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Explore the fascinating world of units of measure and astronomical concepts such as AU, light years, gravity, comets, H-R diagram, star classification, eclipses, inner and outer planets, galaxy types, and more!
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Units of Measure $100 An Astronomical Unit (AU) is a measure of the average distance between these two objects.
Units of Measure $100ANSWER The earth and the sun.
Units of Measure $200 The distance that light travels in one year is known as this.
Units of Measure $200ANSWER A light year
Units of Measure $300 This is the most appropriate unit of measure to measure the distance between galaxies.
Units of Measure $300ANSWER Light years
Units of Measure $400 This describes how you know when to use light years and AUs.
Units of Measure $400ANSWER Star distances: Light years Planetary distance: AUs
Units of Measure $500 Mars is approximately 2 AU from the sun. If it takes sunlight 10 minutes to reach Earth, this is how long it takes sunlight to reach Mars.
Units of Measure $500ANSWER 20 minutes
A little bit of Everything $100 This is the phenomenon responsible for the shape of planets, stars, and the orbit of the planets.
A little bit of Everything $200 This is an icy object orbiting the sun in a highly elliptical path.
A little bit of Everything $300 This is used to classify stars according to their size and luminosity.
A little bit of Everything $300ANSWER H-R Diagram
A little bit of Everything $400 Solar and lunar eclipses both are seen because of shadows. What causes the shadows?
A little bit of Everything $400ANSWER An exact straight line between the Earth, Moon, and Sun
A little bit of Everything $500 This describes the order of Earth, the Moon, and the Sun during: • Lunar Eclipse • Solar Eclipse
A little bit of Everything $500ANSWER • Lunar: Moon, Earth, Sun • Solar: Earth, Moon, Sun
8 great planets $100 These are the 4 inner planets.
8 great planets $100ANSWER Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars
8 great planets $200 These are the 4 outer planets.
8 great planets $200ANSWER Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
8 great planets $300 A new planet is found in our solar system. It is large and is composed of many gases. You would expect this new planet to be located here.
8 great planets $300ANSWER Near the rest of the outer planets.
8 great planets $400 This is what physically separates the inner planets from the outer planets.
8 great planets $400ANSWER Kuiper Belt (asteroids)
8 great planets $500 This describes how inner and outer planets differ.
8 great planets $500ANSWER Inner: smaller, rocky Outer: larger, gaseous
Shining Stars $100 This is where nuclear fusion occurs to produce a star’s light.
Shining Stars $100ANSWER The core
Shining Stars $200 Almost everything in the universe shines by reflecting light. These are the only things that produce light.
Shining Stars $200ANSWER Stars
Shining Stars $300 This describes how to determine the gases in a newly detected star.
Shining Stars $300ANSWER Use a spectroscope to look at the light from the star. The absorption spectrum will tell what elements are present.
Shining Stars $400 This is the list of star colors from coolest to hottest.
Shining Stars $400ANSWER Red, yellow, white, blue
Shining Stars $500 This is the correct star type for a newly discovered star with a diameter of 25 compared to our sun.
Shining Stars $500ANSWER Red Giant
Galaxies galore $100 A grouping of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
Galaxies galore $100ANSWER A galaxy
Galaxies galore $200 This is the approximate number of stars in each galaxy.
Galaxies galore $200ANSWER Billions
Galaxies galore $300 This type of galaxy
Galaxies galore $300ANSWER Spiral galaxy
Galaxies galore $400 Compare and contrast elliptical galaxies and spiral galaxies.
Galaxies galore $400ANSWER • Elliptical: oval shape, old red stars, can be flat or have bulge • Spiral: have spiral arms, young blue stars, flat with a bulge • Both: galaxies, billions of stars
Galaxies galore $500 This explains why we cannot see the spiral shape of the Milky Way Galaxy.