NASA Word of the Day Extra Credit #1

____________:a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars, that is occupied by a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies, of many sizes but much smaller than planets, called asteroids or minor planets.

• milky way galaxy
• andromeda galaxy
• asteroid belt

_____________:also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, are an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the north-west of the constellation Taurus.

• Saturn
• Pleiades
• Pluto

______________:any of various groups of stars to which definite names have been given

• constellation
• galaxies
• solar systems

___________:Gravitational waves are disturbances in the curvature of spacetime, generated by accelerated masses, that propagate as waves outward from their source at the speed of light.

• gravitational radiation
• ocean waves
• sound waves

_________________: flow is fluid motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity.

• turbulent
• down hill
• gravitational spill

____________:originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native

• tribal
• nomadic
• indigenous

__________: is a colourless,oderless, flammable, very toxic gas compound with the chemical formula PH3, classed as a pnictogen hydride.

• phosphine
• hydrogen
• triple hydrogen

_____________: gets its name from the Native Americans, according to the Farmers Almanac. This moon was an indicator that it was time to harvest the corn.

• strawberry moon
• corn moon
• hunters moon

_________: is the first major optical telescope to be placed in space, the ultimate mountaintop.

• hubble
• bubble
• telescopic microscope

___________: is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer.

• occulation
• emancipation
• peripheral