Earth-Sun-Moon and Space Exploration

A solar eclipse occurs with which of the following alignments?

• Earth-Sun-Moon

• Sun-Moon-Earth

• Sun-Earth-Moon

• Sun-Mercury-Earth

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A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon is covered up by Earth's ___________.

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Why is does the Moon have so many more craters than the Earth?

• Due to the Moon's lesser gravity

• lack of water on the Moon

• lack of a lunar magnetic field

• lack of a lunar atmosphere

Which of the following is the outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere?

• photosphere

• corona

• chromosphere

• core

Which of the following is a characteristic of the innermost atmospheric layer of the sun, the photosphere?

• most visible light originates here

• this is when fusion occurs

• solar wind carries radiation into space from this layer

• all convection currents are taking place here

What kind of electromagnetic radiation has the shortest wavelength?

• ultraviolet

• infrared

• gamma

• radio waves

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Why was the Apollo 13 mission significant?

• first lunar landing

• first lunar orbit

• first loss of astronaut lives

• it both failed and succeeded

What KS astronaut was part of the Apollo mission and flew around the moon?

• Ron Evans

• Joe H. Engle

• Neil Armstrong

• Michael Collins

__________ waves have the longest wavelength on the electromagnetic spectrum.

Why continue to fund the space program?

• to make discoveries that can further our understanding of the Earth and ourselves

• exploration can lead to new useful and unexpected knowledge

• all of the answers

• new technology is often developed as a result of the space program

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