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1.

idiom

a famous saying

2.

alliteration

repeating at THE BEGINNING

3.

assonance

VOWEL sounds repeat

4.

metaphor

comparing two things

5.

onomatopoeia

any sound

6.

consonance

reaped END sound

7.

when was the space race

1953-1970s

8.

who was it with, and what was it about

soviet union, US

rivalry between the US and Russia

9.

what was the first thing that happened in the space race and how did the US respond

the first thing that happened in the space race, was when Russia sent artificial satellite sputnik into space. The US responded by creating its own space Program that sent astronauts to the moon.

10.

what was the first artificial satellite

sputnik(from Russia)

11.

what does NASA stand for

National aeronautics and space administration

12.

what was the US's first satellite

explorer 1, launched in 1958

13.

when was NASA created

1958

14.

you was the first person in space.

Yuri Gargarein

15.

what did Yuri take to space

the Vostok 1

16.

who was the first to go to space from the US

Alen Shepard, but he did not orbit the moon

17.

who was the first to orbit the earth from the US

John Glen, he orbited 3 times

18.

what president launched the Apollo Program

John F. Kennedy

19.

when did the first astronauts land on the moon

july 20, 1969

20.

what was the mission of the apollo Program

to land astronauts in the moon and bring them back to earth

21.

who studied the rocks on the moon

Andrea B. Mosie

22.

what was before space shuttles

space craftss

23.

what are space shuttles

space crafts that can be reused

24.

what is a Space Probe

a space shuttle for collecting data

25.

what are the types of space probes

orbiters

rovers

landers

26.

what are landers

they land on the moon

27.

what are rovers

move on the surface of planets

28.

what are orbiters

analyzes the atmosphere of the planet

29.

what is a rocket

expels gas in one direction to move the rocket in the opposite direction

30.

where did rockets originate

china

31.

what is newtons 3rd law of motion

for every action, there is a equal and opposite reaction

32.

what is thrust

the reaction force

33.

what does velocity do as thrust increases

increases

34.

what is velocity

speed in a given direction

35.

what is orbital velocity

the velocity a rocket must acheive to orbit around the earth

36.

escape velocity

the velocity a rocket must reach to fly beyond earths gravitational pull

37.

what is the best fuel

ion

38.

solid fuel

once ignited, burns until gone

39.

what is a multistage rocket

a rocket with many stages