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Earth and Space Systems !

Name:

1a) Name one astronaut that we learned about during our space unit.

Mark Garneau
b) Choose two details you know about your chosen astronaut and describe them. ! ! Detail ! ! Description 1) He first went to space in 1984

1) He was the first Canadian man in

space
2) On his third mission in to space in 2) During this mission they installed solar

2000 him and his team provided new power supplies to the international space station

panels to the space station, something that would generate enough power to run 10 homes on Earth.

2) Choose one aspect of society (e.g., health care, education, etc.) and discuss how the space program affects it. Explain two different reasons it affects this program to validate your opinion. Aspect: Health Care is affected by the space program for many reasons. Affects this aspect of society by: 1) For example, health care is constantly having to battle with the space program for

public money. In turn this may make those in the health care profession dislike the space program.
2) Another way in which the space program affects health care is through technology.

A specific example of this is through the technology used for space shuttle fuel pumps which is now being used to make better artificial hearts.
3) Circle true or false for the following statements: - The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. True or False

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- A sundial is used to tell you how hot it is outside. True or False - A telescope is an optical object designed to make distant objects appear nearer. True or False 4) Start with a drawing of the sun. Then draw the planets in the order they appear away from the sun, labeling them as you go. Make sure that when drawing the planets size you draw them in proportion to the sun (approximately). You may want to turn this page sideways to do this.

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5a) In a short paragraph, discuss two reasons the space program is not considered a good thing by everyone.

People may not think that the space program is a good thing for a variety of reasons. First, this would give less funding to other programs which people not involved in the space program may feel are more worthy of the money. Second, people may believe that it is dangerous traveling in space and would not want others taking that risk. Both of these things would contribute to some people disliking the space program.
b) In your opinion, are the benets of the space program worth the risks? Use at least two examples to back up your opinion of why or why not.

I believe that the benefits of space technology are better then the risks. There are many benefits including new knowledge about how our world, the sun, the moon, and the planets work. Also, the new technology made for space can sometimes benefit our life on earth as well. The major risks in the space program include some problem with your shuttle or a problem with your space suit when outside your shuttle. Both of these problems rarely occur and when they do they are almost always solved without harm to anyone. In the rare occurrence that something bad does happen, there is always someone around who can fix it or there is someone that they could get a hold of to help them fix it. It is very uncommon to have a serious problem in space with all of the current technology in todays world that can not be solved. Therefore I believe that the space program is definitely worth the risks.

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6a) Label the layers of the sun.

b) Describe what each layer of the sun is: 1) Corona: the gaseous area surrounding the sun. It is only visible when there is a solar

eclipse.
2) Chromosphere: A reddish gaseous layer similar to the corona and together they

make the outside layer of the sun.

3) Photosphere: the luminous layer of the sun which gives off its light and heat. 4) Convective Zone: where the suns density drops so that huge bubbles of hot gas rise

to the surface.
5) Radioactive Zone: this is where the radiation produced from the core fights its way

through the gas.

6) Core: a nuclear furnace at 15 million degrees centigrade.

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7) Dene the following terms as they apply to earth and space systems: - comet: a celestial object consisting of a center of ice and dust - asteroid: a small rocky body that orbits the sun - solar eclipse: an eclipse where the sun is covered by the moon - lunar eclipse: an eclipse where the moon appears darkened as it passes through the

earths shadow
8) List three differences between the way you live and the way astronauts live. Then describe why each is different. ! Differences ! ! Descriptions

1) A main difference in the way we

1) On Earth, you can just lie down on your bed

live is through the way we sleep.

but in space you have to attach yourself to a wall, seat or bunk bed.

2) Another difference is in the way

2) On Earth, you just sit down to a table and

they eat their food.

eat. In space however, they have special trays that hold their food down. They then attach these trays to themselves and eat.

3) In space they have a hard time getting available drinking water.

3) On Earth where we can just get drinking water from lakes that flow to our taps. In space, they have to filter the air they breathe out (which contains moisture) and then drink it.

9) Name one satellite and describe how it is used.

The Alouette 1 satellite was the first for Canada when it was launched in 1962. It was used to study the ionosphere around earth.

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10) Circle the bodies in space that emit light with a red pencil crayon. Then circle those that reect light with a blue pencil crayon ! ! ! ! ! North Star! ! ! ! ! ! Mercury ! ! ! ! ! !Moon ! Earth Sun ! !

Jupiter! !

Sirius! ! !

Venus!!

Canopus!

! 11) Our galaxy is called the milky way galaxy.