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GRACEGravity Recovery And Climate ExperimentColoring and Activity Book
TOM
JERRY
Color and DoLearning Activities
Together withTom and Jerry!
Hi Kids!
Follow Us!
http://www.csr.utexas.edu/grace/
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GRACEGravity Recovery And Climate ExperimentColoring and Activity Book
Color and DoLearning Activities
Together withTom and Jerry!
JERRY
TOM
Hi Kids!
Follow Us!
http://www.csr.utexas.edu/grace/
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The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (let's call it GRACE for short) is a spacecraft that the US Space Agency, NASA, and the German Space Agency, DLR, are working on together.
Tom and Jerry will be yourtour guide!
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The GRACE satellites launched on the European ROCKOTon March 17, 2002, from Plesetsk, Russia.
Can you find Russia on the map?
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As the rocket goes farther into spacethe cargo capsule separates. This
releases the satellites into an orbit around the Earth.
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Sir Isaac Newton figured out how an object could orbit the earth. A satellite must travel at least 17,000 miles ( 27,000 km) per hour and be atleast 95 miles (150 km) above the Earth's surface. At this height, the atmosphere is so thin the air does not tug on the satellite and slow it below orbit speed. Once a satellite is in orbit not much power is needed to stay there.
Why don't satellites fall?
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Can you help Tom and Jerry find their wayout so they can map the Earth's gravity variations?
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SCA BAFFLEATH
ATH
SIDE PANELS
GLOBALSTAR SILICON
SOLAR CELLS
ATH
ATH
GPS NAVANTENNA
SZA - TX
SZA - RX
TOP PANELS
ATH
CESS
OTH - 1
OTH - 2GPS OCCANTENNA
GPS BKUPANTENNA
TO OTHER
GRACE SATELLITE
NADIR
ATH
The front view of theGRACE satellite
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BATTERY
LAUNCHERADAPTER
S - BAND BOOM(MAGNETOMETER INSIDE)
LRR
K BAND HORN
TO OTHER
GRACE SATELLITE
NADIR
X
Z
Y
The bottom view of theGRACE satellite instruments
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FRONT PANEL
KBRASSEMBLY
K-BANDHORN
IPU
USO - 1
TANK+X
MTE
ACCIC
U
MAIN EQUIPMENT
PLATFORM
SCA +Y
ACCSU
TANK- X
GYRO
RFEA
OBDH
SHEAR PANEL
REAR PANEL
GPS OCCANTENNA
GPS BKUPANTENNA
PCDU
GPS NAVANTENNA
SCA - Y
MTM
MTQ
SAMPLER
TO OTHER
GRACE SATELLITE
NADIR
Internal view of GRACE satellite instruments
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Unscramble each group of letters to describe GRACE.
1. VARTGYI
2. ALSLTAEIT
3. MEICALT
4. OPESAHMETR
5. TBROI
6. COEASN
Hey Tom!
What do you think
these letters spell
out?
?
???
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G
RA
C
E
G
R ACE
GR
A
CE
How many words can you make from the letters in GRACE SATELLITE?
Can you think
of any?
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A view of the GRACE satellites as it circles the Earth. GRACE will map the Earth's gravity variations. This is important for studying changes in the surface and deep currents in the ocean, runoff and ground water storage on land masses, exchanges between ice sheets, glaciers, and the oceans, and variations in the Earth's mass.
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Cut out the pieces of the GRACE Satellites and then see ifyou can fit them back together.
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G
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G
RAC
EGR
AC
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EGRACE
GRACE
GR
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GRACE
GRACE
GRACE
GRACE
GRACE
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Tom and Jerry will communicate to each other through microwavesand we will locate both satellites from Earth by using Global Positioning System (GPS). This equipment will be used to provide a new model of the Earth's gravity field every 30 days from 5 years.
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GRACE Wordsearch
Q S C M N Z N F H U FE V C O
R S J Y H U O R I T FH M A Y
C G E T A M I L C E UG E R U
R H R A Y J T E G K MT N G P
C U P A N I C E M C IL A O W
G C A S V Q A E C O SU S J E
S K E L O I R Q L R SM W T C
R K S O M M T H A G RN O T V
R E F A L L T Y Y L OF E E D
Q G Y R Z F A A L D NY M R X
T L N V V K F E W G AT H S X
W M V B P M T O R B IT K T T
A D U U J A R M S U IA O D K
P Y D N S W W R D K KD N W E
H P W X C V H P N L BS B P U
ATMOSPHERECLIMATEGRACEMAGNETPAYLOAD
ATTRACTIONDRAGGRAVITYMISSIONROCKET
CARGOFREEFALLLAUNCH�ORBIT�SATELLITE
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How many times can you find the wordGRAVITY in this puzzle?
G R A V I T YRAVITY
R R I V A R GGRAART
A I A V R R GRGRAVI
V I T V I T YARGTIV
I T Y G I R AVARGVA
T Y A V I T YIVARGR
Y Y Y G Y Y YTIVARG
T T T R T T TYTIVAR
I I I A I I IRYTIVA
V V V V V V VRAYTIV
A A A I A A ATARYTI
R R R T R R RRIGAYT
G G G Y G G GRAVITY
1 UACLNH
2 KOOTR
3 HEWARTE
4 SMSA
5 OPLRA
6 SIINMOS
THEWORDS
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GRACE In SpaceA A T I G I Y D N Q TH W H E
G E M E P S T J O X US U Y M
K S R O E K I U I C EO X L I
A M X T M K V T S A OT W P K
N O A W S H A E S W RS A A K
N M B T V B R T I W LZ E B R
H R E I T R G I M N JY I B Z
S W K A S P P A O C LD T E Z
L L D U F A H L A N UC E L Z
L W T J C T K E X C CS Q M Q
C V K K F S Y T X W IP Y L V
L S R J E G T L T I BX G R O
E C N U A L R S B Y QR H P R
F H T A B B W P P X EV R F B
U P O Q A Q H D R P ZV L O H
CLIMATEGERMANYGRAVITY
CURRENTGLACIERLAUNCHER
MISSIONPLESETSKTEXAS
ORBITSATELLITE
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THE DOT GAME(A game for 2 or more players)
Take turns drawing a straight line between any two dots to make a square. When you make a square, put your initials in it and take another turn. Count 1 point for empty squares, 2 for Earth, and 3 points for squares with the GRACE satellite. When all the dots have been connected, the player with the most points wins.
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RITAVGY
NUCLHA
LITSELTEA
MOSSIIN
TIORB
TRCEOK
DOLPAAY
FELREAFL
REHTEPMOAS
CITRAANTTO
GRACE Scramble
The Final Message:
1
7
6 12
11 5
9 3 10
2
8
4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Unscramble each of the clue words. Copy the letters in the numbered cells to other cells with the same number.
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G
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G
RAC
EGR
AC
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EGRACE
GRACE
GR
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GRACE
GRACE
GRACE
GRACE
GRACE
GRACE ActivitiesAnswer Page
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Welcome to the Activities Answer Page.How do you think you did? Did you get all the correct answers?
This is the way Tom and Jerry find their wayto the Earth
1. VARTGYI
2. ALSLTAEIT
3. MEICALT
4. OPESAHMETR
5. TBROI
6. COEASN
ANSWERS
That was tough!
OCEANS
ORBIT
GRAVITY
SATELLITE
CLIMATE
ATMOSPHERE
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GRACE Wordsearch
Q S C M N Z N F H U FE V C O
R S J Y H U O R I T FH M A Y
C G E T A M I L C E UG E R U
R H R A Y J T E G K MT N G P
C U P A N I C E M C IL A O W
G C A S V Q A E C O SU S J E
S K E L O I R Q L R SM W T C
R K S O M M T H A G RN O T V
R E F A L L T Y Y L OF E E D
Q G Y R Z F A A L D NY M R X
T L N V V K F E W G AT H S X
W M V B P M T O R B IT K T T
A D U U J A R M S U IA O D K
P Y D N S W W R D K KD N W E
H P W X C V H P N L BS B P U
ATMOSPHERECLIMATEGRACEMAGNETPAYLOAD
ATTRACTIONDRAGGRAVITYMISSIONROCKET
CARGOFREEFALLLAUNCH�ORBIT�SATELLITE
Were you able tofind all the words?
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How many times can you find the wordGRAVITY in this puzzle?
G R A V I T YRAVITY
R R I V A R GGRAART
A I A V R R GRGRAVI
V I T V I T YARGTIV
I T Y G I R AVARGVA
T Y A V I T YIVARGR
Y Y Y G Y Y YTIVARG
T T T R T T TYTIVAR
I I I A I I IRYTIVA
V V V V V V VRAYTIV
A A A I A A ATARYTI
R R R T R R RRIGAYT
G G G Y G G GRAVITY
1 UACLNH
2 KOOTR
3 HEWARTE
4 SMSA
5 OPLRA
6 SIINMOS
LAUNCH
ROKOT
WEATHER
MASS
POLAR
MISSION
You should have found the word GRAVITY
22 times!
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GRACE In Space
A A T I G I Y D N Q TH W H E
G E M E P S T J O X US U Y M
K S R O E K I U I C EO X L I
A M X T M K V T S A OT W P K
N O A W S H A E S W RS A A K
N M B T V B R T I W LZ E B R
H R E I T R G I M N JY I B Z
S W K A S P P A O C LD T E Z
L L D U F A H L A N UC E L Z
L W T J C T K E X C CS Q M Q
C V K K F S Y T X W IP Y L V
L S R J E G T L T I BX G R O
E C N U A L R S B Y QR H P R
F H T A B B W P P X EV R F B
U P O Q A Q H D R P ZV L O H
CLIMATEGERMANYGRAVITYMISSIONPLESETSKTEXAS
CURRENTGLACIERLAUNCHERORBITSATELLITE
Hey Jerry,Do you think they found all the words?
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RITAVGY
NUCLHA
LITSELTEA
MOSSIIN
TIORB
TRCEOK
DOLPAAY
FELREAFL
REHTEPMOAS
CITRAANTTO
GRACE Scramble
The Final Message:
1
7
6 12
11 5
9 3 10
2
8
4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Unscramble each of the clue words. Copy the letters in the numbered cells to other cells with the same number.
G R A V I T Y
L A U N C H
S A T E L L I T E
M I S S I O N
O I TR B
R O E TC K
A AOLP Y D
R E E A L LF F
A
A A
R
R
T
T T
M O
C T I O N
S P H E E
G R A C E A C EPSI N
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