positioning System?

What calendar uses the lunar year with an extra month in certain years to stay in step with the seasons?

How do Earth observation satellites work?

What is the general term for advancing the clocks by one hour in summer?

What is the color sequence of visible light arranged from lowest to highest frequency called?

What orbit is the most fuel-efficient way for a spacecraft to move between orbits?

What instrument detects low-frequency waves to observe areas in space whose visible light is blocked from reaching Earth

What term refers to the lowest point in the orbit of an Earth-orbiting satellite?

the first person to travel in space

In which climate zone does the sun rise and set every day but is never straight overhead?

What is the replacement of A.D. that has become popular among those who deny the deity of Jesus?

What type of time is based on the stars?

the Father of Modern Rocketry

the first person to set foot on the moon

What was the first space station launched?

What is another name for an objective mirror?

the first American to orbit the earth

What is a device that splits light into a spectrum for analysis?

From which calendar do the English month names come?

the first Chinese astronaut