Name ________________________ Pd.

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Space: Unraveling the Cosmos

As you watch the movie, please fill out the following questions. These questions will be
answered in order for the duration of the movie. Read all of the questions first so you know what
to listen for!

1. In 1962, which President gave a famous Moon Speech?

2. In what year did the Apollo 11 land on the moon?

3. How many days did it take to get to the moon?

4. True/ False: The moon is Earths only natural satellite.

5. True/ False: The moon is very close to Earth, so close that it affects Earths tides.

6. True/ False: Without the gravitational pull of the moon, Earth would tilt and swing wildly
on its axis.

7. True/ False: If Earth were to tilt too much, it would change the amount of direct sunlight
hitting the surface would change causes vast amount of ice to shift among the poles and
would affect the rest of Earths delicately balanced climate.

8. True/ False: Earths gravitational pull keeps the moon in orbit.

9. How fast does the moon orbit around Earth?

10. Astronauts on the International Space station can watch a sunrise every _____ minutes.

11. Approximately how far is the Sun from Earth?

12. The sun is the _____ of our solar system.

13. The suns enormous _______ exerts a gravitational pull that forces all the planets to orbit
around it.

14. A lightyear is the distance _________ travels in one year.

15. The Hubble telescope has taken many famous __________ of stars exploding, open
clusters of stars in near and far dwarf galaxies, etc.