Q1: What do the letters NASA and CNSA stand for? A1: NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CNSA = China National Space Administration. Q2: Provide a small map of China and show on it the name of the town where the Chinese have a rocket launching facility. Jiuquan A2: Q3)a: Who was the first man to fly into space? A3)a: Yuri Gagarin Q3)b: Who was the first Chinese man to fly into space? A3)b: Yang Liwei Q3)c: Who was the first person to stand on the moon? A3)c: Neil Armstrong.

Q1) The ancient Chinese studied the skies. This can be split into two major fields Astronomy and Astrology. What is the difference between these two fields? A1) Astronomy is the scientific study of things in outer space. Where as Astrology is the study of the movement of planets and stars thinking that they have some control over some of the natural things that happen on Earth and some human things too. Q2) Name some other fields of study that the Chinese were involved in A2) Medicines, Mythology, and Defences Q3) What Chinese year (animal) is 2009? A3) The year of the Ox. Q4) What year were you born in? – and what Chinese animal was it? (Provide a diagram of it) A4) 1996 the year of the rat.

Create a database for the five planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) that the ancient Chinese. (you forgot to type first believed in) Your database is to have at least 5 fields. Suggestions include: distance from the sun, time to go around the sun, diameter, mass, length of day. Planet Diameter Distance from sunLength of dayLength of year How many moons How many rings Mercury 4,880 km 46 million km days0.24 years 0 0 Venus 12,103.6 km 108,209,000 km 243 Days Earth days0 0 Mars 6,794 km 249,200,000 km 24 hours 39 mins days2 0 Jupiter 142, 984 km 741 million km 9 hrs 55 min11.86 years Saturn 119,871 km1.05 billion km 10 hours and 34 min 29.5 Earth years60+ 7

And sometimes I just had the info I needed lying around the house, in some cases my brother helped me!